Marantz PMD661 

By Dan Ochiva

While it's easy to overlook a standalone audio recorder for anything beyond blogging, indie producers know that capturing wild audio tracks on location can come in handy during post...

Petrol PDIB-2 Ditty Bag  

A ditty bag is a nautical term for a bag used by sailors to hold gear needed for repairs on sails or rigging...

Alesis MasterControl  

By Dan Ochiva

If you’re starting to move beyond minimal audio post with its occasional sound tweaking and cleanup, it might be a good time to consider moving beyond the mouse...

Sonnet Technologies Fusion F3 

By Dan Ochiva

RAID arrays are turning up everywhere, so it's not strange to see a trend toward more stylish housings that will allow the devices to fit well in an edit suite or recording studio...

Focus Enhancements FS-5 

By Dan Ochiva

While some hail solid-state storage as the best thing to happen to field recording, there are still plenty of good reasons to use the compact, portable drive technology that's come out over the past few years...

Shoot Tools: Petrol C-Stand Rolling Bag 

By Dan Ochiva

C-stands simple, do-it-all braces for holding lights, microphones, and lighting control gear such as flags take a lot of punishment. Petrol, always ready...

Edit Tools: Blastwave FX LFE 

By Dan Ochiva

Sometimes you have to reach for a specialty effect to make a sequence work. That's what Blastwave FX's LFE low-frequency audio effects library might offer...

Shoot Tools: Holophone PortaMic 5.1 

By Dan Ochiva

If you have ever envisioned working with surround sound, you might be wondering about the price to get started. Special microphones and rigs can easily...

Shoot Tools: Yamaha Pocketrak CX 

By Dan Ochiva

Getting good audio on the road becomes increasingly easier with more capable microcircuitry and improvements in flash-memory storage. Yamaha's Pocketrak...

Edit Tools: Sony Creative Software 

By Dan Ochiva

As Sony Creative Software's Acid Pro matures, the software is straddling an interesting performance- and post-oriented approach, which is useful for those...