Having edited with Avid for many years, and Pro Tools coming from the same company, it all seemed so simple: I would write a review on the new Mbox 2. However, while I have edited with Avid and other video editing tools for many years, I have somehow managed...
Futuristic Mic with Surround Sound Abilities
Have you ever dreamed of recording full surround sound on your stereo-only video camera? Impossible, you say? With the Holophone PortaMic 5.1, the dream is now reality. Using their expertise in the surround recording arena, shrinking the size and price and using some serious...
Early filmmakers had it easy. It wasn't until the 1920's when the first commercial screening of movies with sound began to change the industry. Before audio was added to the Talkies the visuals had to tell the story. Since the introduction of sound, the industry has never looked back....
Bluetooth Sound: 5.1 Capture
One of main limitations of most consumer grade camcorders is the absence of an external microphone input. Sony has solved this problem with the new ECM-HW2 Bluetooth wireless microphone. It offers two way communications, lets you decide whether to record just the mic input or add...
The Shotgun Microphone from Down Under
Sound. It's just as important, if not more important, than picture. That axiom has been true since the advent of talkies and the end of film's silent age. Many video enthusiasts tend to focus solely on the camera technology as it advances at...
The Sound of Music- And Speech
Enjoying a good set of speakers on your desktop is a joy many have yearned for. I'm not talking about the "high quality" multimedia speakers that came bundled with your computer. I'm talking about real speakers. I'm talking about speakers that don't just let...
Small and Powerful
If you've ever been disappointed with the sound from your camera's built-in microphone - and who hasn't - you've probably considered buying an external mic. There are literally hundreds of options, many costing more than your video camera.
But maybe you don't need all the...
Solid Sound
The whole reason to have a mixer in your editing suite is to, well, mix stuff. Most small studios, whether home-based or small business, have at least a half-dozen audio sources that occasionally need to be either captured or routed for different monitoring outputs. Getting all of...
Azden makes a lot of microphones well suited for the video hobbyist because they're generally less expensive than the competition and when it comes down to it, they get the job done. The new SMX-10 falls right into that category going for $100 and features a 100Hz to 18kHz...
reprinted from an Azden press release: Franklin Square, NYNew from Azden Corporation, the SMX-10 mini stereo elec-tret-condenser microphone provides a high quality alternative in terms of sound and performance to built-in video camera mics at an affordable price. The SMX-10s dual unidirectional design allows video professionals to record directly...
