I’m trying out iZotopes new audio restoration software RX (previous post). You can expect a full-blown review of it somewhere down the road. For a first test I found a really noisy old blues recording (and a field recording on top of that) from the 1940’s called “Shetland Pony Blues” played by Son House. I […]

Steinberg are one of the major players in the DAW world. After a couple of bounces back and forth they’re now owned by Yamaha. Steinbergs product ranges from beginner music applications to mastering software to full-blown post production suites. Lets have a look at what could be interesting for podcasters. Originally posted on November 6, […]

While I understand that there is not even close to as much money in podcasting today as it is in regular broadcasting, I still think it could be of interest to see what some high-end studios use for broadcasting. I have no doubt in that podcasting one day will grow to be a big industry. […]

The Marantz PMD620 (picture) offers direct to MP3 recording in three quality levels, as well as fully uncompressed, CD-quality 44.1/48 kHz .wav format in 16 or 24-bit resolution. It consists of two condenser microphones, as well as line and external mic inputs, and an external mic output. It uses SD flash memory cards for storage. […]

Engadget posted about this cheap USB microphone. Obviously geared towards very low-end musicians (semi-pro for $99, yeah right) but the way I see it, it could work well for podcasts. As I’ve mentioned in the past, the USB microphones let you record without a proper interface or mic preamp, so if your intention is to […]