Final Cut Pro X plug-in specialist CrumplePop continues its push into audio with a whole new type of plug-in – Magnetic Stereo, designed to automatically fix unbalanced stereo recordings. High quality stereo audio continues to come to the fore as more dedicated stereo mikes appear…
Microphone maker RØDE wowed a wildly cheering audience in a heavily-attended event in San Diego this evening with not one, not two, not three but four new products including the Australian company’s very first dip into the waves of wireless microphones. RØDE launched the amazing…
How often do read that “you can hear an indie film before you see it”. In other words, poor sound is the first giveaway for low-budget productions. But what if audio acquisition were made easier for indie moviemakers, especially one-person bands? [adrotate group="6"] What if sound…
Rycote has twice reinvented that staple of professional audio recoding, the microphone windshield, this year and has just released its latest windshield reinvention, the Cyclone. On being unveiled at IBC 2014 easily in September, the Cyclone won Best Audio Product award and I suspect the…
Highly regarded Australian manufacturer RØDE Microphones broadens its competitive footprint with just announced Stereo VideoMic X (SVMX), looks to take on Zoom? What a great time of year for us gear-nerds. New equipment, new expectations – and every now and again something which melds function AND…
In any of my training classes, sound is a major discussion point. In the "good old days," everyone was a master of their craft on set. In today's world, more and more "jobs" are falling to less and less people.[adrotate group="6"] This means many people…
Just when you thought that the "blimp" couldn't be improved, RØDE has gone and put some very awesome changes in their new RØDE blimp windshield.[adrotate group="6"] RØDE Announces New and Improved Blimp Windshield Australian microphone manufacturer RØDE has today announced a fully updated version of…
We've shared Baluns before (here's one to connect an XLR mic to your DSLR) - but we've now gotten a new one The first question most of you have (and I did too!):[adrotate group="6"] What Is a Balun? A balun is a passive device designed…
I really liked the on-camera XLR audio connectors on my Sony EX1r, but when I switched to filming with my Nikon DSLRs, I had to go to a dual audio recording setup. Like so many others, I bought a Zoom field recorder and began instantly…
Thanks to the folks at Zoom, we had a few weeks with the new Zoom H6 Handy Recorder and we want to share our impressions with you. They shipped us the kit, which included the Zoom H6, the xy mic, the stereo mic module, windscreen,…
