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July 31, 2006

Finally, I can podcast with my 5G iPod

Although the fifth generation video iPods have been out for some time, and although they feature the internal hardware for stereo quality microphone recordings, there has until yesterday been no commercially available recorder to take advantage of these features. In other words, no microphone that worked in the fifth generation iPod.

Belkin released their solution yesterday, and having purchased one, I can tell you that it is awesome. It records through two microphones in CD quality stereo. You can also use a lesser setting if you want. The audio is recorded as raw data, so you can import it as raw data into an audio editor for quality editing. You can use the microphones as speakers if you want to hear back the recorded audio. There is an automatic or manual gain setting. There is a quick button for turning the recorder on and off. And, there is pass through USB so that it can be charged while recording. I purchased mine for $59 at Circuit City. They only received two in stock, and Best Buy had none, so they are hard to find at the moment. In fact, you can’t even purchase one from the Belkin Website yet.

http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=277661

Why bring this up.

1 – I have no stock in Belkin
2 – I think that this is a great solution for those interested in on-the-go podcasting.

Posted by vvarvel at July 31, 2006 11:08 AM

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