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  • The Taming of the Sennheiser MKH8050

    The 8050 in production sound On paper, the Sennheiser MKH8050 initially appeared to be a step forward from the MKH50; with a compact modular design, low noise, extended frequency response and a tight supercadioid polar pattern. However, it didn’t really catch on in production sound. The extended bass response is brilliant for music and FX…

  • 32bit float – Is there anything to Gain?

    High dynamic range analogue inputs We’re getting to a stage where most professional recorders (and a number of ‘prosumer’ ones) operate with analogue inputs capable of capturing very high dymamic range. In fact, some have little or no amplification in front. For example, the Sonosax R4+ and AD8+ which I’ve talked about before in more…

  • Making a start in Production Sound

    This post has been a long time coming. Over years I keep being asked “How do you get into this?” as it seems like almost everyone has a different route in, however I’m going to try and point some in the direction of some of the more established paths. From talking to a number of…

  • Network Switches for location

    You can’t have your cake and eat it Location requirements I’ve had a number of people ask me about network switches over the last week or so. More mixers seem to be looking at Dante on set in various configurations, however most of the switch manufacturers don’t exactly have us in mind when designing products,…

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