Phantom power (or +48 V) is the description of a certain powering commonly needed for condenser microphones but are sometimes used for other equipment as well. It is common to see on both mixers and audio interfaces these days.
Before buying a condenser microphone, make sure that you have the phantom power to supply it with.
M-Audio has now released the follow-up to it’s hand held recorded MicroTrack. MicroTrack II features 2-channel WAV (BWF) and MP3 recording and playback. It is battery operated and stores on either CompactFlash or microdrives. For connection, MicroTrack II has balanced ¼” TRS inputs with line inputs and 48V phantom-powered mic preamps. It supposedly has extended input gain range compared to the original MicroTrack.
Much more info at M-Audios website.
Sometimes all you need are short sounds for your podcast. Perhaps you’re ending one segment and starting another and need something to divide the two? Try these for that…
As with all clips on Audival, you can use this for free in your podcast
Standard Podcast: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Standard Podcast: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadIf you think this sounds like something played back on crappy old fluttering tape then you’ve gotten my idea. This whole clip is meant to sound like something from an old Hong Kong movie.
As with all clips on Audival, you can use this for free in your podcast
You can consider this post a complement to the post “Cleaning it up”which explains how you can deal with pops and clicks, as well as cutting out unwanted sounds from your recordings. While pops and clicks can be called “noise” in one sense, it’s not actually the kind of noise that we usually mean when we’re talking about noise in audio discussions.
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Nady Systems recently announced the introduction of their new condenser microphone, the USB-1C. Using the supplied USB cable, the mic connects directly to any computer with a USB 2.0 (or higher) input port for easy plug-and-play operation.
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If you want to get theoretically by yourself about acoustics, then these links will probably have you reading and thinking for a while.
Ethan Winer is an expert on acoustics that I have great respect for.
Sound On Sound article, mostly geared towards home studios, but might be of interest anyway.
Geared towards control rooms, but useful anyway.
