We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Audio recording was once limited to just a few inventive people creating content, but more people than ever are now recording their own audio ...

A dynamic mic uses electromagnetic induction and a condenser mic uses variable capacitance. Dynamic mics are less sensitive, while condensers capture more detail but also pick up more noise. Dynamic ...

A friend of mine is producing a series of HOWTO videos for an open source project, and discovered that he needed a better microphone than the one built into his laptop. Upon searching, he was faced ...

When you step up to the mic, it's not just amplifying you; it's also picking up sound from the front, back, sides, or from multiple directions at once. This is what's known as a microphone's polar ...

Marc Storch is a commerce writer currently based in Denver, Colorado. He is passionate about making tech accessible to all and being excellent to each other. Outside of writing about tech and video ...

Red Microphones Type A is at its heart, an old-school vacuum tube mic. It has a classic design that will make you want to say phrases like, “End prohibition now!” and “That guy’s right, bathtub gin is ...

The new Shure MV7i has a combo XLR/TRS input for a second mic or instrument. There's no need for a separate audio interface to combine the two signals. Is Shure’s MV7i the world’s first microphone ...

A woman talks into a micropohone that has a foam cover on it - PeopleImages/Shutterstock Recording with a microphone isn't always easy, as background noise, poor ...

So, you’re an aspiring voice actor with dreams of being the next Mel Blanc. Before you can emulate the “man of 1,000 voices,” you have to understand one thing: how to use your microphone. The ...