Category: Gear

  • New version of Audacity released

    Audacity 1.3.4 (beta) have been released. It’s in beta because it doesn’t include complete documentation and translations into other languages. Audacity is a multi-platform audio editor (Windows, OS X and Linux) and is absolutely free. Certainly something to check out if you haven’t got a proper audio editor for your podcasting purposes just yet. Here […]

  • Another microphone post…

    In case you haven’t tired from my posts on what microphones are and how to use them, you can check out Audio Geek Zines post. It’s a more technical post than mine. Below are the previous posts that I have written on microphones. Microphones – the basics Basic mic techniques Additional notes on microphones Originally […]

  • M-Audio MicroTrack II

    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 […]

  • Room service – part 2

    In part 1 in the series of room treatment I said that proper treatment is a lot more expensive than most of us can imagine. This is a no-joke as you’ll find out. For you who fell you might want to spend a little more, here are some links to get you started. These are […]

  • Sims Audio Amon USB recording interface

    The AMON USB recording interface is a two channel USB interface that features a microphone preamp, a line level/instrument input, and MIDI I/O. Additionally, the AMON includes a full software package from Native Instruments including: Absynth 4, Massive (both music application), and Traktor 3 demo software (DJ application). Originally posted on December 3, 2007 @ […]