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Zeniko smartphone video rig MR11 kit review – add a light and mic to your smartphone

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REVIEW – By now, everyone who reads my reviews should know about my quest to create more content for social media. One of the key requirements for doing so, is flexibility, Being able to capture footage anywhere and at any time means having a self-powered portable rig that provides, lighting, audio, power, and stability along […]

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Godox WEC kit 1 wireless microphone review – a great microphone for creators

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REVIEW – For the past few years, I have been working on various projects on several social media platforms. This year, I plan to ramp up producing content for those platforms and to be more creative about it. My wife has been working on her content that focuses on lifestyle choices and she creates a

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Hollyland LARK M2 wireless lavalier microphone review – A microphone system for cameras and smartphones

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REVIEW – Video content creators know that other than a camera, there are two other important things needed to produce quality content. One is good lighting, and the other is good sound. You can’t create a great video if the audio is not clear and crisp. While our cameras and smartphones may have good built-in

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Godox Virso S M2 2.4GHz Wireless Microphone System review – Record three subjects at once with this innovative mic set!

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REVIEW – One aspect of my amateur video making that always seems to fall a bit short is the audio. The internal microphones on smartphones and cameras are never quite good enough to capture the full range of sound, resulting in videos that never reach professional quality. However, after testing the Godox Virso S M2

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JOBY Wavo Air Wireless Lav Microphone Kit review – A colorful mic kit for creators on a budget!

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REVIEW – As I prepare to cover this year’s New York Comic Con, as I do every year for The Gadgeteer, I’m making a concerted effort to up my presentation game. Last year, my trusty cameraman and I added the Zhiyun Crane M2S Camera Stabilizer to our kit, which I reviewed in June 2022, and

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A plug-and-play microphone that captures voices in stunning clarity, just $34.97 for Labor Day

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DEAL NEWS – Speak clearly and loudly with the Babbl USB-C Plug-and-Play Microphone for PC and Mac. Purchase it for $34.97 (the best price online) during the Labor Day Sale before 11:59 p.m. PT on September 4.  Not long ago, the standard microphone on your laptop or desktop computer was enough to handle most jobs.

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Hollyland Lark Max wireless lavalier microphone system review – Studio audio perfected

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REVIEW – I’ve tried several wireless microphone systems with my phone and camera. However, there was always something about them that I didn’t like. Hollyland offered to send along their Lark Max Wireless Microphone System for review. After much thought, I decided to give it a try. Read on to see if that gamble paid

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Hollyland Lark C1 Duo wireless microphone system for smartphones review – Can you hear me now?

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REVIEW – With my job, I sometimes need to make training videos to support field technicians.  They can be quick how-tos or longer courses that cover a subject more extensively.  This means audio is very important. Many times voice overs can be added after the fact but if I’m on location, it’s better to record

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Saramonic BlinkMe 2.4Ghz Wireless Smart Microphone System with Touchscreen review

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REVIEW – When it comes to creating video, we concentrate on visual aspects such as exposure, focus, white balance, frame rate, and more.  But what many people tend to overlook is the audio. Sound can make or break a video especially when it comes to the dialogue. If you cannot make out what people are

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Focusrite Vocaster Two Studio Podcasting Kit review – Podcasting made easy!

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REVIEW – Even though podcasts have been around for over twenty years now it seems that there’s been an explosion in their popularity since the pandemic. Celebrities and civilians alike used their downtime to take to the microphone on subjects ranging from true crime to zombies and all stops in between. Part of the appeal

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Rode VideoMicro II ultra-compact on-camera microphone review

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REVIEW – My main form of entertainment these days is YouTube videos.  I like knife reviews and teardowns, old tool restorations, and gadgets of all kinds. Hats off to all of you folks who do make the videos I watch.  It’s not nearly as easy as it looks. Because of that, I want to start

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Synido LiveMix Solo USB Mixer Audio Interface Bundle review – gives you everything you need to start creating content

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REVIEW – Sound mixers are an old idea, but digital technologies have made them both smaller and less expensive. Synido has just released two new mixers for personal use: the LiveMix solo and the LiveMix duet. The Solo has a single XLR mic input and a single instrument input, whereas the Duet has two XLR

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