The home recording revolution has come. From cheap and affordable audio interfaces and software to the rocketing abundance of USB microphones in the Zoom era, there is no reason why you can’t make chart-topping singles in your bedroom. (See: Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas O’Connell.) It’s easy to get audio quality that’s good enough, but now high-end companies are aiming to help average musicians get true studio quality at home.
The latest Sphere DLX and Sphere LX modeling mics from Universal Audio ask a simple question: What if you could have virtually every famous microphone available at your fingertips in a single, sub-$1,400