Latest Posts by Jonathan Lipp

Humans are hard-wired with a need to communicate. The history of long-distance communication harks back to ram’s horn trumpets, smoke signals and semaphore telegraph using arms and flags. Mechanical annunciators... Read More

Microphones turn sound waves into electrical waves. Selecting the right microphone depends on how you will use it. When used for recording, accuracy or response tailored for particular instruments is... Read More

The audience for podcasts—audio programs that are either pre-recorded or live, and then uploaded or streamed to a web server for distribution—continues to grow. In 2021 there were over 48,000,000 episodes... Read More

In today’s virtual world, it’s easy to get nostalgic for the tactile feel of faders, knobs, and switches because analog devices brought every function out to a physical control. Fortunately, we... Read More

Whether buying new or upgrading, here’s what you need to know to make the right purchasing decision. To paraphrase Henry Ford (who said you could buy any color Model T... Read More

An audio mixer is a device that combines from two to over a hundred audio input sources (microphones, recordings, instruments, etc.) into a "mixed" output. The mixer can further... Read More