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Basics and theory on audio technology and more by sound engineers, acousticians and musicians from India.

What are a microphone’s polar patterns?

In any microphone product literature, you must have come across the term “Polar Pattern” or “Pickup Pattern” several times. Words like Cardioid, Omnidirectional, figure of Eight are mentioned with it… What is the meaning...

Basics of a Cue Sheet

If your music is used in a film or television program, filing a cue sheet with a PRO (Performance Rights Organisation) is an important step in getting paid for your work. Cue sheets are...

A Simple Guide to Copyright (part 4)

…continued from part 3 Relevance of copyright in the monetisation of your works For monitoring both the sound recordings and the underlying works [i.e. musical works, and literary works], you need a copyright society...