I don’t think I’ve mentioned Snapper in the past here on Audival, but let me tell you that it has been much awaited by a lot of people. Basically it’s a cool little app that integrates totally into Finder and iTunes on OS X. If you’re working with audio in any way this could be a godsend. Audio Ease has announced that it will be released this wednesday. It will be available as a 100 day fully functional demo, and the full version will be available for only €79/$59.

If you haven’t seen Snapper yet, check out the videos (the 100 second tutorial gives a good overview of it) on Audio Ease’s website.

Personally I think it looks really good. Actually, I would love to see this exact thing integrated into OS X.

Blue are well known for odd microphone designs and this one caught my eye. Below you’ll find the press release and a couple of more pictures.
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I just found this at Audio Tech News

StSoft has released a ‘Ducking Plug-in’ – a straightforward, full parameterized compressor with a dedicated sidechain input stereo channel. It is designed as a VST effect for MacOSX and is specially created for and tested with Ableton Live.

While the article talks about ducking in music, it’s – as you know loyal reader – also very relevant in podcasting.

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After extensive testing of Audio Ease’s Speakerphone, I can with confidence say that it’s nothing less than extraordinary. Continue reading for why it got ProToolers second ever “wicked approval” award, and why you might need it in your podcast.
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A new handheld recorder by Yamaha will be shown at NAMM which is only a few days away. While self-recharging batteries sound tempting, it’s only capable of record in 16-bit and it’s memory can’t be expanded (in case you need more than the 2GB available).

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And the final installment of my new synthesizer tryout. This one kind of combines the two, without being so cheap that it’s just about adding one over the other.

As with all clips on Audival, you can use this for free in your podcast

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If you’re looking for some reading on how to get the gear to get started with video podcasting, or if you just happen to think Saturdays are boring and need something to do, then perhaps these articles on Journalism.co.uk (three parts) could be of interest.