How about instead of all this extraneous bullshit Youtube implements the one feature I've been craving since day one: AN OPTION TO DISABLE FUCKING AUTO-PLAY.
It's so obvious that it's ridiculous that it's taken this long.
... and yes, I already have the Firefox plugins. But I'd prefer a built-in solution. #gizmodoremainders
The USB FM radio could be useful sometimes when you want to listen to a channel the doesn't or won't broadcast.
For example.. A local station where I live cuts off it's online broadcast when it runs live KU football & basketball games (which is the only time I would want to listen). They cut the online broadcast because KU wants anyone listening online to be paying for the broadcast through another service they have.
Also you could use it for easy rebroadcasting of a station online... Take what you pick up over the air and broadcast it online. There might be some legal problems there. But it would be a super low budget and easy way for a small station to get their broadcast online. #gizmodoremainders
"Four patterns (Omni, Cardioid, Stereo, Bidirectional) for incredible versatility and superior results in any situation"
Omni, check. Cardioid, check. No hypercardioid? Hmmm. Is "bidirectional" teh stoopid translation for figure eight mode? The product page has frequency response from 70 Hz to 15 kHz instead of 20 Hz to 20 kHz...very suspicious. #yeti
@johnnyabnormal: this mic, like the Snowball before it, probably wasn't built for instruments. so not really suspicious at all if you're looking at the range of human voice modulation.
when you run into a human outputting 20 Hz or 20 kHz of audio, then it'll be a problem. #yeti
@John: Well, I guess it's not "all" engineers, since I don't high-pass anything below 50-75 kHz unless I'm carving out space for other instruments in a mix. #yeti
@thebigcheese: I've never heard it that way, but that's the least of my concerns. If any manufacturer...speaker or microphone...doesn't accurately represent a 20-20 frequency response, it's a huge red flag. It immediately makes one think, "What are they hiding?"#yeti
@johnnyabnormal: Uh... as someone with experience in recording, I can tell you that you will be hard pressed to find many mics that accurately represent that range. Most don't even cover that full range. It's unnecessary a lot of the time and the "inaccuracies" are the reason some mics are much more coveted than others. #yeti
@johnnyabnormal: Hey Johnny, It soundz like a more honest frequency response. Everyone seems to go by 20/20. It's never accurate at that anyway. We don't really hear at the low, low / high up frequencies anyhow. I wonder has it got an auto low cut / high cut. You'd probably chop these out anyway, so 70Hz/15kHz might be OK in the end.. The ears never lie...!!
@sploden001: I saw that page. It states 20-20 range, but what I was referring to was the actual frequency response, represented visually. I'm wondering why it's truncated, because I have never seen a mic or studio monitor with a fequenncy response chart not covering the range of the human ear. Hence, "suspicious". #yeti
@thebigcheese: I've found that if you actually do your own frequency response testing, many manufacturers claim a more flat frequency response in their charts than what the product actually delivers. I record for a living, and I can tell you I've used plenty of mics that can cover 20-20 really well. It's fun to use wonky mics to color a sound, but I actually prefer a neutral or flat frequency response. Besides, I've modeled most of the wonky ones so I can switch between them later in the mix. #yeti
@davidafallon: I would say the most "honest" frequency response is flat. I agree that you don't "hear" below 70 Hz as much as you feel it. However, I certainly hear up to 20 kHz & would immediately notice a brick wall cut at 15 kHz. I would never chop that much off any voice or instrument. At most, I'd do some de-essing and light roll-off on the low end, depending if the speaker/singer is female or male. #yeti
If you're doing music recording with a USB microphone, you probably don't want to spend $150 on it. Unless you have money to completely burn and realllly care about your garage band pre production. #yeti
Not questioning the mic's quality here but... is it the first THX certified mike because THX just created that category, or is it because THX has such ridiculous standards that only now they found a microphone up to it's standards?
And if the second is truth, with what were they recording the THX stuff up 'till now?
I mean, I'd understand the whole deal if the THX standards were just recently created, but it has what? Over 5 years now? #yeti
7.2Mbps on AT&T's 3G network is like driving a Ferrari with someone yanking your parking brake every 90 seconds.
Until I can consistently stream a simple radio app on my iPhone 3GS during a leisurely 15-minute walk from the World Trade Center PATH Station down to Water Street, Seth the Blogger Guy can suck it, and suck it hard. #usbconnectlightning
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It's so obvious that it's ridiculous that it's taken this long.
... and yes, I already have the Firefox plugins. But I'd prefer a built-in solution. #gizmodoremainders
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For example.. A local station where I live cuts off it's online broadcast when it runs live KU football & basketball games (which is the only time I would want to listen). They cut the online broadcast because KU wants anyone listening online to be paying for the broadcast through another service they have.
Also you could use it for easy rebroadcasting of a station online... Take what you pick up over the air and broadcast it online. There might be some legal problems there. But it would be a super low budget and easy way for a small station to get their broadcast online. #gizmodoremainders
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In other punny news, "thumb drives" now closer to being literal. #usbfinger
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Omni, check. Cardioid, check. No hypercardioid? Hmmm. Is "bidirectional" teh stoopid translation for figure eight mode? The product page has frequency response from 70 Hz to 15 kHz instead of 20 Hz to 20 kHz...very suspicious. #yeti
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when you run into a human outputting 20 Hz or 20 kHz of audio, then it'll be a problem. #yeti
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And if the second is truth, with what were they recording the THX stuff up 'till now?
I mean, I'd understand the whole deal if the THX standards were just recently created, but it has what? Over 5 years now? #yeti
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Until I can consistently stream a simple radio app on my iPhone 3GS during a leisurely 15-minute walk from the World Trade Center PATH Station down to Water Street, Seth the Blogger Guy can suck it, and suck it hard. #usbconnectlightning
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