Sound & Recording Buying Guides

Elias Toufexis has quickly become a recognizable name and voice in big-franchise TV series and video games. Nick Marzock sits down with him to dive deep into several key aspects of... Read More

Get the studio sound your podcast deserves. Capture incredible sound, with enough gain for any XLR mic. Set levels, enhance your sound with one click, and stand out with Vocaster One... Read More

How do you get the broadcast sound your podcast deserves? The answer has never been clearer. Get incredible sound with more than enough gain for any XLR mic – for... Read More

An end-to-end solution for quality stage monitoring System integrators, engineers, and performers alike are seeing (and hearing) the advantages of going wireless, not only for instruments and microphones but also... Read More

The latest generation mic pre is the best Scarlett has ever heard. Scarlett brings Focusrite’s professional sound quality to your home. No other interface sounds quite like Scarlett. Turn ideas into... Read More

Play your way. Hook up a mic, guitar and keyboard and make records. 4i4 is studio sound for all your instruments. Featuring six configurations of ins and outs with the best performing... Read More

Designed to create horizontal or vertical line-source arrays and featuring a simple yet rapid rigging system, VIO C offers the most flexible coverage options as well as the powerful... Read More

Humans are hard-wired with a need to communicate. The history of long-distance communication harks back to ram’s horn trumpets, smoke signals and semaphore telegraph using arms and flags. Mechanical annunciators... Read More

Microphones turn sound waves into electrical waves. Selecting the right microphone depends on how you will use it. When used for recording, accuracy or response tailored for particular instruments is... Read More

The audience for podcasts—audio programs that are either pre-recorded or live, and then uploaded or streamed to a web server for distribution—continues to grow. In 2021 there were over 48,000,000 episodes... Read More

In today’s virtual world, it’s easy to get nostalgic for the tactile feel of faders, knobs, and switches because analog devices brought every function out to a physical control. Fortunately, we... Read More

Whether buying new or upgrading, here’s what you need to know to make the right purchasing decision. To paraphrase Henry Ford (who said you could buy any color Model T... Read More

An audio mixer is a device that combines from two to over a hundred audio input sources (microphones, recordings, instruments, etc.) into a "mixed" output. The mixer can further... Read More

It's a solidly built intercom system that would serve well in any church production. But it's the unexpected additional features and the attention to detail that put this system on the... Read More

Earthworks Audio Microphone Review Grammy Award winning engineer Manny Marroquin and other industry pros discuss the power and possibility behind an Earthworks microphone. The quality of Earthworks microphones is something that needs... Read More

Shawn McLaughlin sits down with Jesse Koopman, tech director at Asbury United Methodist Church, where they switched to Shure digital wireless systems years ago. Jesse explains why they use wireless mics... Read More

Damian Taylor talks us through his studio, explaining why ISA sits at the heart. The ISA 428 MkII and 828 incorporate four and eight of Focusrite’s renowned mic pres respectively in simple-to-operate... Read More

Focusrite recorded rock band Lower Than Atlantis with the Scarlett OctoPre Dynamic, which easily connects to your interface to increase channel I/O via ADAT. Scarlett OctoPre Dynamic is an eight-channel Focusrite... Read More

Because so many people have asked, "What makes LEA Professional a good choice for amplification?" our friends at LEA put this video together to try and hit all of the highlights... Read More

Neutrik is a name that instantly inspires confidence in any audio professional who hears it. The company’s reputation for groundbreaking design and bulletproof reliability extends to every connector and component in... Read More

The NA2-IO-DPRO is a 2IN, 2OUT breakout box for mic, line, AES/EBU signals. It features high-quality microphone pre-amps and 2 Dante® ports for either redundant setup or daisy-chaining. There are several... Read More

When Sennheiser announces something new, I pay attention. My last Sennheiser review was the XSW-D digital wireless system, whose price point was designed to hit the masses. Still, it managed to... Read More

Saramonic's DK3A is a premium lavalier microphone that's specifically tailored for dialogue capture. The omnidirectional (360 degrees) pickup pattern produces no proximity bass boost, allowing closer placement to the source, resulting... Read More