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Apple Is No. 1 Consumer of MEMS Microphones

After conducting thorough research throughout 2011, IHS iSuppli learned that sales of the iPad tablet computer propelled Apple to the number one spot among MEMS microphone buyers. The Cupertino company reportedly increased its procurement of MEMS microphones by 173 percent in 2011 to reach 349 million units. In 2010...

19 January 2012
12:01 GMT

This Microphone Will Make Your Jaw Drop [Video]

The first time I saw this video, my jaw literally dropped. I mean, just check out what this microphone can do. Just attach it to any rigid surface, and it can produce sounds that you can record afterwards. If you're a music producer, then you can understand what this means for your sounds. Researchers Bruno Zam...

4 January 2012
06:04 GMT

Leaked iPad 3 Parts Surface via Chinese Retailer

A Shenzhen (China) - based online seller of electronics and replacement parts has obtained a “Microphone Mic Flex Cable Ribbon Replacement for iPad 3.”It’s no surprise that such leaks are becoming more abundant with the iPad 3 launch drawing closer. Analysts estimate the third-generation tablet will...

16 December 2011
05:12 GMT

iM2 Stereo Microphone for iPhone, iPad Announced

The professional audio division of TEAC Corporation, Tascam has introduced a pocket sized iM2 stereo microphone that goes perfectly with all Apple iDevices for high-quality stereo recording.The $79 hardware + software solution uses a pair of condenser microphones that boast the same quality levels of Tascam’s h...

21 November 2011
09:11 GMT

Performance Mic Certified for MacSpeech Dictate

MacSpeech and Acoustic Magic have confirmed that the Voice Tracker USB array microphone is now certified for use with MacSpeech Dictate, a powerful speech-recognition solution for Mac OS X. The mic can now be used with MacSpeech Dictate for voice input and control of the Macintosh without wearing a headset or requiri...

22 April 2009
09:06 GMT

Players Might Be Able to Use Lips Mic with Rock Band 2

The music game genre is definitely on a high ascending trend these days, as more and more customers are looking for titles like Rock Band or Wii Music to have fun. These games certainly have a lot of advantages and the fact that you can play with your whole family as one band is extremely attractive for a lot of peop...

11 December 2008
11:01 GMT

Macvide Audio Recorder 2.1 Available

Macvide has updated its audio capturing conversion utility for Mac OS X, Macvide Audio Recorder, to version 2.1. Just like the last time, Macvide has only included maintenance tweaks. The software can be tried out for free in demo mode for as long as the user wants.The Audio Recorder can convert audio files to format...

11 November 2008
06:02 GMT

Sound Studio 3.5.7 Fixes Automator and AppleScript Issues

Sound Studio 3 is a Mac OS X app focused on recording and editing digital audio on your computer. The software can digitize tapes and even vinyl records, record live performances, and more, and has now been updated to include the latest tweaks and bug fixes.Using the third installment of Sound Studio, you can also cr...

26 August 2008
23:01 GMT

How Microphones Work

Often referred to as mike or mic, the microphone first became commercially practical with the invention of the carbon microphone by Thomas Alva Edison in October 1876. Back then microphones were called transmitters. Practically, the microphone is an electronic device capable of capturing minute air pressure waves or ...

8 May 2008
08:40 GMT

E-Mimi-kun, Sanyo's Wonder

It is a fact that using your mobile phones in noisy environments can be pretty hard to manage. Other people's voices, car noises and so on will end up interrupting your conversation. But, in order to solve this problem Sanyo has come up with an invention.It's called the e-Mini-kun, a title translated into s...

19 December 2007
10:46 GMT

Nokia E90 Has Serious Microphone Problems

Is Nokia getting sloppy with its handset production, or is the entire list of faulty components just a bad dream? As if the battery issue was not enough, Nokia E90 seems to come with several other drawbacks, some of them serious enough to endanger its production.Many newly Nokia E90 Communicator owners have complaine...

7 September 2007
04:50 GMT

Good News for Budget Studios - the Focusrite ISA 828

This one goes out to those people running hobby-recording studios or planning to start running one; in case you did not know by now, in order to have the vocal parts you plan to record sounding natural and warm, you should run the mics through microphone preamplifiers so that the sound goes warm and high enough to be...

9 August 2007
12:12 GMT

SCEE Dates SingStar '90s - Time to Pull Out Those Bum Bags!

Even though the PlayStation 2 sports such an amazing array of titles that you'd be able to reach the moon if you piled them all up, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) is proud to announce the full lineup of artists and tracks to be featured in the upcoming release of SingStar '90s. Yes, the undercut,...

5 July 2007
06:35 GMT

Mario Party 6 Unlockables and Secrets (GameCube)

Mario Party 6 is the sixth game in the Mario Party series of board game style video games for Nintendo platforms. Released on the Nintendo GameCube in North America on December 6, 2004 and in Europe on March 18, 2005, this is the first GameCube game to make use of a microphone, which comes packaged with the game. I...

24 April 2007
04:51 GMT

Not Your Average Mic Recorder: Zaxcom ZFR800

The 2007 NAB has brought a very interesting announcement (and proper piece of gear as well) from Zaxcom, regarding a totally cool microphone, the ZFR800. Now, what's so cool about it, might you ask... It's the simple fact that the ZFR800 is way more than a simple microphone: it is in fact a digital recordin...

18 April 2007
09:03 GMT

Will Classic Connectors Become Obsolete? The New Nady 24M.

Nady is no new name in the audio industry and I am confident that any audio tech enthusiast (let alone sound technicians or engineers) has at least heard about what they are doing if not even has worked with Nady equipment.Well, these days, Nady has made a rather daring step in what interconnecting traditional audio ...

6 April 2007
04:58 GMT

A "Panther" Named Phanther

Some people deliver quality and some other take quality to the extreme while actually caring not too much about sales, quantity-wise speaking. Brauner is one brand following this philosophy and luckily for them, the last 10 years have been full of successful achievements. They went on less-traveled paths and decided ...

5 April 2007
11:16 GMT

The Lossless 12. Or 24!

If you are into more serious sound or - even more - into serious A/V editing and processing, it's impossible not to have felt the need to feed some audio to multiple recorders at the same time so the next autumn won't come while you still work at the previous Christmas movies. Or being a sound technician fa...

22 March 2007
07:53 GMT

3D Sound: The New Generation

When it comes to 3D sound, all engineers become a bit nervous... and not because 3D is something to be nervous about, but because the proper manipulation of the 3D/surround field is a task which requires both a large amount of work and a lot of careful precision, much like surgery (in case you are after some serious ...

16 March 2007
05:05 GMT


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