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Hear and Compare over Twenty Microphones with RODE's Soundbooth Broadcast

10.26.12 @ 9:30AM Tags : microphones, sound, soundbooth

RØDE Microphones has recently created a new version of their Soundbooth Broadcast, a web application that allows users to interactively compare a wide variety of the manufacturer’s mics. The original Soundbooth page‘s interface was akin to a simplified mixing program, wherein real-time mute and solo controls were offered for each layer of a typical studio music recording. The original listed the types of mics used for each layer (bass drum, snare drum, vocals, guitar amp, etc.) and demonstrated how each layer contributed to the mix. Now, RØDE is giving us the ability to compare the characteristics of a range of their mics — including voice-over condensers, live performance-style dynamics, shotgun-style super cardioids, even headsets and camera-mounted mics in some cases — matched against each other in various common real-world acoustic environments. More »