Setup and listening
Make a listening check part of the routine
Check the intended source, rehearse transitions and listen to a saved recording before the session.
↗The studio notebook / Start here
Make room for your voice.
Independent guides to choosing a microphone, following the connections and listening in the room you actually use.
Start with your setup
A setup with a reason
Begin with what you want to make. Give each piece of the setup a useful job.
The room belongs in the picture
There’s a whole setup
around the microphone.
The microphone is one part of your recording or streaming arrangement. The place you work, the equipment you connect and the software you use deserve a place in the plan too.
Start with the programme you want to make. Then give the practical questions a clear order, from the microphone’s own instructions to a recording you can listen back to.
Plan the place you workKeep one note: the actual gear, the room, the connection and the next question to answer.
Follow the route
Know what connects
to what.
A connector name is the beginning of a question. Check the actual microphone, interface, computer and software involved before deciding how they belong together.
Read the connection guide01 / IDENTIFY
The model.
Keep the exact product name and its current documentation together.
02 / FOLLOW
The route.
Describe the connection you intend to use at each stage.
03 / SELECT
The source.
Use the software’s documentation to understand its audio selection.
04 / CHECK
The result.
Listen to a local check in the setup you actually plan to use.
A closer look, a clearer question
Give the details
some attention.
A photograph can show a shape or a mounting arrangement. The exact manual answers different questions about orientation, connections and supported use.
Keep what you have confirmed separate from what still needs an answer. A useful microphone choice belongs with the way you plan to speak, work and listen.
Choose with the setup in mindA short record makes it easier to understand what changed between one check and the next.
Make a studio noteKeep reading
Four useful places to begin.
All guidesRoom and placement
Give the microphone a workable place
Plan the desk, orientation and ordinary movements, then compare a short rehearsal in your actual room.
↗Connections and routing
Map the connection from microphone to stream
Read USB and XLR connections as parts of a complete route, with the exact device and application in view.
↗Microphone choices
Choose a microphone around the stream you want to make
Bring the programme, connection, workspace and listening check into one considered microphone choice.
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