Shure has been around for 100 years and today it unveils the new KSM series of condenser microphones at NAMM, the trade show ...

Choosing the right mic can often be a confusing and complex process. Endorfy is aiming to make achieving great sounding mic ...

NAMM 2026: A trio of new offerings in the KSM series claim to sport some ‘impossibly low’ self-noise ...

Back in 2014, audio brand Røde released an all-in-one USB condenser microphone that's still a popular choice for podcasters and streaming content creators today. Now the company has announced an ...

Elgato makes a ton of products for streamers, but if you wanted an Elgato-branded mic, that just wasn't a possibility...until now! Today Andy checks out the feature-packed Elgato Wave:3 mic, giving a ...

The RØDE NT1 5th Generation condenser microphone has a very low self-noise and a high SPL so that it can handle everything from a whisper to a scream. Australian audio brand RØDE has announced its ...

When designing a microphone assembly the other day, I reached for an electret condenser microphone capsule without thinking. To be strictly accurate I ordered a pack of them, these small cylindrical ...

Fig. 1: Diagrams from Wente’s 1916 patent application show the condenser microphone in cutaway view. Diaphragm (#6), which is grounded, is stretched only 5/10000th of an inch from the backplate (#7), ...

Mic modeling has come a long way in just a few years, and modern software plugins, to these ears, get quite close to the real deal. Universal Audio has been at the forefront of this technology for a ...

As the Internet has turned so many of us into content creators, we’ve seen the quality of webcams and microphones steadily increase to the point at which even a fairly modestly-equipped YouTuber now ...

Tech The best music tech gear of NAMM 2026: Epic polys, acoustic synths, budget samplers, a Behringer Juno and more Tech NAMM 2026: rolling news from the world's biggest music-making gear show Studio ...