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Today I will show you some basic microphone information that I think will be really useful for you to know! The video is deliberately using many different microphones to show you how each microphone gives you a different tonal quality.

This video was made for my bachelors degree in Audio Engineering. It has had a tight schedule which is why its a bit rushed.

This was really fun to make as this is the first time I have made content like this at this scale.

90% of the information told comes from skills I have acquired from this course.

Futher Reading:
Polar Patterns: https://www.soundguys.com/how-to-read-a-polar-pattern-chart-16272/
Proximity effect: https://www.soundguys.com/proximity-effect-explained-51333/
Gain staging: https://www.izotope.com/en/learn/gain-staging-what-it-is-and-how-to-do-it.html

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Music by ME
Special thanks to all the people who gave me information and helped me fact check. I worked with several audio engineers.

00:00 Intro
0:50 Polar Patterns
2:48 Reverb
4:07 Proximity Effect
5:31 Microphone position / Off Axis recording)
6:49 Plosives (IMPORTANT)
8:10 Low Frequencies
8:47 Removing Low Frequencies
10:02 Gain Settings
11:54 Compressor Tutorial
13:32 Outro