microphones
Science
The Seaglider, Hunting
11:53AM Brian Lam | This microphoned submarine glider has been collecting ocean sounds for a few weeks. When it is plucked from the sea in a week, researchers will use software to parse its audiofiles for rare beaked whale songs. More »
Gadgets
Yeti USB Mic Is “The World’s First THX Certified Microphone”
6:59AM Sean Fallon | At $US150, Blue Microphone’s new THX certified Yeti might not be the best investment for something as simple as Skype, but if you are doing podcasts, music recordings or old-timey variety shows, it might be worth the extra cash. More »
Peripherals
8:00AM Adam Frucci | Mikey is an external microphone for the iPhone/iPod with three sensitivity settings that allow you to record everything from lectures to rock concerts. More »
Mikey Review: Fine-Tuning The iPhone’s Audio Recorder
8:00AM Adam Frucci | Mikey is an external microphone for the iPhone/iPod with three sensitivity settings that allow you to record everything from lectures to rock concerts. More »
Gadgets
MP3 Inventor Demonstrates First Working Laser Mic
10:20AM Mark Wilson | Anyone who’s ever attended a Styx concert can tell you that lasers and smoke are both integral components to any musical act. But now compressed audio pioneer David Schwartz is squeezing the tech into microphones to achieve higher fidelity recording. More »
Cameras
Zoom Q3: Finally A Flip-Type Pocket Cam With Decent Audio
11:30AM Dan Nosowitz | Our Battlemodo showed that while cheap pocket camcorder video quality has come a long way, audio quality is usually abysmal. The Zoom Q3 aims to change that with TWO directional microphones that can be focused much like a lens zooms. More »
Music
A Concert With Death As the Encore
12:20AM Adam Frucci | On May 3, 1972, Les Harvey took the stage at Swansea Top Rank with his blues band Stone the Crows. It was raining, and he was soaking wet. More »
Random Stuff
4:30AM Nick Broughall | Call it fate, call it destiny, call it luck – Late last week when I popped into the office for my regular weekly visit, there were two very interesting products on my desk: The Heineken Draught Keg you may have seen advertised on Giz recently, and the new Singstar wireless microphones, complete with a copy of Singstar: Queen. More »
Weekend Adventures: Sacrificing For Gizmodo
4:30AM Nick Broughall | Call it fate, call it destiny, call it luck – Late last week when I popped into the office for my regular weekly visit, there were two very interesting products on my desk: The Heineken Draught Keg you may have seen advertised on Giz recently, and the new Singstar wireless microphones, complete with a copy of Singstar: Queen. More »
Games
11:29AM Nick Broughall | The next time you get really, really drunk and decide it’s a good idea to pull out the Singstar mics for some Absinthe-fuelled karaoke, you’ll be able to do it without tripping over wires thanks to Sony releasing wireless mics with their next version of Singstar. More »
Singstar Moves To Wireless Mics
11:29AM Nick Broughall | The next time you get really, really drunk and decide it’s a good idea to pull out the Singstar mics for some Absinthe-fuelled karaoke, you’ll be able to do it without tripping over wires thanks to Sony releasing wireless mics with their next version of Singstar. More »
Peripherals
iPod Touch and iPod Nano Get a Mini Microphone
6:20AM Jason Chen | Not that the iPhone really needs it, but it and the iTouch/iPod Nano are getting an external mini microphone that plugs directly into the headphone jack. And it’s only $US15. More »
Peripherals
