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Manalive Audio

Manalive Audio geophone with XLR connector, handmade seismic microphone

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.

Pond / lake hydrophone presentation

Hydrophone: what is it, how does it work and which one should you choose?

A hydrophone is a microphone made for listening underwater. How it works, what you can hear, and how to choose its plug, cable and accessories.

Our microphones for nature recordists

Dolphins, nibbling fish, marshes, cracking ice and trees: nature sound recording underwater and underground, with a hydrophone and a geophone.

Manalive Audio geophone placed on a forest floor, blue cable

Geophone comparison: Manalive Audio, LOM Geofón and Leaf Audio

LOM Geofón, Leaf Audio Geophone S and L or Manalive Audio: price, handmade, plugs, cable, accessories and waterproofing compared at a glance.

Hydrophone river 3

Hydrophone comparison: Manalive Audio, Aquarian, Ambient, JrF and Etsy

Aquarian H2d, Ambient ASF-1 MKII, JrF, Etsy or Manalive Audio: price, handmade, plugs, cable, power and accessories compared at a glance.

main microphone hydrophone bubbly

Our microphones for sound designers

Fizzing aspirin, bubbles, heartbeats, sand maracas: sound design ideas to record with a hydrophone and a geophone.

Our hydrophones and geophones for artists

Pool, bridge, stage floor, sculpture: sound installation and performance ideas with a hydrophone and a geophone, and examples from artists.

nature sound microphone with hydrophone headset

Our microphones for musicians

Sand maracas, a gong dipped in water, a guitar heard through its wood: a hydrophone and a geophone to enrich your music.

Geophone: what is it, how does it work and which one should you choose?

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.

hydrophone design

Use your hydrophone!

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

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