We have long been in the era of “one man band” media production. Outside of major digital cinema or documentary productions, most video and sound today are recorded with a minimal crew and budget.

Unlike video tech, which seems to change every 10 years or so, audio has stayed largely the same for decades. If you bought a decent microphone and interface a decade ago or more, there’s a good ...

Nigel Cooper investigates with the Zoom F6 field recorder. We’ve all done a shoot were we’ve overlooked the audio levels. The common result, wildly peaking audio that’s clipping into another ...