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Nathan Moore is making history. His “Hippy Fiasco Rides Again” tour of northern California was organized within about 36 hours, via iPhone and old-fashioned hotel-room telephone, hosted by fans and friends in towns from Chico to Santa Cruz. Nathan and his tour manager, Chad Galactic, are on a mission to not only recoup expenses from […]

Here’s your last chance to name the vocal mic used in Storyhill’s fabulous “Dangerous Weapon” video. As promised, I got the inside story on how the acoustic duo’s new album was recorded, from engineer Brad Bivens and producer Dan Wilson. By way of introduction, Brad Bivens is a Nashville-based audio engineer whose credits include Norah […]

Curious how high-quality ribbon microphones are made? Check out the “Factory Made” segment about a tour of the Royer Labs factory to see how a R-121 passive ribbon mic is manufactured.

About a year and a half ago, I announced a fairly delinquent feature for the mic database — the display of frequency-response charts on each mic profile. But it was an ugly implementation, and required users to click a button to see the chart. Worse, most of the charts were oversized, and slow to load. […]

We’ve updated the Microphone Rebates page to show hot summer specials on some really nice (and expensive) microphones — from MXL, Blue, and Bock Audio! Also, don’t forget about the Microphone Sale listing. Price drops, closeouts, and specials from a dozen pro audio stores are collected in one place, and updated twice a day. If […]

JZ Microphones has announced a new pop filter, said to be based on the Black Hole series filter, although photos suggest a lot more R&D has taken place in the interim. The Black Hole pop filter used two convex screens mounted back-to-back. JZ claims the design “reduces blasts and blows more than any other pop […]

Can you identify the high-end condenser mics in this video? They sound great, but what are they?