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Phiaton PS 320 Dual Purpose Headphones

December 7, 2010 by Audio, Gear, Tips And Tricks

Following last weeks iPhone as audio recorder post, I’d like to talk about headphones that perform double duty for both monitoring and listening to music. Professional sound mixers need to hear all tracks clearly and evenly so they can have baseline for their recordings that can play on the widest range of speakers and audio systems. This includes everything from portable cell phone speakers to high end audiophile home theater systems. The headphones they use are very flat and linearized so as to not color the sound being mixed. In the photography world, it is like editing all your raw images with the tone curve set to linear. The image files will be flat looking with very little contrast and that’s what music sounds like from traditional monitoring headphones. … Continue Reading

DSLR Sound Recording Videos

January 18, 2010 by News

Juicedlink has some great sound tutorials up on their website. If you are new to capturing audio using DSLR’s, there are several videos that will help you understand some common pitfalls and how to avoid them. The intro video is a comparison of audio captured via the built in camera mic and through an external microphone.
Juicedlink audio comparison
Click on image to watch video.