Introduction Before getting into the blog post proper, I should point out that it comes with two caveats! First, I should clarify that this isn’t a full review of the Tascam FR-AV2 recorder: rather, it is a tale of dipping a toe in the…

Bags for audio location recording are made a plenty, for all sorts of sizes of mixer/recorders and ancillary gear. But they have one thing in common: they are all geared for production sound or similar use. I’ve had several over the years, and just…

Introduction The MKH 418-S stereo shotgun mic was introduced in 2003, creating – by addition of a fig 8 capsule – what was essentially a mid-side (MS) version of the popular mono MKH 416 shotgun mic. The new MKH 8018 does something similar for…

This might be one of my shortest blog posts ever, but that’s doubtless a refreshing change from some of my very long ones, especially if you read them on your phone! Anyway, I was just putting together the gear for a recording tomorrow morning…

In Part 1 of this three-part series of musings on double mid side (DMS), I went through the three rigging options; in Part 2 I tested the options; but in this final part, as the title says, I do something rather different, which is…