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RODE Podcaster

Podcaster
Broadcast quality USB Microphone.

Ever need to do high quality voice over? Do you need smooth broadcast quality sound? Now you can record directly via USB. Many editing applications allow you to record direct to the timeline. The problem has been, how do you get pristine audio into the computer. You used to need some kind of $200 A/D converter and another $100-1000 for the mic. New solution:



Tascam DR-680 8 Channel Recorder

TASCAM’s DR-680 brings multi-channel portable recording within reach of any musician for polished live, location and surround recordings. Up to eight tracks can be recorded to solid-state SD card media at 96kHz/24-bit Broadcast WAV quality. Six mic inputs provide phantom power and 60dB of gain for great-sounding recordings with your condenser microphones. Record the six microphones along with a digital S/PDIF source for 8 track recording. Each mic input has a selectable low cut filter and analog limiter for optimal sound.

Inputs can be monitored using a built-in mixer with level and pan controls …



Rode M3 Multi Powered Condenser Microphone

The M3 is an extremely versatile microphone that is at home in the studio, on location, or wherever a low-noise wide-response cardioid condenser microphone is demanded.
An end address condenser microphone, the M3 features a heavy-duty metal body, category leading low self-noise, three stage PAD (O, -10db, -20db), a battery status LED and a High Pass Filter.

The M3 also comes complete with windshield and a stand mount, and can be powered via a 9V battery or 24-48V Phantom.

  • Rugged metal body
  • Internal capsule shock mount
  • Switchable High-Pass Filter @ 80Hz-12dB/Oct
  • Three step PAD - Flat, -10dB and -20dB
  • Low handling



Core Duo versus Core 2 Duo speed tests

Bare Feats is at it again, with speed tests of the new Core 2 Duo MacBook Pros:



DV Gear Talk

DV Gear Talk was one of the world’s first video podcasts, hosted by Guy Cochran and DVeStore, the coolest place on the web to check out videos of awesome video production and post-production gear.

This podcast has been ranked as high as #12 of all podcasts worldwide!

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Sonicfire Pro 5

The latest version of Smartsound’s music creation software, Sonicfire Pro 5, is available for order now and includes “Mood Mapping” as well as a new multitrack mixing interface.
Mood Mapping lets you change the mix and feel of the music on-the-fly, according to the different scenes and moods within your edit. Rather than having one soundtrack option for the entire edit, now you can choose a “mood” and SonicFire Pro 5 will update the soundtrack to fit each part of your edit.

Find out more about Mood Mapping here…

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How can I reduce hum or hiss in my audio?

Sometimes a location sound track has hiss (white noise) or a 60 Hz hum that is audible. If the sound is constant, there are some software packages and plugins that can reduce the problem somewhat without affecting the audio quality terribly. Some of them are:

Ray Gun
Sound Soap
Soundtrack Pro
Ionizer

If the background sound you want to remove is not …



Digital Speakers

Edirol MA-15DBK Studio Monitors

Compact Desktop Monitors with Surprising Power!
Recording on your computer at home? Here’s a compact monitor solution with more power than most! Edirol’s MA-15D Stereo Reference Monitors are ideal for computer-based recording artists seeking a high-quality, powerful set of monitor speakers to use in a relatively confined space. The MA-15D also delivers crystal-clear audio reproduction.

Edirol MA-15D Stereo Reference Monitors at a Glance:

  • Great bass response from built-in Bass Enhancer
  • Digital inputs
  • Front-panel volume and tone controls
  • Connect two sources at the



Musicbed DV 1.0.3

An intuitive and easy to use production music tool. You can browse and shape professionally composed music beds to suit your video, DVD, or web project quickly and easily. download here (103 MB disk image)