On the shelf: Microphone Gear
Blackmagic Camera 10.0 brings 4-channel audio to URSA and PYXIS
A free Blackmagic Camera 10.0 update doubles internal audio to four channels on the URSA Broadcast G2, PYXIS 6K and PYXIS 12K and adds pre-record of up to 10 minutes. […]
Sam Ryder's Road to Wembley Tour Ran on Sennheiser Spectera
Monitor engineer Jamie Hickey used one Spectera Base Station and 18 SEK bodypacks for Sam Ryder's 2025 club run that ended at OVO Arena Wembley on 6 November. […]
Pebble Index 01: a $75 ring that records notes at a button press
Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky's Core Devices has announced Index 01, a steel ring that records short voice notes only while its button is held and processes them on the phone. […]
Meta buys Limitless, maker of the $99 AI recording pendant
Limitless, formerly Rewind, is joining Meta's Reality Labs wearables group. It has stopped selling its conversation-recording pendant and is winding down the Rewind desktop app. […]
DPA N-Series Digital Wireless System Arrives in the U.S.
DPA Microphones has made its N-Series fully digital, true-diversity wideband wireless system available to customers across the United States, following its earlier European launch. […]
Soyuz V1: the company's first dynamic microphone costs $279
Soyuz, so far known only for condenser microphones, has released the V1, a dynamic model for both stage and studio with a custom transformer and controlled proximity effect. It is on sale now for $279. […]
Zoom Instamic Pro Plus C: waterproof mini recorder with timecode
Zoom's Instamic Pro Plus C fits a MEMS mic array, 32-bit float recording, timecode and Bluetooth into a 1.5 x 1 x 0.5-inch body. Prices start at $179.99. […]
Sandbar's Stream ring records voice notes on a touch
Two former Meta interface designers have founded Sandbar and opened preorders for Stream, a $249 ring whose microphones switch on only while you hold its touch pad. […]
Soundcore Work: Anker's $159 clip-on AI voice recorder
Anker's Soundcore brand has released Work, a round clip-on recorder that stores 250 hours of audio and uses OpenAI models to transcribe and summarize conversations. […]
BOYA mini 2: a 5 g wireless mic gets AI noise cancellation
BOYA has refreshed its tiny mini wireless microphone with 24-bit/48 kHz audio, a neural-network noise filter, a safety track and app control. Prices start at $30. […]