Levelator makes podcast louder6/24/2023 ![]() When I first started to get serious about making money I ran into this book written in 1978 by a hippy-hacker living in Arizona. Sign up here to get Tools for Possibilities a week early in your inbox. The tools might be outdated or obsolete, but the possibilities they inspire are new. Once a week we’ll send out a page from Cool Tools: A Catalog of Possibilities. I’m also looking forward to using it to record a podcast series I’ve been planning. While it isn’t a U87, it gets the job done well. I’ve been using mine with a netbook to record music rehearsals. I bought two: one for our daughter, who’s been using it for Skype, and one for myself. This mic records in mono, so the omnidirectional pattern would work well when you need to record an interview across a table (one person on each side) or multiple sources from different directions and have them all heard well in the resulting recording. The cardioid pattern would be best for a person doing a podcast. The omnidirectional pattern picks up equally well from all sides. The cardioid pattern rejects sound from the back and sides. The best features? It has a 1/8-inch headphone output on the side for zero-latency (no delay) monitoring and both cardioid and omnidirectional patterns. It’s plug and play for both Mac and Windows. It also comes with a USB cable and stores neatly away in the included zippered pouch. ![]() This mic is pretty small, and it clamps to the top of the screen of your laptop with its integral clamp. There are several other mics that do the same job, but they’re more expensive and larger/heavier. For a long time I’d wanted a nice USB mic that delivers high-quality audio recordings, yet has a very small footprint. Microphones are a particular obsession I probably own a dozen high-quality models. I’ve been an audio engineer for more than 35 years, and I’m always on the lookout for useful new tools.
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