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Comment on Trump audibly loses control of his bowels during a press conference - via Forbes Breaking News
PixelatedSaturn@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Can someone describe the audio for the audibly impaired?
db2@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
gothic_lemons@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Honestly I only heard one of the sounds ppl are saying there. It was def a fart but honestly underwhelming compared to what I was hoping for. Still def a fart or worse. Idk how micophones work and all that but if it was trump and he sitting down behind a desk the fart or shart had a good amount of gusto
toynbee@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Here’s my unhelpful contribution: I believe microphones work using piezoelectricity and I also think that’s really cool (that it exists and that humanity found a use for it).
seathru@quokk.au 2 weeks ago
That’s one type. Condenser style microphones are another. Even regular speakers can be used as (mediocre) microphones.
But “generating electricity by bending crystals” is by far the coolest one.
toynbee@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It for sure does not surprise me that other kinds of microphones exist, but I strongly agree with your last sentence.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Er, afaik popular mics are basically a speaker working in reverse, while piezoelectricity is employed in contact mics, which have rather peculiar use-cases.
Quoth Wikipedia:
The most common are the dynamic microphone, which uses a coil of wire suspended in a magnetic field; the condenser microphone, which uses the vibrating diaphragm as a capacitor plate; and the contact microphone, which uses a crystal of piezoelectric material.
The two uses for piezo mics that I’ve encountered are Brian Chippendale slapping one on his throat for the vocals; and a very curious bowed wooden musical instrument, wherein the mic picks up the sound.
toynbee@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Perhaps I’m confused, but your wiki quote itself references piezoelectricity (a word I’m pretty surprised is in my keyboard’s dictionary). Am I misunderstanding?
MeatPilot@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Sounds like someone moving around on a chair
Doubt its what this video claims
Soulphite@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
pfftt pshhg