Unbeknownst to me, M-Audio released a firmware update for my MicroTrack 24/96 earlier this month. Among other things, it addresses one of my major beefs with the original firmware: mono recordings.
Previously, the MicroTrack only recorded in stereo. For most of what I do, this is twice the number of channels I need. So thanks M-Audio, […]
Well, I’ve been waiting for this ever since I bought my first 3G iPod a couple years ago. We’ve known for a while that the new 5G iPods support high quality voice recordings, but up until now there’s not been a way to actually make recordings.
All that changed today, when Griffin announced the iTalkPro.
It’s powered […]
One of my favourite gadget blogs, Engadget, points to the release of a new portable digital recorder from Edirol — the R-09 (product page). The specs look pretty nice:
24-bit/48kHz (or 44.1kHz) uncompressed recording
Up to 320kbps MP3 playback and recording
Records to SD card (64MB card included)
High-grade stereo condenser microphone built in
Mic and Line audio inputs; USB […]
Some things I know to be true:
I like the music on This American Life
I’d like to be able to buy some of the music used in This American Life
I like iTunes
I don’t like RealAudio
So I spent part of my Saturday afternoon compiling an iMix called This American Life Scoring Music. You can find it in […]
Via the always informative BoingBoing comes a link to AudioLuxe, advertising a “Content Crash Course for Podcasters” run by NPR producers, at an NPR station:
Why should professional broadcasters have the monopoly on quality? DIY doesn’t have to be dull! Learn the tips, tricks, and time-tested techniques professional public broadcasters use to capture and keep a […]
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originally uploaded by Dan Misener.
The CBC’s Toronto Broadcast Centre has a robot that delivers mail. It’s a motorized cart that follows a track through the halls. It’s also equipped with sensors to keep it from running over children and small animals.
Earlier this week, the mailmobile failed to avoid a terracotta pot outside our offices. […]
I spent this past Saturday at Tod Maffin’s From Idea to Air workshop at the Royal York in Toronto. It was a day-long workshop based on his popular e-book, and run as a fundraiser for the MS Society of Canada.
I started freelancing for the CBC about three years ago. I started by selling short documentaries […]