Mastodawn

The Listener Will See You Now

Ambient AI now records the conversation at the hospital bed and the exam table. The microphone is optional, for the moment. The receptionist slid a tablet across the counter and asked, in the bright tone reserved for upgrades, whether I would consent to let the clinic "AI Listen" to the appointment. Percy and Lotty, The Boles Brits, were already complaining inside their carrier, due for the rabies shots the state requires. The pitch was efficiency. The software would listen to my conversation with the veterinarian, transcribe it, and "ambient scribe" the care notes so the doctor could spend less time typing and more time with the animals. I declined. There was a checkbox for that, which I noted with the small relief of a man who has read the next paragraph before signing the first. […]

https://bolesblogs.com/2026/06/01/the-listener-will-see-you-now/

Pickr May 22

A tiny take on the social camera is a little more playful from Insta360, while a new microphone from the company is genuinely clever. https://www.pickr.com.au/news/2026/insta360-goes-retro-with-go-3s-cam-clever-with-mic-pro #cameras #news #recording #sound #4k #4kcamera #4kcameras #compactcamera #eink #insta360 #microphones #retro

beSpacific May 20

Banality of #video #podcast. Every1 is talking in2 same mics in same studios. Today’s writers of text are R besieged by #videos, screencaps thereof. #Videos of themselves, talking about texts they have written, speaking in2 #microphones w thick pop shields positioned unavoidably close 2 their mouths. Ears occluded by cushioned #headphones so as not 2 double up sound of speaking. immersed in insulated, dim recording studios, comfortable libraries replete w #fake #books https://onethingnewsletter.substack.com/p/the-banality-of-the-video-podcast

🟧 The banality of the video podcast

Everyone is talking in the same studios into the same mics

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Tom's Hardware: For The Hardcore PC Enthusiast [Unofficial]May 20

HyperX FlipCast Review: For the gamer-podcaster

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/microphones/hyperx-flipcast-review

Tariq May 15

Need tech advice:

What's the best (type of?) microphone that will work at about 30cm on a desk from my mouth - for streaming, zoom calls, etc ?

I don't want a "boom arm" and don't want to have a mic in front my face or in the way of the laptop keyboard.

Everyone says microphones need to be about 5 cm from your mouth ideally.

Should I opt for a "lapel" mic like the DJI Mic Mini ?

Why am I doing this? The laptop mics are rubbish, and the Bose Quietcomfort headphone mics keep cutting out.

#tech #audio #sound #microphones #streaming

Ricardus May 14

I would really like to build two more U87 clones. There is a guy out there who has copied the original Neumann transformer perfectly, right down to the metallurgy of the core, and there is a woman who has perfectly cloned the original capsules. I found a guy in the UK who makes very high quality bodies that I used in my first build.

My Build 1 mics are VERY high quality, but Build 2 will be exactly as good as what Neumann was making in 1976 or so.

#Microphones #Audio #DIY