Category: microphones
The best mobile microphones for 2025
If you’ve ever tried recording audio on your phone and found it sounding muffled or full of background noise, you’re not alone. Built-in microphones are fine for quick calls, but when it comes to creating content, recording music or capturing crystal-clear audio for a podcast, you need a mobile microphone…
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Rode’s latest Wireless GO microphone system boasts 40 hours of on-board storage
Rode just announced the latest iteration of its well-regarded Wireless GO microphone system. The third-gen kit brings plenty of new features to the table, especially when compared to 2021’s Wireless GO II. The microphone allows for 32-bit float on-board recording and audio can be captured directly to the receiver. The…
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Can ‘modeling’ microphones deliver on their copycat promise?
The humble microphone. For many, it’s little more than a tool for a Zoom call. For streamers and podcasters it’s a utilitarian bit of kit. But for some — singers, musicians and other recording artists — it’s an instrument as characteristic and expressive as any guitar or piano. The microphone…
Read MoreThe best audio interfaces in 2023
Whether you make music, podcast, stream or simply enjoy listening to any of these things, a good audio interface is going to make all the difference. Your laptop or PC’s built-in sound will be just fine for most pedestrian tasks, but for creators it’s likely going to fall short of…
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Rode claims its new podcast-friendly NT1 offers ‘unclippable’ audio
When a microphone has been around for 30 years, it must be doing something right. The Rode NT1 is arguably the company’s flagship studio mic and origin story for the brand’s name. The mic was originally called the Rodent1, shortened to Rode NT1 and the rest is history. Today, the…
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The best podcasting gear for beginners
Starting a podcast is easy. Making one that actually sounds good is another story entirely. We can't help much with the bigger problems facing would-be podcasters — finding a good topic and getting people to listen — but we can point you to the best gear to get started. With…
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