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Ausgabe 09/2024

Find The Perfect Microphone For You: 32 Models In Comparison

When should I use a dynamic microphone, when should I use a condenser microphone? How do you optimize the room sound for recording? From comprehensive buying advice and reviews of all models, to technical details and practical microphone tips – this feature gives you all the answers you need for the perfect recording of vocals, instruments and podcasts. Benefit from the experience of renowned musicians and producers and find the perfect mic for you in the comparison overview with over 30 models.

Huge buying advice: Microphones for every budget

The range of microphones is as diverse as the range of applications and personal preferences regarding design. In our comprehensive market check, you will find out which model best suits your individual requirements and budget.

Free for Beat readers: Tone2 UltraSpace – reverb & delay in perfection

Tone2 UltraSpace combines a flexible reverb effect and an equally versatile multitap delay, complemented by gating and ducking options. The plug-in masters dense, epic reverb effects and realistic room simulations as well as rolling echoes, ducking delays, gated reverbs and even chorus and flanger-like effects. Have fun experimenting!

Test: Sequential TEO-5 – True Oberheim Sound for under 2.000 €

TEO are the initials of synthesizer pioneer Thomas Elroy Oberheim, and the 5 stands for the number of voices of the polyphonic analog synthesizer. Packed in the housing already known from Sequential Take 5, TEO-5 is no bargain at just under 1,700 Euros, but it is by far the cheapest Oberheim synthesizer currently available and definitely worth the purchase. No?

Discovered: Emika – Working with wind, working with water

Emika‘s love of music doesn‘t stop at future garage. But it definitely started there. For her new full-length album, she brought the first chapter of her career to a close, moved her studio from Berlin to the Black Forest and vowed to renounce all spirituality in music. Curiously, „Haze“ feels like a deeply spiritual album, meditative bass pulses brimming underneath floating vocals and delicate piano melodies. To get there wasn‘t easy – for Emika, only perfect is good enough.

More Sounds & Workshops: 60 Soundscapes for Ambient & Synthwave

Create your own universe of sound! After the overwhelming success of our Wave Runner soundbank, we‘re taking it one step further with part 2, bringing you 60 freshly baked basses, synths and soundscapes to start your own journey through the galaxy. Gently drifting pads, endless textures, smooth analogue subs and hard pushing basslines provide finest material to start your next Ambient, Vaporwave or Synthwave track in seconds.