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Production sound & field recording · Working

Contact microphone

ELI5

A microphone detecting vibration through physical contact with an object or surface.

Used in conversation

“Can we test the contact microphone on set before the take?”

Pitch context

You may encounter “Contact microphone” in sound, music & voice conversations or materials.

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Connected terms

  • MicrophoneContact microphone is a narrower kind of Microphone.
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Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.