Microphone Characteristics: Maximum SPL
Hey you! Welcome back to the Microphone Characteristics articles! This week we will be looking at what Maximum SPL means for a microphone and how can we use it to our benefit! What is the definition of Maximum SPL? Very simply Maximum SPL indicates the highest sound pressure level a microphone’s circuit can handle without…
Microphone Characteristics: Signal To Noise Ratio and Self Noise
And here we go! Signal to Noise! Quick interesting fact before we dive into this discussion. I didn’t know this was an actual term when I first heard of it. It was just music to my ears… Literally! Signal to Noise is one of my favourite Peter Gabriel’s songs and I got introduced to it…
Steinberg UR-RT4: Product Showcase
Hey everyone! This week, there’s something different for you on the blog! I can finally share with you what we’ve been preparing a few months ago! I had the pleasure to be invited to Baltic Studios in London by Dom Sigalas. The idea was to use the studio facilities so we could demonstrate how the…
Go Analogue or Go Digital
Here’s a good question for you! The Analogue vs Digital wars have been ongoing for quite sometime. There are frightening stories on both sides and usually, after midnight, engineers gather around a campfire in the dark and discuss, argue and getting scared from the horror behind these stories! But you do not need to be…
Why you should be recording at high sample rates
Have you ever considered to record at a higher sample rate than you normally do? Have you actually done it? If not, I am going to give you a bunch of reasons why you should! Let’s go! What is “Sampling Rate”? Digital audio carries samples of an analogue electrical signal which have been converted to…