I’ve only been using Twitter for a few weeks, but I’m already finding that I kind of miss it when it’s down. And it’s been down all night as far as I can tell. The funny thing is that my first impulse upon waking up this morning and finding out that Twitter was down was […]
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Comparison of upcoming digital audio recorders
With Tascam, Yamaha, and Olympus all coming out with some intriguing new digital audio recorders, I decided to put together a little chart showing how they stack up against one another. During the process I learned two things: These recorders are all tiny compared with the current generation It takes a long time to put […]
Yamaha announces Pocketrak 2G digital audio recorder
Tascam isn’t the only pro audio company coming out with a prosumer level digital audio recorder. Yamaha announced the Pocketrak 2G last week and it packs an awful lot of power into a tiny package. WAV/MP3/WMA recording 2GB internal memory Weighs just 1.7 ounces including battery Record 9 hours of WAV audio on a single […]
Tascam announces DR-1 portable audio recorder for $299
We’ve seen a flood of affordable prosumer level digital audio recorders from high end equipment makers over the last few years. Edirol, M-Audio, Sony, and Marantz have all released handheld field recorders aimed squarely at the podcaster market. Fortunately while none of these devices sound as clean or are as versatile as a $2000 recorder, […]
Peeking behind the curtain of full-time blogging
While the founder of online dating site Plentyoffish may be working 10 hours a week and making $10 million a year, most of us who are making a near-full time living doing web work hardly ever sleep. My work day is a little unpredictable since I spend about 2/3rds of my time doing blog-related work […]
More PCM-D50 reviews roll in
One of the first things I did when I got my Sony PCM-D50 recorder was put it through the paces (quickly) and write up as thorough a review as I could without having spent months with the recorder. Mark Nelson at O’Reilly Digital Media took another route and spent a month with his review unit […]
Record pro audio on an iPod with Belkin Podcast Studio
Tired of reading about fancy $400+ digital audio recorders? Well Belkin’s got one that will only set you back $100. You know, if you already have an iPod. The Belkin Podcast Studio is basically a sleeve for an iPod that lets you record uncompressed WAV audio to your iPod’s hard drive. The Podcast Studio includes […]
Sony PCM-D50 has the coolest feature ever
I was out doing a recording session with my Sony PCM-D50 yesterday, and as always I was making sure to keep an eye on the battery meter. I’ve never had a battery die unexpectedly in this recorder, but I was kind of wondering what would happen to a recording if I suddenly lost power. So […]
Olympus jumps into the pro audio market with the LS-10
Olympus has a long history of making high quality digital voice recorders. But historically these devices have just been fancy dictation devices, letting you record large amounts of low quality audio. But the upcoming Olympus LS-10 is aimed squarely at podcasters, reporters, and other people in the market for high quality audio recorders like the […]
Radio stories from 2007
2007 was my first full year as a freelance journalist. I left my full time position as a reporter at WHYY in the fall of 2006, and continued to do a little freelance work for the station when I still lived in the region. But since moving to New York, I’ve been focusing primarily on […]
Definitive guide to using Skype to record interviews
I’ve been using Skype to record telephone interviews pretty much since the day I started my career as a freelance journalist. This wasn’t because I believed Skype to land line telephone calls necessarily sounded better than phone to phone calls. It was because I was having all sorts of problems with our home phone. Verizon […]
Using the Sony PCM-D50 with an Eee PC
I recently bought two gadgets that are awesome and doing two very different things. The Sony PCM-D50 is an amazing little digital audio recorder that I’ve been using for my work as a radio journalist and audio producer. The Asus Eee PC is an amazing little (really little, we’re talking seven inch screen and 2.1 […]
Transom reviews Marantz PMD620, updates recorder comparison chart
If you ask me, Transom does some of the best digital audio recorder reviews around. You know, not including my own.While Transom doesn’t appear to have gotten their hands on a Sony PCM-D50 yet, they did recently post a review of the much anticipated Marantz PMD620. And while it looks like an excellent recorder in […]
Recent posts from Eee Site
It’s been just over a week since I launched Eee Site, a new page for Eee-related news and tips. Here are just a few of the stories you’ll find there: Playing video games on the Eee PC (under Windows XP) Everex Cloudbook will compete with Eee PC in the $400 tiny laptop marketplace Asus makes […]