Introduction It’s a funny thing, sound-recording equipment. The products out there are often designed with very particular types of recordists in mind and may not be optimal for all users: and yet many of us use such gear for quite unintended purposes either unthinkingly…
Introduction Radius Windshields have only been around since February 2023, but, of course, the team embodies years of experience from former Rycote days, so the development of the first full basket windshield from the company has generated a lot of interest. This interest has…
I appreciate it’s a little thing, but good mic cases for use in the field are not as easy to buy as you might think. Obviously, the needs of different recordists vary: if you are a classical music recordist travelling to a concert hall…
Introduction One of the beauties of mid-side recording is its suitability for stereo recording outdoors, with the pair of mics fitting into a single windshield. This, and the fact that the fig 8 side mic can be omitted and just the mid mic used,…
The near-coincident ORTF stereo pair has a huge following that extends way beyond the remit of the body for which it was invented – the Office de Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française – and long after its demise in 1975. The required 110 degrees angling of the…