A microphone that picks up sound from the front of the unit. Also called a "unidirectional" mic, the term cardioid comes from "kardia," which means heart in Greek. The cardioid mic pattern loosely ...

I have a blue yeti I use for a mic while I game with some buddies and recently had to re-do the mic setup because discord was picking up a lot of voicelines from the game along with my own voice. I ...

If you’re serious about sound, whether you’re a podcaster, streamer, or musician, you know the importance of a good microphone. The ROG Carnyx USB cardioid microphone is a piece of equipment that ...

Fulcrum Acoustic announced the introduction of two additions to the company’s CCX range of compact coaxial passive cardioid loudspeakers: the eight-inch CCX8 series and the 15-inch CCX15 series. The ...

When you step up to the mic, it's not just amplifying you; it's also picking up sound from the front, back, sides, or from multiple directions at once. This is what's known as a microphone's polar ...

A lab in Vienna has used stem cells to create thousands of tiny heart-like structures. Each miniature heart, dubbed a “cardioid,” is the size of a sesame-seed and has a hollow chamber that beats.