MXL has announced the MXL Studio 1 portable USB condenser microphone, designed to be a low-cost mic for music training, field recording, and professional spoken word recordings.
According to MXL, it’s “excellent for podcasting and multimedia voiceover”.
The MXL® Studio 1 does not require any special drivers and is completely “Plug & Play” for instant use with [...]

Earlier in the year, we had a preview of Belkin’s GoStudio iPod Recorder.
Belkin has now released full information on the GoStudio, and it looks like it will be a hot, reasonably priced device for recording directly to your iPod.
Here are the details:

Record directly to your iPod in 16-bit, 44kHz digital audio quality
Instantly play back your [...]

Audix Microphones has introduced a new mic, the Audix USB12, that is designed to gives you “studio quality sound” at your desktop
The UDSB12 is a low-profile desktop gooseneck microphone, designed for recording voice and acoustic instruments directly into the computer via the USB port.
Features:

12 mm modular threaded capsule for accuracy.
The USB12 is a plug and [...]

Is the Microsoft Zune the best portable media player for podcasts?
That’s the conclusion of CNet’s Jasmine France, who puts the Zune at the top of her list of the best MP3 players for podcasts:
1. Microsoft Zune: A fantastic podcast option, the Zune even ekes past the iPod for the top spot. The software is excellent [...]

Logitech today introduced the QuickCam Vision Pro webcam for Mac, an HD webcam which combines Logitech’s autofocus technology with Carl Zeiss optics.
Features:

Logitech’s autofocus system compensates for in image-edge sharpness and refocuses images in less than three seconds.
A 2-megapixel sensor captures video images in high resolution,  720p high-definition (HD) video format (960-by-720 pixels).
With iChat or Skype, you can capture [...]

The latest in the series of participant-organized, Open Space “unconferences,” PodCamp Seattle debuts today (June 21, 2008) at the University of Washington Communications Building.
Colleague, friend, and Edelman Digital social media expert Eric Weaver is one of the event’s organizers. He says that the focus of the Seattle PodCamp will diverge somewhat from previous PodCamps hosted [...]

Numark has introduced the iDEC, a professional rack-mount solution offering playback and recording for iPod.
iDEC’s Universal Dock for iPod permits playback of audio and video from any docking iPod through integrated outputs. It can also record incoming audio in real time at CD-quality 44.1 kHz sampling rate, directly to the docked iPod.
The Numark iDec is [...]

Alesis has introduced the ProTrack, a device that turns an iPod into a professional handheld digital stereo recorder.
Two high-quality condenser microphones are built-in, fixed in XY stereo configuration. ProTrack also offers users a pair of combination XLR - 1/4-inch inputs for connection for external microphones and line sources. When running on plug-in power using the [...]

BusinessWeek has a review today of Belkin’s TuneStudio for iPod 5th generation, a four-channel audio mixer that lets you create high-quality digital recordings directly onto your iPod.
TuneStudio lets you input up to four different instruments or audio sources, and record the audio directly onto your iPod.
Per BusinessWeek:
Although TuneStudio supports four simultaneous audio inputs, recordings to [...]

Pure Digital Technologies today introduced the Flip Video Mino, a tiny new addition to its line of YouTube-ready Flip Video camcorders. The Mino is designed to be small enough to fit into your pocket.
The $179.99 (MSRP) Mino includes built-in software that lets you plug the camcorder’s flip-out USB arm into your computer for immediate editing [...]