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Audio
Everything between the voice and the recording: a microphone, wireless, an interface or console, and the headphones you judge the take on.
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- Bedroom acoustic treatment that worksThe acoustic-treatment collection is empty. Use a cardioid dynamic close on an arm, then put 2–4 in broadband (NRC about 0.8) at first reflections. Skip 1 in pyramid...Read the guide
- Shure SM7B: the interface, inline preamp and arm it needsThe SM7B outputs 1.12 mV/Pa (−59 dBV/Pa) and wants about +60 dB of gain. Use the SM7dB's +18/+28 dB preamp, a 60–76 dB interface, or an inline booster....Read the guide
Brands we carry
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Start here. If you are recording one voice, go to USB and podcast microphones. If someone is moving, start at wireless microphones. If you already own the mic and need it captured properly, start at audio interfaces. Stands, shock mounts and windscreens are in microphone accessories, which is where most first orders end up anyway.