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https://wapsisquare.com/comic/mic-placement

Hmmm. I wonder if Mindy has tried either M-S (mid-side), or soundfield (Ambisonic) microphones, in place of the usual stereo pair she seemed to be using.

It looks like she close-miced a sudden conflagration to get an explosion that wasn't an explosion, a recording that had explosion characteristics but not produced by an actual explosion.

What's the deal with the hammer? Is she smashing the equipment?

I sorta think she's doing a sound-effect version of an asteroid impact... a loud flaming whoosh followed by an Earth-shattering kaboom.