I thought it was time for a new USB microphone post. The previous one doesn’t really capture the market anymore, and some newer readers might never had found it anyway. So here’s a selection of what’s out there today. Keep in mind that I haven’t tried and compared these.
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And a second shorter clip of the funked up retro smacker.
Marantz is introducing the PMD580 Solid State Recorder, a rackmount digital recorders. The new PMD580 brings many of the same features found in the PMD Series recorders but adds network connectivity. Via its Ethernet port, the PMD580 can be positioned as a network device, allowing users to set menu parameters, schedule recording events, and transfer and archive audio files, all by using a web-based GUI interface from any PC or Mac in the network.
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I just happened to stumble upon a company called Soundhack today. They have plenty of tools for free, including one for specral audio processing, a pitch fork (probably not very interesting for podcasting) as well as a free plug-in bundle with various effects.
Here’s a shorter clip of the 70’s smelling funky piece.
This is really funky…
Here’s an older piece I found that I think I actually did entirely out of samples. The mix was to pretty though so I roughened it up… A lot! 70’s romanticizing things shouldn’t sound like Cheiron, they should be noisy, distorted, vinyl and flangy!
Shorter clips of it is coming later.
Antares, the creators of Auto-Tune (possibly the only software that has caused a debate about whether or not it’s “right” to use it), has released Voice Thing! Voice Thing! lets anyone subtly or radically change the character of their voice, turn their (audio) self into a monster or alien, or create the effect of being in a wide variety of sonic environments, from small rooms to huge halls.
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