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Know your Zoom F8n (Pro) To improve readability, we will refer to the Zoom F8n and Zoom F8n Pro as the 'F8n' for short. Any differences between the models will be mentioned explicitly. This is about one of our most frequently used recorders and contains…

Know you gear! "Know your gear!" should be a sticker on every sound engineer's bags. This is both simple and true! Many of the available articles, tips and tricks originate from this. We recommend that every junior sound engineer take the time to get to…

IRT cross It consists of four cardioid microphones arranged in a square. The microphones are angled 90 degrees from one another and spaced 20 to 25 cm apart. With wide cardioids it should be 31 cm. But these microphones are not very common in the…

How to record SMPTE timecode if your handheld-recorder doesn't provide this feature. Let's assume, you have a handheld recorder with no SMPTE features, neither read, nor write. But you need to synchronize your recordings to a video in post with a time-code, in this case…

How to get started ... We have been asked how to get started with immersive audio on a very limited budget. Well, it can be done, but it may require some tricks. First things first: Define what you want to achieve. Do you just want…