Audio-Technica ATH-M50x Professional Studio Monitors Headphones (shown in white)
Working from home has become the new normal for many. It can require some adjustment but can be made easier with the right equipment for staying connected. Audio-Technica offers a variety of audio solutions that enable audio professionals to maintain productivity, increase their visibility and keep in touch with their colleagues and coworkers.
Audio engineers, now working from laptops and in less than ideal monitoring environments, are frequently relying on headphones for the monitoring resolution necessary to make edit and mix decisions. The sonic signature of the Audio-Technica M-Series Professional Studio Monitor Headphone line, including the ATH-M50x model and the enhanced performance ATH-M70x model, are designed to enhance production decisions with excellent translation to consumer distribution formats. For extended comfort in longer sessions that require less isolation, an alternate solution is the ATH-R70x Professional Open-Back Reference Headphones, which are also designed for personal listening.
Audio-Technica AT2020USB+ Cardioid USB Microphone, shown in use for a content creation application.
To drop in a new track or for overdubs, individual musicians are being recorded at home or via online collaboration. Whether in a home studio or in a personal space, Audio-Technica Multi-pattern Condenser Microphones like the AT4050, and the AT4047MP, are designed to handle a broad range of production applications from vocals to instruments.
Audio professionals are becoming online content creators to stay visible and productive from isolation, while providing valuable education and training. Whether creating streaming production podcasts to benefit others that are homebound, or for guest lecturing live to audio students shut out of classrooms and audio labs, or for participating in virtual meetings and conferences, clear voice communication is critical. The AT2005USB cardioid dynamic USB/XLR microphone is designed to be an affordable all-purpose solution for delivering quality audio. The AT2005USB is a step up from the built-in mic in a computer, tablet or phone, yet can plug directly into a USB port (or into an outboard interface or mic pre via XLR). An upgrade option is Audio-Technica’s AT2020USB+, a premium-quality condenser USB microphone that can be used not only for business meetings but also for podcasting and music recording. Both offer useful features like headphone jacks with level control, desktop stands and cabling.
Audio-Technica ATH-G1 Gaming Headset is equally at home in podcasting and conferencing applications.
For those preferring a headset mic for podcasting and conferencing applications, the wired ATH-G1 and wireless ATH-G1WL (both originally designed as premium gaming headsets) offer high-performance features including a detachable, highly directional boom mic, superior noise isolation to block outside distractions, inline volume control and mute switch, with the ATH-G1WL also offering a 15-hour battery life. For those who want to stick with their preferred headphones like the ATH-M50x, a set of over-ear headphones can be transformed into a full-fledged headset with the ATGM2 detachable boom microphone. The ATGM2 is flexible for optimum positioning and its highly directional hypercardioid mic element rejects ambient noise to ensure maximum vocal clarity. Additionally, for those looking for a professional broadcast headset for streaming, the BPHS1 broadcast stereo headset offers natural, highly intelligible and focused vocal reproduction, closed-back circumaural (around-the-ear) ear cups, and a high-output dynamic microphone mounted on a flexible boom. The BPHS1 includes a user-replaceable detachable 3.4 m (11-foot) cable terminating in two output connectors, one each for the microphone and headphone; the microphone output is a 3-pin XLRM-type connector, and the headphone output is a 3-conductor 1/4-inch connector.
