Chapter 5Shotgun Microphones
Shotgun Microphones: Characteristics and Groups
Group 1: Hyper-Cardioid Microphones
Group 2: Short Shotgun Microphones
There Is No Other!
There’s nothing like the sound of a shotgun microphone. The warmth, transparency, sound perspective, and rich ambience beds are qualities only shotgun microphones can produce.
When used to their full potential, a single, quality shotgun microphone is all you’ll need for most video production shots. I use one shotgun microphone for over 90 percent of my recordings, and so can you— if you ...
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