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TuneStudio Gives New Home to Old iPods
By Dave Peterson | July 18, 2008
I confess to a growing interest in audio equipment. I blame the influence of Neal Campbell. He’s going to make an audio geek out of me yet. A couple of months ago, I bought a Blue Snowball mic, stand, and shock mount (okay, yes — a pop filter, too — see, it’s a sickness), ostensibly for voice-over use on an upcoming video project. I’d hoped that might be enough to quell the cravings, but now I’ve seen something else that perhaps I can’t live without.
The Belkin TuneStudio is a 4-channel audio mixer that records directly to an iPod in 16-bit, 44kHz quality, or will stream its output to a PC or Mac through a USB connection. It’s compatible with the iPod Classic, 2nd or 3rd generation Nano, or the iPod with Video (5th generation). Each channel has a 3-band EQ and phantom power on the two XLR inputs.
I always hate to get rid of old iPods, and this is a pretty nifty way to put an old one to good use. Thanks to The Red Ferret Journal for bringing this device to my attention.
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