An interesting link found among my daily reading
An amazing guide including audio samples and great advice. A great introduction to recording or a reminder for those who have been doing it for a while. — Douglas
An interesting link found among my daily reading
Watch YouTube: Most versatile camera rig?
I liked this video and think you might find it interesting, too!
Yet another easy-to-make and flexible to use homebuilt light stand. It might prove a bit lightweight for larger lights and tall lengths, but could prove useful to some. — Douglas
Watch YouTube: Make a PVC Light Stand for Under $5
I liked this video and think you might find it interesting, too!
Watch YouTube: Which Audio Recorders for Filmmaking Do I Still Use?
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At the $10 price point, I ordered one of these immediately. I had been looking to make my own from a mechanical kitchen timer, but there is no way I could make a finished and functional device for this price. I’ll post more when I get this in-hand. In order to receive the $10 price, look in the righthand sidebar of the Amazon page under Other Sellers on Amazon and select the first entry, sold by Amazon.com— Douglas
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This great video showed up in my YouTube subscriptions and I wanted to pass it along for any New Media producers who might be looking for ways to improve their on-location audio. Tom Antos gives a great demo and run down the Rode NTG 4+ Shotgun Mic and accessories.
Check out his channel for more, great, production advice.
Review: Neat’s $99 Widget is a crazy-looking no-frills microphone, but it sounds awesome
With every passing generation, computers get better displays, processors, speakers, and more.
Microphones though? Not so much.
That means that if you have any interest in documenting anything involving sound – podcasting, vlogging, singing – you’ll need a serious upgrade. And while podcast mics exist aplenty, few are as immediately eye-catching as Neat Microphone’s Widget series, a set of vibrant condenser microphones.
Shure MV88 iOS Digital Stereo Condenser Microphone
I discovered this microphone through, of all things, an advertisement on Instagram?!? What?!?! A useful social media advertisement. If all ads could be as targeted to me as this one, I might not complain about them so much. That said, the ad immediately made me want to check our the Shure MV88. I am always on the lookout for useful New Media Gear and this looks to be another device you might want to add to your arsenal. As I don’t have one in-hand, I have included some links below to give you an overview of how people are responding to this mic and some real world usage examples.
One dislike that crops up for me is the inability to use it with a cover. I know, making a device that works with any of the thousands of covered out there would be nearly impossible, but I hate having to pull my phone out of its cover to use it and I miss the protection it provides when working. I also worry about external devices plugged into the Lightning port, as I am always afraid I am going to break the port accidentally.
Beyond those fairly small quibbles though, the audio samples from the mic sound good and it can help to keep your recording kit a bit smaller. You’ll want an iPhone with a larger storage capacity in order to insure you aren’t constantly filling it up with audio. My 16 GB iPhone 6 already complains about being full much too often and I am sure I would run into even larger issues if I were recording audio to it regularly.
Check out the Shure MV88 and tell me what you think!
Amazon Reviews of the Shire MV88
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An interesting link found among my daily reading
An interesting link found among my daily reading
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This is New Media Interchange where we talk about the media world beyond mainstream television and radio, including podcasting, YouTube, live streaming, gaming and more. I’m your host, Douglas E. Welch, pioneer podcaster, blogger and writer.
In today’ show…
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New Media Gear 23: KumbaCam 3 Axis SmartPhone Stabilizer
Mentioned in New Media Interchange Episode 14: Emmys, Apple Television Streaming and VR
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A @GoSwivl Class Example #FlippedEd #EdChat via The Nerdy Teacher
I’ve written about Swivl on my site before here and here, but here is a great post on a how a new teacher has used it in her classroom to accommodate a student who misses school due to illness. This is a great reason to consider Swivl for your classroom.
Greetings!
My name is Katie Parent and I’m an English teacher in Michigan. I’m writing today about Swivl, a piece of technology that I recently tried in my classroom.
I have an honors student who is chronically ill and is hospitalized for treatment one out of every five weeks—we’ll call her Rebecca. Rebecca is a star student, always putting forth 100% effort and contributing to class discussion; school is a positive place where she can excel. As you can imagine, having a debilitating illness can get in the way of this. Rebecca’s mother contacted me before her first hospitalization this school year, wondering if I would be comfortable recording my classes so that her daughter can watch them while she is receiving treatment. I was eager to do so, but faced one issue: I am very mobile in my room, hardly staying in one spot for more than a few seconds. How would I be able to record myself as I moved around the room? Enter: Swivl.
“Noted” items are particularly good finds from my daily reading which I share via all my social media accounts.
Turn a Bottle Cap Into a Cheap, DIY GoPro Float via Lifehacker
GoPro video cameras are fantastic for underwater shooting, but they have one fatal flaw: they sink like a stone. YouTube channel Wandering Designers shows how to turn a standard bottle cap into a cheap float for GoPro, to be used with any drinks bottle.
More GoPro models and accessories on Amazon.com
“Noted” items are particularly good finds from my daily reading which I share via all my social media accounts.
Update: PSA: The Chromecast Extension Is Making All YouTube Videos AutoPlay In Chrome via Android Poilce
What an ugly, ugly bug to deploy to thousands of Chrome users. I noticed this today when my Google Analytics page started playing help videos every time I reloaded the page. Android Poilce blog indicates this was a bad push of new YouTube software that manifested itself in the Chromecast app.
Disable the Google Cast extension in Chrome to alleviate the problem until Google provides a fix. — Douglas
Google Cast Chrome extension bug turns on auto-play for YouTube videos via Gigaom
A strange bug has been affecting a subset of Chrome users since Monday: Embedded videos have started to automatically play as soon as a user opens the page that contains the video. However, this only happens if users also have the Google Cast extension installed, which is being used to send content directly from a Chrome browser to Google’s Chromecast streaming stick.
“Noted” items are particularly good finds from my daily reading which I share via all my social media accounts.
Polaroid Sets Sights on GoPro With Tiny, Water-Resistant Cube Camera via Mashable
Polaroid, a company best known for its instant photographs, has launched the Cube, a tiny but durable full HD camera.
The Cube shoots 1080p video and captures 3MP photos with its 124-degree wide angle lens. The battery is built in and rechargeable using a USB cable (Micro SD card not included).
“Noted” items are particularly good finds from my daily reading which I share via all my social media accounts.
Say “Hello” to these Pro Quality Phone Mics via PhotoJoJo
Whether you’re working on your next documentary film, recording a music video or creating your own audio-autobiography you need top quality sound.
The Mighty Mic and the Loud and Clear Lapel Mic are here to save the day and your audio woes.
“Noted” items are particularly good finds from my daily reading which I share via all my social media accounts.
Google now catalogs hundreds of Chromecast apps for easier discovery via GiGAOM
Google’s Chromecast website is now listing more than 400 apps and counting that are capable of casting content to the TV screen.
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