Why is poor use of a microphone like bad breath? Because you don’t know you’re doing it until someone tells you. Maybe this is not the best analogy, but public relations veteran and “Zoom expert” ...

An interesting stereo mic technique involves the coincident pairing of a cardioid and a bi-directional (figure-of-eight) mic. This is called the M-S or mid-side technique and provides good mono ...

Once mic users understand microphone polar patterns, they can intelligently choose mics positioned for stereo recording. (Of course there are also microphones available with stereo capsules, but many ...