The big news today is that Amazon has released a new cloud-based music service, Amazon Cloud Player. The service gives any Amazon customer a free 5GB Internet locker for storing music. Amazon provides a free uploader and both Web-based and Android clients. Files are securely stored on Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3). Amazon Cloud […]

Podcasting network Wizzard Media has announced the launch of a web-based “premium podcast” subscription service for publishers using the Libsyn platform. This service allows podcast publishers to sell individual podcast episodes, and create paid subscription packages for their premium content, delivering the content via the web, which the company calls “a natural extension” to the […]

Blubrry has announced the release of an upgrade to its podcast plugin, PowerPress 2.0.

PowerPress lets users embed audio and video podcasts into their WordPress websites and create correctly formatted feeds for syndication.

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 […]

Wave Arts has introduced Dialog – an app for Windows and Mac that combines the tools to clean up, adjust, and sweeten spoken voice recordings. Features: 10-band EQ section with 11 different filter types and 64-bit processing Low and high pass brickwall filters with various rolloff slopes Hum and buzz removal Broadband noise reduction De-plode […]

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 […]

Apple will introduce a new podcasting application, Podcast Publisher, in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, according to a report at 9to5mac: Podcast Publisher allows users to create as many shows as they want and within each show they can have episodes. Podcast Publisher lets you capture video and/or audio for your show, and you can […]

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 […]