Apogee Electronics has introduced the Duet 2 – the next generation of their Duet recording interface. Duet 2 features balanced outputs, independent speaker and headphone outputs, configurable touch pads and improved sound quality. Duet 2 can record from sampling rates of 44.1 to 192kHz. Highlights: Completely redesigned mic preamps and converters 4 outputs, Independent speaker [...]

Apogee Electronics has introduced Mike, described as “the most compact studio quality USB microphone available for iPad, iPhone and Mac”. Here’s what Apogee has to say about Mike: Mike by Apogee is an extremely portable, easy-to-use and powerful microphone for use with GarageBand on your favourite iOS devices. Finally, you can capture your best take with [...]

Tascam has introduced the DR-07mkII digital audio recorder, an updated version of its popular DR-07 recorder. The stereo recorder features a pair of adjustable condenser microphones that can be moved from an XY position, for tight imaging, to an AB position, for a wider ambient sound. Other features include: separate analog & digital circuit boards [...]

Apple today announced the iPad 2 and iMovie, a $500 mobile HD video studio combination. iPad 2 features a new design that is 33 percent thinner and up to 15 percent lighter than the original iPad, offers Apple’s dual-core A5 processor and includes two cameras, a front-facing VGA camera for FaceTime and Photo Booth, and [...]

Apple today introduced GarageBand for the iPad – a version of the company’s entry-level digital audio workstation, optimized for multi-touch mobile music making. GarageBand for the iPad could be a great new option for mobile audio podcasting – turning your tablet into a mobile recording studio for $5. Features: Musical instruments designed for Multi-Touch. 70 [...]

Tascam has introduced the DR-05, a $99 portable stereo recorder with high-resolution audio. Features: The stereo recorder features a pair of condenser microphones with sensitivity up to 125dB SPL and low noise. The design of the DR-05 is optimized for sound quality, from the dedicated power supply for the codec to bring out the full [...]

Rain Computers has released Venturi, a high performance computer designed for media editng and production. Performance features include: a quad-core or optional 6-core Intel Xeon processor DDR3 triple channel memory a Serial ATA drives capable of streaming up to 6 gigabits per second. Window 7 Pro 64-bit, tuned by Rain for peformance. Venturi is available [...]

Macgasm’s Joshua Schnell has posted his thoughts on using an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad as an iOS podcasting rig. Count him as converted: Today my system consisted of Mic > Mixer > iRig > iPod touch. It worked out a lot better than I thought it would. So well in fact that I might [...]

At the 2011 NAMM Show, German audio specialist Sennheiser presented their new MK 4 large-diaphragm true condenser microphone. This cardioid microphone is the company’s first large-diaphragm side-address microphone and, according to company spokesmen, “focuses on giving the best possible sound quality rather than technical extravagance.” The MK 4 was developed for professional users in project [...]

From the 2011 NAMM Show: Blue Microphones has given a sneak peek at its new Reactor mic, which is coming to market this spring. A multi-pattern, large diaphragm condenser microphone, the Reactor “pushes the envelope” of microphone design in its functional versatility, sound and aesthetics. Reactor combines Blue’s large-format capsule technology with an innovative approach [...]