Archive for the ‘Audio Equipment’ Category

Convert Cassettes To MP3

Friday, December 23rd, 2011

USB Turntables have been up there with the bestselling new gadgets of the 21st century, they were a real masterstroke too, each track on one of your vinyl records is worth at least $0.69, a decent USB turntable can cost as little as $40, so if you have a record collection of 100 albums – each with 10 tracks on – you would be making a very tidy profit!

Whilst USB vinyl converters have taken the limelight, exactly the same principle applies to USB Cassette Converters. You have music in an old format, which you probably don’t play, why not convert it all to MP3 and save yourself hundreds of dollars? Some USB cassette converters double up as portable cassette players too, such as the Ion Audio USB Portable Tape-to-MP3 player which has been featured in the article Best USB Cassette Converter

In fact, the Ion Audio USB Portable Tape-to-MP3 player has many more benefits then one would automatically assume, asides from the headphones (enabling you to listen to tapes) and the USB cable (enabling you to convert cassettes to MP3 format), it also comes complete with EZ Tape Converter software for direct integration with iTunes, whilst an audio output unit enables you to play cassettes in your car stereo, directly to your hi-fi, or directly to a pair of speakers. Follow the link to find out much more!

Audio Equipment For Youtube Tutorials

Friday, November 11th, 2011

If you want to build up a large following on Youtube, you will need to make quality videos with clear audio.  One of the most popular types of videos are makeup tutorials.  Here are some example eye makeup tutorial videos that are easy to understand and hear.

You can see that these women used a quality microphone when they filmed their makeup videos.  One of the biggest mistakes that people make when filming their youtube videos is to use the microphone and webcam that’s built into their computer.  If you have a high quality computer then this will be sufficient and may produce good sound and video quality.  Otherwise you may have problems with your video such as echoes in the audio, random background noise, and loud clicks and pops.

Many of these problems can be taken care of with an inexpensive external microphone.  Depending on what types of video you will be making, a headset or desktop microphone will produce better results.  However, if you are making videos where you will need to be able to move or will be touching your face, such as in these eye makeup tutorials, then you will have to use a desktop microphone.  The good news is that these recording devices are not expensive at all and a good microphone can be found for less than $30 including shipping.