WIZL 61.0
Introducing our own radio channel, WIZL, 61.0!
http://izationlabs.com/audio/WIZL Channel 7 News Short.mp3
Okay. So, now that we’ve established that that was just a joke, (If you didn’t know that, I thank you, because that means my recording was of decent quality) I’ll tell you what I am actually introducing.
- First and foremost, I have been testing my new Blue Snowball microphone. I know, from the name alone it doesn’t sound that impressive, but trust me it is. It is an 80 dollar microphone that connects to the computer via usb. It pulls its phantom power from the USB bus, and has 2 hemispheres and three settings. Mode 1 is a unidirectional cardoid microphone. Mode 2 puts a -10db PAD on the same cardoid mic, and mode 3 activates the omni-capsule, the other side of the mic, meant to pick up environmental sounds. I have to say I love this not so little microphone.
This thing is amazing!
That’s a quarter below and held next to the mic for scale.
The reason I bought it is because I was tired of messing with headset microphones and typical passive mics that just don’t get the job done well. The next step up was either this, or a 200 dollar mic that requires a pre-amp for the phantom voltage. That’s the beauty of this little thing. If I need to go to some foley recording outside, then I can just pack up my laptop and this little microphone and do it.
A passive mic would work, but not with anywhere near the quality. And one of those more expensive mics might give me a better quality recording (I say might because this little microphone absolutely blows me away) but it would never be as portable or accessible.
- The second thing I wanted to introduce isn’t really a big deal. I downloaded a nice little audio plugin that lets me embed the player that you saw at the top of this page. Now if I feel really inspired and make some good music or recordings, I can just let people listen to it by clicking the play button right at the top of my blog! **Due to memory issues, the plugin is currently disabled. Click the link above to hear the clip.**
