Category: Gear

  • Free plug-ins from Jeroen Breebaart

    I intended to post this yesterday, but for some reason I only found it as a draft this morning. Oh well, here it is. Jeroen Breebaart has plenty of free (and not free) plug-ins in the VST format, several which could be of interest for podcasters. The list includes compressors, limiters and something called “multiband […]

  • Alesis 1-RU stereo line mixer now shipping

    Looking for a line mixer for the bigger badder podcast rig? Alesis has announced a 1-RU eight channel line mixer. MultiMix 8 Line features eight stereo channels with a mic/line input on channel one and stereo effects send and return. When a mono signal is present on any input or stereo send, the Left signal […]

  • New Sennheiser MKE 1 clip-on microphone

    Sennheiser has introduced a clip-on microphone, the MKE 1, with a capsule that’s not much bigger than the head of a match! Originally posted on September 16, 2008 @ 12:59 pm

  • Soundflower for podcasts

    Here’s a little something Mac users might enjoy (no Windows version available). Soundflower is a great tool for OS X 10.2 and upwards. Basically what it does is that it lets you connect one application to another and pass audio between the two. Originally posted on December 16, 2008 @ 11:08 am

  • Video of Røde Procaster and some tips on microphone technique

    Røde now has a video of their Procaster broadcasting microphone (previous post) on their website. Unfortunately I couldn’t embed it so you’ll have to go to their website to check it out. The video is partly pure advertising for Røde which really shouldn’t come as a surprise since it’s their website. There’s some interesting things […]