SOUND ON SOUND
The 1960s: a time of sexual revolution, radical politics and microphones with built‑in spring reverbs.
Take a listen to our comparison of four different models of AKG's C414 microphone during a recording session at Half-Ton Studios in Cambridge.
To celebrate AKG’s 75th birthday, we’re shining a light on perhaps their most iconic microphone.
The C414 has...
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The Ara offers a choice of cardioid and omnidirectional polar patterns, and can record up to 24-bit/96kHz.
The type of microphone you choose for a given task can have a profound effect on the quality of the resulting recording. Paul White sorts out the dynamics from the capacitors.
Paul White tries the latest incarnation of an old friend and discovers that beneath the new paint job, little has really changed.
Paul White tries out AKG's versatile new back-electret, fixed cardioid microphone.
