Production
Google Meet beats Zoom in audio quality (48 kHz versus 32 kHz typical in Zoom)
Recently, I have been conducting Meetups for fellow writers who want to edit, publish, transform or widely distribute their...
News
Cleanfeed wins Emmy
Our friends at Cleanfeed have just won the prestigious 74th Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy Award presented by the...
Production
YoloLiv launches Instream-a multicam switcher-titler-streamer made specifically for vertical video at 9:16
YoloLive, creator of the YoloBox series of standalone multicam switcher-streamer-titler-records which I have covered before, has just announced Instream....
Distribution
Google Docs tables for WordPress (and more) in 2022
Google Docs is an extremely powerful tool for many tasks, although it’s cruelly unappreciated and under publicized. Google Docs...
News
Blackmagic launches ATEM SDI series of video switchers/mixers
This week, Blackmagic Design launched a new series of portable ATEM SDI live production mixers/switchers with 3G-SDI connections instead...
Production
Plosive prevention: A7WS, A81WS or WS2, not RK345
Sadly, most people I see and hear vía the Shure SM7B, MV7 and MV7x microphones are using the wrong...
Production
Review: FDUCE SL40 studio dynamic hybrid microphone with A7WS & RØDECaster Pro II
I am privileged to be among the first to be reviewing the new sub US$100 SL40 studio dynamic hybrid...
Production
First look: Zoom F3 2-track 32-bit float recorder with 48 kHz sampling rate
I didn’t buy the ≈US$350 Zoom F3 2-track recorder because of its 32-bit float recording capabilities with true 1528...
Production
First look: Saramonic SR-HM7 dynamic cardioid ENG/interview microphone
As I have explained in past reviews of ENG (electronic news gathering, aka for interviews and standups) microphones, most...
Distribution
Video streaming in the era of framerate wars
This situation reminds me of the biblical story of the Tower of Babel. Here are a few examples: Zoom.us...