External microphones used to be a gadget with a fairly niche appeal, but now that most of us are doing approximately 20 times more video chats than we used to, it’s a piece of kit you might want to ...

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You can record your podcast on your iPhone, but what you might not be able to do so easily is make sure that the audio sounds good. Buying a broadcast-quality microphone or a separate audio recorder ...

The built-in microphone on your laptop, smartphone, earbuds and headphones isn’t very good. Sure, it might be good enough taking calls, but if you’re podcasting, taking streaming seriously, or taking ...

Sony produces Vaio computers that contain a built-in microphone, those that rely on external microphones and those that have both capabilities. Vaio computers that do not have internal microphones ...

Sennheiser launched a portable microphone for use with the GoPro Hero4 action cam as part of its participation in the GoPro developer program. The GoPro-verified MKE 2 Elements features a windproof ...

A sub-$100 camera competing in the 4K market, the Akaso EK7000 has a few features typical for the range: wifi, 12MP photos at 30 frames per second, and the like. [Foxx D’Gamma] wanted to add an ...

All camcorders include an internal microphone, but you should never use it to capture audio for actual production. If you’re shooting a meeting or webinar, lavalier microphones will deliver better ...

Workshop 88 member [Jim] got his hands on a couple of SanDisk Sansa Clip+ MP3 recorder/players from Woot, and was anxious to see what he could do with them. The first order of business was to install ...

A new version of Google Recorder is now live that finally enables the external and Bluetooth mic support. This feature is arriving with Google Recorder 2.1. Google Recorder is one of the best voice ...