Immersive Audio Can Dramatically Enhance Average Video Images February 28^th 2017 - 01:50 PM

It has long been an open secret in video production: great sound is far more important than the quality of the images. Surround, or even stereo audio, can dramatically improve an average quality picture on virtually any kind of programming — from news and documentary to feature films.

How to De-Ess Voices When Recording February 23^rd 2017 - 10:00 AM

Whenever doing a professional voice recording, de-essing — the reduction of excessive sibilant consonants — is often a persistent issue. There are many techniques to get rid of this offensive sound from recordings of the human voice.

IP Provides Communications Backbone For Super Bowl LI February 20^th 2017 - 01:50 PM

New IT-based technologies have been adopted more readily and sooner in some parts of the broadcast production chain than others. Super Bowl LI illustrated that with the intercom and general communications operation taking place almost completely in the IP domain, using a combination of Dante running over RTS’ OMNEO platform,…

How to Record the Audio of a Moving Subject February 20^th 2017 - 10:00 AM

Often called “walk-and-talk” recording, videographers are often confronted with recording the audio of subjects in their workplace or during an interview with two or more people walking in full motion. Here’s how to insure excellent audio.

Cloud Broadcasting - Public and Private Clouds February 15^th 2017 - 01:00 PM

In the previous Cloud Broadcasting article, we looked at Agile software development and its relevance to cloud computing. In this article, we delve further into Cloud-Born systems and investigate the differences between public and private clouds and where you might want to use them.

Maintaining Realistic Maximum Sound Pressure Levels with Dynamic Microphones February 15^th 2017 - 11:00 AM

When recording live audio with a dynamic microphone, a good recordist may want to know what is the maximum sound pressure level that mic can handle without distorting. As with many such seemingly basic questions in audio, the answer is not so simple.

Using a Boom Microphone in Video Production February 13^th 2017 - 10:00 AM

With the current generation of videographers, a mounted on-camera microphone is considered a major upgrade to the camera’s built-in microphone. But when a video producer seeks true excellence in field audio, boom microphones come into play.

How Microphone Frequency Response Relates to Recorded Sound February 9^th 2017 - 01:00 PM

One of the most popular microphone specs is frequency response. However, is the frequency response spec really an accurate description of a microphone’s sound characteristics?

John Watkinson Remembers Ilpo Martikainen (1947-2017) February 9^th 2017 - 08:30 AM

My recollections of Ilpo Martikainen go back to 1983, which turned out to be an interesting year. Finding myself once more in Eindhoven, this time for an AES Convention, I mused that the newly announced Compact Disc had shifted the audio quality bottleneck firmly onto the loudspeaker and that something would h…

Why Microphone Self-Noise is Important to Recording February 6^th 2017 - 11:00 AM

Self-noise in a microphone is important if the recordist is seeking to come as close as possible to making a clean, noise-free recording. But how does one read self-noise specs and what numbers are good and bad when making a decision on which microphone to use?