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title: Microphone Techniques
description: Microphone techniques involve selecting and positioning microphones to capture high-quality audio. Learners will understand polar patterns, frequency responses, and stereo placement methods like XY and ORTF to record vocals, instruments, and ambient sounds effectively.
category: music-audio
subcategory: audio-engineering
difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced
url: /subject/microphone-techniques
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# Microphone Techniques

Microphone techniques involve selecting and positioning microphones to capture high-quality audio. Learners will understand polar patterns, frequency responses, and stereo placement methods like XY and ORTF to record vocals, instruments, and ambient sounds effectively.

## Available Resources

2 Books • 2 Websites

## Books

### 1. The Recording Engineer’s Handbook

**Author:** Bobby Owsinski

Bobby Owsinski's practical guide to recording, built around microphone types, polar patterns and placement techniques for drums, guitars, vocals and other sources, with interviews with prominent engineers. Readers learn to choose, position and troubleshoot microphones in real sessions.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/1285442016?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** books, music-performing-arts, audio-engineering

### 2. The Microphone Book

**Author:** John Eargle

A standard reference by the late JBL engineer John Eargle on how microphones work and how to use them: transducer principles, polar patterns, stereo and surround arrays, and placement for speech, music and broadcast recording.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0240804457?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** books, music-performing-arts, audio-engineering

## Websites

### 1. soundonsound.com

Sound On Sound is a long-running audio recording magazine and website. It publishes in-depth tutorials, gear reviews, and practical how-to articles on recording, mixing, mastering, microphone technique, DAWs, plugins, and studio setup.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://soundonsound.com

**Tags:** websites, music-performing-arts, audio-engineering

### 2. recordingrevolution.com

Recording Revolution is a home-studio recording and mixing resource. It features tutorials, videos, and courses on microphone technique, mic placement, and other audio production workflows.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://recordingrevolution.com

**Tags:** websites, music-performing-arts, audio-engineering

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