Understanding technical audio vocabulary can be like trying to understand another language sometimes. But if you want to record the best audio possible, it’s important to get to grips with the jargon. When you’re starting out it, it’s easy to feel a bit lost; but there are so many resources available online -like my website- … Read more
One of the first questions I asked myself when learning about recording my own music at home was ‘what is a polar pattern?’. It almost sounds like something related to the weather. Like a lot of audio terms, the meaning isn’t always so clear and obvious. You have to do a bit of digging and … Read more
When I began learning about audio production, one of the first questions I asked was ‘what is a cardioid microphone?’. A cardioid microphone is certainly the most common type you see available on the market, especially for condenser microphones and dynamic microphones, but why is that? I’m here to clarify the confusion. In this article … Read more