Zoom has announced its new R24 digital audio recorder.

The R24 digital recorder builds on the capabilities of Zoom’s older R16 model with the addition of a sampler + drum machine, 8 additional recording tracks and 6 channels of phantom power.

Apple today announced an updated Mac mini that offers: up to twice the graphics performance of previous models HDMI port SD card slot User-upgradeable memory Better connectivity A new compact aluminum enclosure. User-upgradeable memory is especially welcome – but it’s hard to call this a “feature”.  And the updated line starts at a $699 – […]

Blue Microphones has introduced the Mikey G2 Pro iPod, iPhone Microphone, designed for mobile recording with your iPhone or iPod touch. The Mikey G2 Pro microphone features two custom-tuned Blue capsules for stereo recording, a line-input, USB pass through and an updated 230-degree rotating design. Mikey’s three gain settings allow for recording everything from a […]

USB Mic TestbySomeAudioGuy SomeAudioGuy did a couple before & after tests comparing the results that he could get from a typical USB computer mic setup and a low-budget treated recording space. The example above was recorded using a Zoom H4n, connected as a USB mic, in front of a computer. The following example was recorded […]

Acoustic treatment manufacturer RealTraps has introduced Carrel, a portable recording studio designed to make it easier to capture dry sounding voice-over recordings in almost any space. According to RealTraps, the Carrel works great for creating a noise-free environment for busy offices, libraries, study rooms, telephone call centers, and testing labs. Unlike typical carrels that offer […]

At Musikmesse 2010, a major audio and music industry convention held annually in Frankfurt, BOSS announced the BR-800, a compact portable audio workstation. The BR-800 audio recorder can record four tracks at once to SD-card media. It has inputs for four microphones, built-in audio effects and can double as a USB audio interface and DAW […]

Chris from Jupiter Broadcasting offers his take on the best podcasting microphones, including the Rode Mic, the Blue Snowball, the MXL 990 & the Heil PR-40 along the way. Unfortunately, there’s really no “best podcasting microphone”. The best podcasting mic will depend on your budget, your requirements and your preferences. If you can, try out […]

Rain Computers will debut its LiveBook Studio, a high performance quad-core notebook based on Intel’s “Nehalem” Core i7 architecture, at the Winter NAMM Show. LiveBook Studio will be available for sale starting in early February 2010 with a trio of quad-core processors, drives up to 500GB and up to 8GB of 1333MHz DDR3 memory. It […]

Scholastic has published a short guide to podcasting for kids. In all their forms, podcasts have become a popular classroom activity during the past five years—iTunes is now populated with streams from hundreds of K–12 schools across the country. Some student podcasts are simply recorded versions of history or book reports. But today, podcasts coming […]

If you do location recording, you probably use a battery-powered portable audio recorder. WingFieldAudio did a battery life comparison test on the recorders that they sell, and found that there was a huge range in how long the recorders could work. Here are their top 10: 10 Top Long-Lasting Battery-Powered Portable Audio Recorders Sony PCM-M10 […]