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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
New competition!
manalive audio competition to celebrate the arrival of the website! Dozens of items to be won! Until 15 September 2025.
Our new EMF microphone!
A unique microphone for recording glitches, interference and more! Stereo output and built-in speaker!
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!