There are many, many choices of microphones available for video recording — from lavaliers to shotguns to on camera-mounted mics. How do you choose the right mic for the given situation? Here’s a guide.

Move over video. When it comes to the medium of choice for powerful storytelling, audio has always been a competitor. In its golden age, audio — or radio as it was called then — was known as the theatre of the imagination. Today, it has different names, but audio storytelling is back.

The impending clearance of the 700MHz spectrum band will bring about a significant change not only in what frequencies will be available for wireless microphone operations but also how equipment is designed and used. This contentious topic was discussed at AES New York 2018 during a conference panel featuring product specialists from leading radio mic manufacturers, RF technicians and audio engineers.

Every room or space has a unique sonic character. Whether it’s Abbey Road Studios or a one-car garage, each space is one of a kind and sounds like no other. Often, bringing the sound of the acoustic space into a recording is the missing piece that makes it sound truly distinctive.

Since the beginning of television, the picture has always had priority over sound. This has remained true through the years even though it is well known that viewers actually value sound over image quality and will not accept truly bad audio, no matter how good the picture. So why does this trend continue?

Depending on your point of view, the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) is either a cheesy pageant of songs that have no relevance to today’s music scene or a fun, well-intentioned attempt to celebrate national identities while at the same time trying to bring together the countries of Europe and beyond through the power of song. Either way, it is the world’s biggest televised music event, this year pulling in approximately 186 million viewers through a TV production that involved an extensive wireless microphone, commentary and sound distribution set-up and the first trial of immersive audio technology for a live broadcast.

Have you ever had trouble getting clean, reliable noise-free sound from lavalier microphones? Here is a nifty way to reduce the noise generated by clothing rubbing against a lav microphone shell or cord.

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