A couple of months ago I bought the RØDE iXY microphone. But alas I only received it yesterday due to the new shipment coming in direct from Australia! Everything about it looked so positive – it’s size, portability, the fact it comes with a windshield and a hard zip carry case, attaches directly to the…
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Viber – Now On Your Desktop
For those of you familiar with Viber, the free messaging app for most smartphones and tablets (similar to Skype), you may be pleased to learn that it’s now available as a free desktop application too. It enables you to do text chatting, audio and video calls to any of your contacts, in a nice clean…
Another Satisfied Client
This week I’ve recorded some e-learning type material for a major well known UK examination awarding body. It’s material for adult learners, I imagine for distance learning. Quite a nice straightforward job in about 20 sections. This was my first piece of work with them, so it was rather nice to receive an email from…
This TV Advert Was Shot On An iPhone 5
A recent advert for Allied Irish Bank, AIB, was shot entirely on an iPhone 5 in Dublin. The content of the advert talks about mobile technologies, so it’s rather fitting that technology has moved at such a pace that it makes it possible for this to be done on a mobile phone at all. Granted,…
Jeremy Vine’s Radio 2 Voice Party
Last week, Jeremy Vine had a theme of ‘voice week’, everything to do with the human voice and how we use it it various ways, and indeed how it works. The week culminated in a voice party, where he invited several of the UK’s best known voices in order to guess what their trademarks were….
I Know That Voice – The People Behind The Characters
This is a documentary that I can’t wait to see; it’s a look at the people behind the characters, of shows and movies you’ve possibly grown up with. I don’t know a huge amount about the documentary’s in depth content, as I’m yet to see it over here in the UK. But I think it…
Jack Dorsey on Founding Twitter & Square
I found this video yesterday of Jack Dorsey, one of the founders of Twitter. He talks about how it all came to be – and of his new venture, Square; the small gizmo you plug into your phone to process card payments. The idea of being able to take payments in this way, (& similar…
The Mu – The Revolutionary Folding Plug
On Monday, I found online one of the best things I’ve ever seen. Something truly revolutionary. Seriously. No, not a swearing parrot or random office workers replicating ‘Gangnam Style’. I mean someone that has revolutionised a mundane, yet a constantly used every day item. The British 3 pin plug.
How It’s Made – The Microphone
I found this video circling the web a while ago that shows the construction of a professional microphone; that is actually of the same family my own microphone is from. As a voice over artist, I naturally found it interesting seeing what’s behind the mesh; and I’m sure non-audio geeks will find it interesting too!…
What Do YOU Want To Know?
I don’t very often do a newsletter or mailshot, mainly because I don’t know what people want to know about me and what I’m up to! The last thing I’d want to do is send out a monthly mailshot that’s just full of fluff and filler, stuff that people aren’t bothered about and are more…