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more about #microphones AyeEye: I'm busting up at the line "do-it-home Foley times" In medicine a Foley is a catheter. I am picturing Jason inserting his own 3 feet of latex pleasur... more » GraphicoFantastico: Unless you have a sound booth in your home, you're going to get ambient garbage on anything you attempt to record. The better solution if you need pr... more » David Hildreth: Blue Snowball! more » Marcelo: *pro sound editor checking in* That's not a foley microphone. The best foley microphones are long shotgun tubes like the Sennheiser 416. That's a voc... more » Nick: it looks like a sound recorder that happens to capture some moving pictures as well. $250 is a lot to spend on something that has no redeeming value ... more » TonyRockyHorror: i've had a Zoom H2 audio recorder for a year and a half and i love it. i use it to record live music and use my canon g9 to record video at the same c... more » nutbastard: "A Concert With Death As the Encore" As in Chuck Shuldiners Death? more » closhedbb: Could someone educate me a little on the physics of electricity? My understanding is limited, but even if the microphone had been grounded, wouldn't h... more » dkeen: I don't know... I've been shocked pretty good by ungrounded mics before (coincidentally while singing backup). Those things get pretty nasty when som... more » frigg: I kept thinking something like that was going to happen on American Idol last night, as the judges did everything they could to eliminate the muppet. ... more » Bweetza: 220. 221. Whatever it takes. more » OMG! Ponies!: Oh rock concerts! Why are you always so darned deadly?! Between this and Altamont, why is rocking out also such dangerous fun? Oh well, I'm still goi... more » BigCementPigeon: He had a /currant/ shoot right through him?? Ew, he must have smelled all raisiny. We need more stories like this to raise awareness! Many people are ... more » Jl Hatch: What's up with the funky formatting on the front page: [imgur.com] more » strider_mt2k: I'll make a note of it. more » Ellipsis marks are ... my friends: The 57 and 58 are dynamic, not condenser, mics. more » -
#microphones
Samson Q2U Mic Is a Cheap USB/XLR Solution For Home Foley Action
You can easily make your own 1080p movies with relatively inexpensive gear at home now, but what if you want quality sound effects? Samson's (a name brand for microphones) Q2U might be your ticket for do-it-at-home Foley times. More » -
#camcorders
Zoom Q3: Finally A Flip-Type Pocket Cam With Decent Audio
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.
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#manvsmachine
A Concert With Death As the Encore
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 » -
#ipodmics
ThumbTack iPod Mic Is as Cute as a
If you're the kind of person who demands that all electronics be twee and whimsical and you happen to need a mic for your Touch 2G or Nano 4G, well, here you go. More »ButtonTack -
#ces2009
Shure Hits Home Recording with First USB Mics PG27USB and PG42USB and X2u Mic Adapter
Anybody who has ever recorded in studio or garage knows that "Shure" spells "microphone." This year, they finally get into the USB mic action with PG27USB and PG42USB, plus the X2u USB mic adapter. More » -
#karaoke
Giz Tech Tip: Share the Karaoke Mic Or People Will Stab You
An unfortunate man in Malaysia learned the first rule of Karaoke by the painful way of being stabbed to death last week. (This is what he should have done to appease his attackers.) More » -
