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Sonoma GuitarJack for iPhone: A Recording Studio in Your Pocket

Range — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 13:00:58 +0000

If you’re a music artist, and you tend to find yourself far away from home, then the Sonoma GuitarJack will allow you to transform your iPhone into a mobile recording studio. This is perfect when you get a few tunes in your head and you want to hammer something down before you lose it.

This is Sonoma’s second model of this add-on, and it plugs directly into your iOS devices. It’s got inputs for microphones, guitar cables, and stereo mic/line inputs. There are multiple apps available to modify the tone and sound of your instruments, and naturally, you can record everything as well.

You can pre-order the Sonoma GuitarJack for $149 (USD) right now, and it will ship in 4 to 6 weeks. The older model is on sale now for just $49 but is NOT compatible with the latest iDevices.

[via Ubergizmo]

Inflatable Photo Studio Lets Photogs Shoot Indoors When Outdoors

Shane McGlaun — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 16:09:24 +0000

When I was a kid, my brother and I would make tents out of a sheet and a box fan when our parents wouldn’t let us get out a real tent. All you had to do was put the sheet over the fan and you ended up with a ready-made inflatable tent. A photographer has come up with a similar design for pro shooters that need a place to work when they are in the field.

The contraption is called the Inflatable Photo Studio and it is a big black sack with a zipper door and one of those blowers from the bounce house we have all been in before. The thing is constructed from 6-10mm thick black plastic welded together at the seams with special machines. The black material blocks out light and lets the user cool or heat the interior.

The entire thing folds into a 2′ x 2′ x 4′ box and weighs just 40 pounds. There are entrances on either side and the fan that keeps the IPS blown up needs to flow at least 2250 cubic feet of air per minute. You can’t cook inside the thing or put hot lights near the sides. Unfortunately, if it were to collapse, you might suffocate.

Belkin Podcast Studio Adds Recording to Ipods

Technabob — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:46:12 +0000

I don’t know what’s gotten into Belkin lately. All of a sudden, they’re cranking out devices that not only deliver on functionality, but that look really, really good. One of their latest releases is the Belkin Podcast Studio, which adds a complete audio recording studio to your iPod for under $100.

The gizmo attaches to your iPod, adding full recording capabilities, including dual XLR and 1/4-inch channels, so you can hook up just about any microphone or audio source you’d like. There’s even a built-in microphone for quick-and-dirty podcast efforts, as well as a speaker for playing back your creations on-the-fly

The Podcast Studio is scheduled for released this June. [For an iPod recorder with a full mixing board built in, be sure to check out Belkin's TuneStudio, announced about this time last year.]

[via Gizmodo]

Samson Zoom H2: Surround Sound Recording in the Palm of Your Hand

Technabob — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 18:38:56 +0000

This nifty device is a self-contained surround sound recording studio. The Samson Zoom H2 Handy Recorder uses a set of three directional microphones to record high quality stereo and surround imaging to its built-in digital recorder.

Thanks to its microphone configuration, the recorder can accurately capture stereo positioning as well as 5.1 surround positioning when you record in 360° 48kHz/24-bit mode. The device can record 16-bit or 24-bit WAV files at up to 96kHz, and MP3 files at up to 320kbps. When equipped with a 4GB SD memory card, it can capture up to 2 hours of the 96kHz WAV files, or up to 138 hours in MP3 format. You can record for about 4 hours on a single set of AA batteries, or plug it into the included AC adapter for longer sessions.

The H2 includes a 512MB SD memory card, USB cable and a handy tripod stand. It should be available later this Spring for around $200.

[via PopSci via OhGizmo!]