stackyFACTSShotgun microphones manage to hear conversations across a crowded room by utilizing clever physics. Slits along the sides of the barrel allow off-axis soundwaves to enter and collide with each other, mathematically canceling out side noise while perfectly preserving the audio coming straight down the tube.
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