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Q. How do shotgun mics work?
How do shotgun mics achieve such a tight polar pattern compared with other designs?
Published December 2013
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Hugh Robjohns
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!
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Focusrite Red 1 500
Microphone Preamplifier
Focusrite make their first foray into the 500-series format with a preamp — but is it worthy of the revered 'Red' name?
Published November 2013
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Studio SOS: Darius Timmer
SOS Awards Prizewinner: Amsterdam Install
This month, we travel all the way to Amsterdam to help last year's SOS Awards prize winner set up his brand-new, £14,000$20,000 studio!
Published November 2013
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RME BOB32 Universal Breakout Box
Virtually every professional audio device that has multi-channel analogue or digital...
Published November 2013
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Benchmark DAC2 HGC
Reference Stereo D-A Converter & Preamp
When it comes to D-A conversion, this company is called Benchmark for a reason. How have they raised the standard this time?
Published October 2013
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Neumann KH310A
Active Monitors
What do you get when you cross Klein + Hummel's pedigree in speaker design with Neumann's decades of industry experience? A very good monitor indeed...
Published October 2013
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The BOP Studios Story
Out Of Africa
The most lavish recording facility ever built is not in London, New York or LA, but a remote part of South Africa. We trace the extraordinary story of BOP Studios.
Published October 2013
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RME OctaMic XTC
Mic Preamp & A-D/D-A Converter
The latest addition to RME's OctaMic range of multi-channel preamps is designed to interface with digital recording systems of all stripes.
Published October 2013
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Aurora Audio Sidecar
Analogue Mixing Console
By stripping this mixer down to the bare bones of preamp, EQ and stereo summing, Geoff Tanner shows us that less really can be more when it comes to quality vintage-style consoles.
Published October 2013
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Millennia HV37
Two-channel Mic & Instrument Preamp
The HV37 makes Millennia's highly regarded solid-state preamp design available in a more affordable format. Does it cut any corners?
Published October 2013