It will feature an impressive search facility: type in the name of a manufacturer, a microphone - even its nickname - and you will get all the details you ever wanted. Rycote have sacrificed nothing of the standardised presentation of data, the pictures and the common-reference graphs. But now you can also search for all P48-powered cardioid microphones, costing less than $1000, that are shorter than 140mm to fit into that space on the presenter's desk. The original collection of articles that accompanied the Book has also expanded into an electronic library. Some of the best-known names in the microphone world are there - and Rycote has given them total freedom to put across personal viewpoints as well as authoritative tutorials.
Links have been set up to a special website to allow updates, downloads and everything needed to keep the data fresh. To find out where you can buy a copy call Rycote on +44 (0)1453 759 338 or e-mail info@rycote.com.
(Ruth Rossington)
