Sound for Video Session: Sennheiser MKH 8018 First Impressions

In this week's Sound for Video Session, we'll have our first listen to the new Sennheiser MKH 8018 stereo shotgun microphone. This new microphone is the latest microphone in the Sennheiser 8000 series of RF condenser professional microphones. The 8018 can be switched to XY narrow, XY wide, and mid-side modes to capture stereo sound fields in a variety of ways. We'll demonstrate these different modes with some samples. If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses at https://school.learnlightandsound.com including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F6, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders. We have a course on sound for live-streaming with the ATEM Mini, Introduction to Izotope RX for Dialogue Audio, and Mixing fundamentals in DaVinci Resolve Fairlight. Gear I often use or that we mentioned in this episode. The links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases: - Sennheiser MKH8018 stereo shotgun microphone — https://geni.us/ye4d - Sound Devices MixPre II Series Recorders — https://geni.us/O8e0 - Mackie DLZ Creator adaptive audio mixer (the original, bigger one) — https://geni.us/42KrX0 - Earthworks ETHOS microphone — https://geni.us/8G8UdBB - Allen & Heath SQ5 digital mixing board — https://geni.us/sRxFU90 - Sound Devices 888 field recorder/mixer with Dante — https://geni.us/zAryW4J - Panasonic GH5 camera - https://geni.us/InspOl - Teleprompter Ikan 17" high bright — https://geni.us/RcuXD3 - Canon C200 Camera - https://geni.us/9Zi4m4a - Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 lens — https://geni.us/kZyU7e - ATEM Mini Extreme & Extreme ISO — https://geni.us/b8my - Rupert Neve Designs Shelford Channel, pre-amp, EQ, compressor — https://geni.us/9ZfE77 - Universal Audio 6176 channel strip pre-amp, EQ, compressor — https://geni.us/505L55n The intro and outro music for this episode is from Musicbed. Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: https://geni.us/G7by Copyright 2025, Curtis Judd 00:00 Start 02:38 Beginning of stream