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The basic goal of concert recording to provide a “you were there” stereo (or surround) image in the listener’s playback system.  Concert recording techniques to achieve that objective have...

https://naiant.com/2024/01/22/microphone-techniques-concert-recording-considerations/

This entry is the first of two parts on microphone techniques in concert settings.  The first topic is special considerations for live sound reproduction. There are several good guides available...

https://naiant.com/2024/01/18/microphone-techniques-special-considerations-for-live-sound-reproduction/

image credits: eatuppizza Part V: Attenuation Usually in audio signal transmission, our main concern is amplification!  Yet there are some situations that attenuation is required.  The goal is ...

https://naiant.com/2024/01/11/concepts-in-audio-signal-transmission-part-v/

image credits: eatuppizza Part IV: Balanced Signal Transmission What are balanced inputs and outputs, how do they operate, and does it really matter for signal quality?  This post will review co...

https://naiant.com/2022/01/04/concepts-in-audio-signal-transmission-part-iv/

image credits: pinclipart and eatuppizza Microphone Powering Part II of this series noted that condenser microphones require an amplifier circuit which must consist of either a JFET or a tube ver...

https://naiant.com/2020/07/27/concepts-part-3/

  image credits: eatuppizza Microphone Selection—Specifications On the topic of microphone specifications, there is both good news and bad news.  The good news is that most microphone manufac...

https://naiant.com/2020/06/20/concepts-part-2/

image credit: eatuppizza Part I: Decibels, Impedance, and Operating Level Audio engineering enthusiasts are often confused by product specifications, which honestly aren’t always helpful, as th...

https://naiant.com/2019/06/25/concepts-part-1/

image credit:  wikipedia and PixLoger (from Pixabay) There is much misunderstanding—perhaps even misdirection among engineers on the topic of dynamic microphone amplification, especially with ...

https://naiant.com/2019/06/24/dynamic-microphone-amplification/

featured image courtesy of freepik Remote capsule microphones describe a broad class of devices that are designed with a condenser microphone capsule extended from its standard amplifier “micro...

https://naiant.com/2019/06/22/remote-capsule-microphones-care-and-feeding/

A limited number of X-V tube microphone kits remain available for purchase for $65 per kit.  Please read to the bottom of this post to order. The MSH-4 Design From 2006-2007 I built the MSH-4 tu...

https://naiant.com/2016/02/16/x-v-tube-kit-microphone/