Show 314 – Mini MS mic with Aaron Cendan

Aaron Cendan is a sound designer for video games, mic maker, and ReaScripter. Today we invited Aaron on the show to talk about mid-side recording, the mini MS mic he designed, how MS is useful, and much more

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Spotify Link https://open.spotify.com/show/6ffP9OPt8SjMwXCman1ckV

00:00 - Intro
00:30 - welcome Aaron Cendan: sound designer and mini mic maker
01:37 - how we met
02:03 - first tangent, acoustic treatment
02:39 - Ryan is in a hotel in Orlando
03:35 - what is the Mini MS microphone
07:15 - what is Mid-Side stereo recording
10:50 - explaining the cables
14:08 - phantom power
18:02 - mic sensitivity
18:25 - about the electret capsules
19:57 - tangent more mini mics
22:37 - mic body materials and sound differences
28:06 - where do MS mics get used for games
34:08 - future REAPER scripting projects
36:38 - Jon got a Reel to Reel

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This episode is supported by:
Brian Olsen, Doug Darrell, Stephan Gaugh, musicforgeeks, someone, John Stranovsky, Jonathan R, Michael Sedelmaier, and yinghuochong.

Links

Mini MS Microphone

Mini MS DIY Microphone Kit

Show 313 – Mic Boosters Everywhere

When we first started this podcast, inline preamp mic boosters were not well known or widely available until the Cloudlifter. Now, there are countless varieties in wide ranging prices. Jon just built the MB-2 kit from DIY Recording Equipment so we thought this would be a good time to revisit the mic booster topic.

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Spotify Link https://open.spotify.com/show/6ffP9OPt8SjMwXCman1ckV

00:00 - Intro
00:17 - Today's topic is mic boosters
02:50 - What is a cloud lifter / mic booster
03:32 - How Ryan uses a cloudlifter
04:16 - Impedance
05:53 - There are so many of these now!
07:40 - if you want to build it yourself…
08:20 - speaking of flavors
09:49 - Another use of a colored mic booster
11:35 - can be useful even with condenser mics
12:19 - I forgot about phantom power boxes

Support the show and get your name at the end of the video

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This episode is supported by:
Brian Olsen, Doug Darrell, Stephan Gaugh, musicforgeeks, someone, John Stranovsky, Jonathan R, Michael Sedelmaier, and yinghuochong.

LINKS

HRS Episode 77 – Triton Audio BigAmp and FetHead review

HRS Episode 112 – Cloudlifter CL-1 review

HRS Episode 217 – Cloudlifter CL-Z review

DIY Recording Equipement MB-2 Mic Booster Kit

Amazon Affiliate Link – Triton FetHead

Amazon Affiliate Link – sE Electronics Dynamite

Amazon Affiliate Link – Coda Stealth

Amazon Affiliate Link – Cloud Microphones Cloudlifter CL-1

Tierra Audio Flavours Preamp

Show 206 – Microphone basics, interview with Matt McGlynn and more!

This week Ryan presents a segment on microphone basics. We chat with Matt McGlynn of RecordingHacks.com and Microphone-Parts.com about microphone design, and new mod kit for the Apex 460.

!!! Details on how to win a $200 mic mod kit with capsule from Microphone-Parts are in this show !!!

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Matt McGlynn on Twitter
RecordingHacks.com
Microphone-Parts.com
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Show 202 – Mic splitters and combiners and more

In this episode we talk about mic splitters and combiners, why you shouldn’t use Y-Cables and how to make some of these on your own, the right way.

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