Using your geophone: connection, settings and accessories
Connecting your geophone, setting up your recorder, fixing it firmly to the ground or to metal and avoiding unwanted noise: the guide to getting started.

Connecting your geophone, setting up your recorder, fixing it firmly to the ground or to metal and avoiding unwanted noise: the guide to getting started.

How do you maintain your hydrophone to ensure it lasts as long as possible?

You've just bought your hydrophone or you'd like to have one! Don't worry! Learn here how to use your hydrophone!

A unique microphone for recording glitches, interference and more! Stereo output and built-in speaker!

Discover our brand new website, designed to offer you a fluid and intuitive experience! Immerse yourself in a lively, collaborative space centred on our shared passions, with a blog and community section where you can freely share your opinions and experiences. Don't miss our new microphones, including the fascinating UFO stereo EMF, and our innovative geophone. Join us as we explore an increasingly modular and accessible world, where everyone can learn and be inspired. Your opinion counts, and we can't wait to see you take part in this adventure!

manalive audio competition to celebrate the arrival of the website! Dozens of items to be won! Until 15 September 2025.
Discover all the results on our dedicated community page under the blog tab! The best videos will be posted there regularly! See the community videos The competition has now ended! Thank you to everyone for taking part in such large numbers! Thanks to the community's engagement, new testimonials and videos have enabled the creation […]
Update: The geophone is now available! Discover the Manalive Audio geophone. Created from our iconic hydrophone, discover its non-waterproof version, compatible with our geophone accessories! The geophone is priced at €129.99: A direct and accessible alternative to well-known geophones: LOM, Leaf Audio... A […]
Our most anticipated microphone is arriving soon! After several years of intense development, our new prototype is finally signed off! Featuring miniaturised Schoeps-style capsule preamplifiers, the binaural setup has to be as quiet as possible. Naturally, with modularity being our watchword, the binaural system will be no exception. Thanks to its […]

A geophone is a microphone that listens to matter rather than air. How it works, what you can hear, who it's for, and how to choose your plug and accessories.