Sound Out Media

Okay, I’m almost a believer.
Whenever anybody tells me that their built in “microphone” is “great”, I take it with a grain of salt.
But if Tod Maffin says it’s “not bad”, I’m more convinced. Because he’s a radio guy too who got a lot of his training at the venerable Mother Corp just like [...]

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friend of mine came over yesterday all excited because she bought a new Babycam.  As she was setting up to videotape us, I reminded her that she needed to bring the camera in close to get good audio .. or we had to talk really loud.
She said “this camera has a zoom microphone”.  Oh yeah.  [...]

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For a fun time, check out this exploration in microphone abuse on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33QPLbQi9FI
The mike being beat up is the legendary Shure SM-58, the vocal mike of choice for every basement band (and even a lot of them that make it to the concert stage)
Enjoy it, but be very skeptical.  A few things I can believe [...]

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