1) Device which, when attached to an acoustic musical instrument, converts sound vibrations into an electrical signal 2) A way of describing the directional sensitivity of a microphone An Omnidirectional microphone has equal pick-up from all around, a Cardoid microphone is more sensitive from the front, a Hypercardoid has very strong directionality from the front A figure-of eight microphone picks up front and rear, but rejects sound from the sides
An arranger's device, starting a phrase on the upbeat with one voice part only, usually lead or bass, joined by the other parts on the downbeat of the next bar
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