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Konos 80 Element
Microphone
There's a new microphone built on digital signal processing technology that you may want
to check out. New Zealand-based Dotterel Technologies introduced the digital Konos
microphone this spring, and reports are impressive. The company was founded in 2017
and began with the idea of how to make drones more useful. They started with the idea of
making mic arrays to eliminate the "flying lawnmower" noise from drone propellers in public
service applications. They found additional uses in search-and-rescue operations, for better
communication with victims and rescue personnel, and even in remote hostage negotiations.
Then they expanded to using the tech in drones on film sets and the sound mixers (bright
people that they are) began asking if they could take the array off the drone so they could
try using it like a shotgun.
