Sontronics Podcast Pro £99

The UK mic brand enter the home broadcasting arena. Si Truss asks if there’s more to the Pro than good looks…

- Si Truss

CONTACT WHO: Sontronics WEB: sontronics.com KEY FEATURES Dynamic mic with supercardioid pattern FREQUENCY RESPONSE: 50Hz–15KHz SENSITIVITY: -50dB +/-2dB IMPEDANCE: 600 Ohms

In our modern online world, everyone is diversifying their activities; traditional print journalists are recording videos, musicians, gamers and fitness gurus alike have their own YouTube channels, and literally everyone you’ve ever met now hosts their own podcast. It’s a state of affairs that has given rise to a new type of microphone, a sort of ‘office mic’, used primarily for spoken word purposes but – particularly in the case of those newly diversified musicians – probably likely to fulfil various other recording duties too.