I thought I’d hit my wish list today, and also return to the audio end of the creative spectrum, as it has been a while since we last visited our ears.
One of the biggest screw ups in A/V production is bad sound, so getting the best possible field source will make a massive difference to a production. And this shouldn’t be just lip service! Get out there and do it right! You really will be happy you did.
To get a taste of just how good it can get, I’m highlighting the Aaton Cantar-X: truly the Ferrari of field recording, and it has a price to match.
This is a weather proofed unit featuring twin batteries you can rotate for unceasing record times, with a 127GB HDD plus an internal CD-R/DVD+R burner. The Cantar-X will give you up to 8 tracks simultaneous recording with individual control across up to 6 of them. Firewire connectivity will even let it record direct to your computer hard drive if you have it handy. And if the hard drive just isn’t enough, it also supports flash memory.All the specs on this amazing piece of hardware are right here. Drooling over the attention to detail in engineering this product could be a hobby.
If you have a spare $20,000 floating around (actually, more than that — but if you have $20k spare, you probably have a bit more), then one of these gorgeous babies can be yours.
Australian’s should get in touch with LEMAC for information on buying this or many other pieces of high-end creative kit.
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In the US many states are adopting a no-cell phone road policy to help reduce driving accidents. Well, to fly in the face of that effort is the BlueTraks BT-211, a device that helps communicate in a hands-free environment.
Conceptually, it’s a good idea but it also interfaces with your iPod making it simple to view video while driving. Just what we need, loading up The Office re-runs while driving at 75mph. Although in Los Angeles, where I am, it’s really only 15mph about 99% of the time, so maybe the BlueTraks BT-211 isn’t that bad after all.
MP3 players are getting so small your fingers can’t navigate the playlist. Take the wicked small Sansa Express MP3 Player from SanDisk. Ya it looks great but damn, it’s small.
Stores 1GB of music (about 250 songs) BUT has a MicroSD slot to expand to another 4GBs. With USB port and earphone connection it’s sleek, it’s slim, it’s sweet. Four-line OLED screen gives you plenty of info like play list, genre, artist, album…all the ID3 tags. At just $59 bucks screw the iPod, make your kid happy with the SanDisk Sansa Express.
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GeekStuff4U is offering a 2.5 inch enclosure which houses four miniSD cards. The chassis is then connected via IDE cable to your system. A good tool for miniSD duplication, but not sure if the value goes much beyond that. With a $260 price tag you bet the four 2GB miniSD cards come with it.
Kingston is blowing out their 512MB Secure Digital flash cards for Zero dollars. $27 is list price and free after mail-in rebate. Free economy shipping. Only a couple days left – offer good through 1/27/07.
Break from the limitations of traditional memory devices and put more storage at your fingertips with Kingston Technology’s Secure Digital (SD) memory cards. The latest in the Kingston family, SD memory cards combine massive storage capacity, blazing data transfer rates and ironclad security in a memory card no bigger than a postage stamp.
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So it appears Toshiba and Oakley have teamed together to bundle one hell of a cell phone package. Take the Toshiba 911T multimedia slider cell phone and integrate Softbank’s OS for Bluetooth communication with Oakley glasses, this is what you get.
Digital TV, 3.2pm anti-shake camera with auto-focus, 3 inch wide VGA screen (480×480) MicroSD slot for another 2GB of storage on-top of the already liberal 1GB of internal storage and MS office reader for docs, pdfs etc. Thanks Toshiba! BUT, I don’t know what looks more ridiculous, sunglasses with earphones hanging down, or sunglass with a Bluetooth headset off on one ear. You decide.
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Remove the fact one must reside in Japan for the following post, it appears only the trendy cool kids will be getting the Napster branded MicroSD card for the new Napster direct-to-mobile download service. AT $82USD for a 512MB MicroSD card, when any will work, is pricey for storage. The Japanese Napster direct-to-mobile service does require a MicroSD card for sync functions – would you care? Probably not.
Napster direct-to-mobile service is offered through NTT and uses DoCoMo phones.
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Andrew from GearFuse updated us on the patent design from Nokia which gets us all hot and excited. The N99 slider phone, which is now evidently confirmed from this patent, is going to be one pretty looking cell. Along with the gorgeous QWERTY keyboard and widescreen display, the N99 will also house an outlandish 8Mp digital camera.
The closer is the sweet tablet style twisty number pad. The pad seems to be able to fold so that it can be used even in QWERTY mode. This thing is looking gorgeous.
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There isn’t much this skinny Razor from Motorola can’t do. With enhanced messaging capabilities and airplane flight mode to listen to music while high in the sky it makes things that much better with the MicroSD slot for expanded memory. That trip from LA to NY never seemed shorter.
Most other specs are in-line with the traditional Razor we’ve all come to love. Cingular is lucky enough to not only lock in the iPhone but the MOTOKRZR model too.
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ViewSonic has always been a fan of combining peripheral items with their monitors and the VX2245WM is no exception. Jumping onto the iPod band-wagon, ViewSonic now offers their monitor with iPod dock station. In addition the VX2245WM beholds an 8-in-1 card reader for ultra convenience.
The 1680×1050 pixel resolution and 700:1 contrast ratio make viewing any movie a pleasure. And to make sure no stone is left unturned, ViewSonic also integrated speakers and subwoofer so that your standard PC speakers can be left to collect dust.
