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Apogee Announces ‘Mike iOS’ Microphone For iPad, iPhone & Mac

By Big Al on Friday, March 11th, 2011 | No Comments

Apogee Electronics has announced the release of Mike, a compact studio quality USB microphone available for iPad, iPhone and Mac. Standing roughly as tall as an iPhone, Mike by Apogee is a portable, easy-to-use and powerful microphone for use with GarageBand on your favorite iOS devices. With the unique flexibility to also plug Mike into [...]

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Microphone Shoot Out: Audio Technica AT4050 vs. AT4033

By Big Al on Friday, February 4th, 2011 | 3 Comments

This is a great little test put together by Randy Coppinger. This microphone shootout features the voice of Eliza Schneider, spoken word then singing vocal. Both microphones (the AT4050 and the AT4033) were recorded at the same time (same take), with the same acquisition chain: Microphone (no rolloff, no pad, 4050 set to cardioid) > [...]

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Dave Pensado’s Place, Episode #2 – Stereo Buss Compression

By Big Al on Friday, January 21st, 2011 | 1 Comment

The second episode of Pensado’s Place with mixing engineer Dave Pensado, Herb Trawick, and Zan Nakari are joined by world-renowned mixing engineer Jean-Marie Horvat (Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake, TI, Reba Mcentire, Beyonce, etc.). On this week’s Into The Lair, Dave goes over stereo buss compression and the difference between compressors and limiters. The gang also [...]

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Heil Sound Introduces the PR 48 Kick Drum Microphone

By Big Al on Sunday, December 13th, 2009 | No Comments

Bob Heil is up to his dynamic microphone shenanigans again. His company, Heil Sound has introduced a new dedicated kick drum microphone, the PR 48. It is, of course a large diaphragm dynamic microphone. Here’s the low down from the official web site: The Heil HDK drum kit series is a culmination of over 2 [...]

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The Ultimate Microphone Shootout!

By Big Al on Monday, October 19th, 2009 | No Comments

You’ve heard your fair share of microphone shootouts on my podcast over at http://ProjectStudioNetwork.com and on the podcast of my good friend Slau over at http://SessionsWithSlau.com. But, you ain’t heard or seen nothin’ like this! To demonstrate just how roadworthy the venerable Shure SM58 is (and the Shure SM57), the good ol’ boys at Shure [...]

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