Homebrewed Music

I’ve read many times on the internet that condensers are too sensitive, they pick up the mouse in the next room, the refrigerator downstairs, the arm hairs brushing on the top of the guitar. People have suggested that a dynamic mic is better when there’s ambient noise, clumsy technique, or a bad sounding room. Have [...]

Four more mic comparison clips, this time including large and small diaphragm mics and a wide range of prices.

Most mic comparisons I find on the web use different performances for each mic. In my experience, most mics are lot more similar than most performances, so this tutorial shows how to reduce the outside variables in mic (and other electronic gear) comparisons.

I record solo acoustic guitar almost exclusively, but a couple of months ago one of my buddies wanted to lay down a few tracks with vocal and `ukulele. And he wanted to sing and play at the same time. I remembered reading about an arrangement of figure 8 or bidirectional mics that gave maximum separation [...]

Naiant omni mics offer fine performance for very little money.

Har-bal software compares two recordings to analyze EQ differences.

Samples of the Electro-Voice RE16 microphone in a coffee house setting.