Yamaha is now shipping the Pocketrak CX, a portable audio recorder with an upgraded stereo microphone system designed for recording live music.
Like its predecessor, the Pocketrak 2G Pocket Recorder, the Pocketrak CX supports a variety of different recording formats from 16-bit 44.1 CD quality .wav files to MP3. It comes with an onboard speaker, stand adapter, and Cubase [...]
There’s an online petition asking Apple to save the FireWire port on Mac laptops.
More than 6,000 people have already signed the petition.
Here’s the text of the petition:
To: Apple Inc.
We all love your products, Apple Inc.! But your recently refreshed line of consumer notebooks lacks the possibility to plug in digital audio and video equipment [...]
Tuesday, we noted something that didn’t get a lot of attention in the hype surrounding Apple’s introduction of new MacBooks: Apple is killing off FireWire.
Apple’s decision to eliminate FireWire connections in its MacBook lineup has angered legions of Apple fans that use Mac laptops for creating music, videos and new media. The lack of FireWire [...]
There’s something very important missing from the new line of MacBooks that Apple introduced today: FireWire ports.
Here’s the port lineup for the new MacBooks:
MagSafe power port
Gigabit Ethernet port
Two USB 2.0 ports (up to 480 Mbps)
Mini DisplayPort
Audio line in
Audio line out
Kensington lock slot
Yep - if you’ve bought a FireWire audio [...]
The makers of the Flip Video family of camcorders have announced a new personalization platform that lets you design a custom Flip Mino camcorder.
This new service, created in partnership with CafePress, also gives you the option to share designs with the community to earn commissions.
“We created the Flip Mino to be a fun and simple way [...]
Music Marketing is now shipping the Professional C6 and C6x computers, compact Windows audio workstations.
The C6 with 2GB DDR2 800 MHz RAM powered by an Intel 3.0 GHz Core 2 Duo processor, and the C6x with 4GB DDR2 800 MHz RAM powered by an Intel 2.5 GHz Core 2 Quad processor both offer two internal hard [...]
Jeff Green and Scott Asnault were recording the latest episode of the 1Up podcast, when, in Green’s words, “the main sprinkler BLEW THE F*** UP.”
Fortunately, they made the most of the situation and shared the video so you could avoid a similar mishap - or at least enjoy the carnage…..
Rode has introduced a new microphone - the Rode Procaster - a professional dynamic microphone, specifically designed for voice applications in broadcast environments.
Featuring a tight polar pattern and frequency response tailored for voice, the Procaster targets applications where a rugged microphone with superior ambient noise rejection is needed.
The Procaster is compatible with the RODE PSA1 [...]
If you’re doing audio work on Windows, Rain Recording may have just released your dream machine.
They’ve introduced the ION 64, a true 64-bit computing platform designed for audio and video production.
Powered by two AMD Opteron Quad Core processors, the ION 64 has eight processor cores, up to 64 gigabytes of RAM, and room for 4 [...]
TASCAM has announced three recording bundles designed to offer everything you need, besides your computer, to record high-quality audio.
TASCAM’s hitting several different price points, to appeal to different budgets and meet different requirements:
The Track Pack T1 combines the US-122L audio interface with a dynamic microphone, headphones and Cubase LE4 recording software. Track Pack T1 sells [...]