SOUND ON SOUND
Hugh Robjohns has been Sound On Sound's Technical Editor since 1997. Prior to that he worked in a variety of (mostly) sound-related roles in BBC Television, ending up as a Sound Operations Lecturer at the BBC's technical training centre.
He continues to provide audio consultancy and bespoke broadcast audio training services all over the world, lectures at professional and public conventions, and occasionally records and masters acoustic and classical music too!
Quality mic preamps, 24-bit/192kHz operation, timecode sync... Tascam's upwardly-mobile new recorder is going places.
This innovative Swedish mic's long rectangular capsule balances the practical advantages of small- and large-diaphragm condenser designs... but sounds more like a ribbon mic!
Benchmark are set to further strengthen their excellent reputation with this eagerly anticipated new A-D converter.
The team create portable acoustic treatment for a TV/film music composer who has plans to move house.
I want an A/B switching box to connect two microphones to one phantom-powered mic preamp. I need the signal to remain as clean as possible and have XLR ins and an XLR out. Any suggestions?
A modern take on the vintage Neve preamp sound.
I've been looking up information on some external preamps, and I found that most of them have two controls — Gain and Level. Most console preamps have just a Gain control, so what is the Level control for?
Do I really need to use a 'matched pair' of microphones, or even two mics of the same make and model, for stereo recording...
A robust and unusually flexible mixer with lots of stereo inputs.
Please could Hugh Robjohns write a comprehensive article explaining the operational advantages and disadvantages of using a...