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The Best USB Microphone - Great for Podcasters and Amateur Musicians

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Once upon a time, not so long ago, making quality recordings with your computer was complicated. To hook up a professional studio mic so you could get get decent sound, you would need to use a mixer and maybe an external pre-amp. LOTS of meddling and components to get things to work.
Now, thanks to the next generation of microphones, USB microphones, all you have to do is plug and play!
While the best USB microphone won't be quite as good as what a professional studio mic can produce, it will come closer than you might think. It will also cost a lot less money, making it a worthwhile addition to your personal and professional computer tool kit.
The best USB microphone on the market is versatile - you can create everything from blog podcasts to a mix of vocals and instruments. The latter is a great option for amateur musicians because standard computer microphones do not product high quality sound and professional studio microphones are costly.
The popularity of USB microphones is growing, and as computer technology improves, it's very likely that USB mics will equal or surpass professional studio mics.
The best USB will be versatile. Some USB models are really suited to vocals only, but if you really want to get the most for your money, why not go for it all? If you aren't a musician, perhaps your friend of family member is. Adding original music to podcasts is a great idea, so having that option is good.
STRENGTHS OF USB MICROPHONES
* power is supplied by the USB port of your computer
- no external power source is needed
* easy to set up - after installation all you need is recording software like Garage Band or the excellent and FREE open source program Audacity.
* very good sound quality compared to standard computer mics and headsets
* can be used on both PCs and Macs
* can record instruments and vocals (Reminder: some models are better suited to music recording than others - read reviews carefully)
WEAKNESSES OF USB MICROPHONES
* can't be connected to analog mixing boards
* sound quality isn't as good as what a pro studio mic can offer
* cable length is limited
Despite the current weaknesses of USB microphones compared to professional studio mics, they are an excellent choice for anyone who wants to produce solid sound with their computer without spending a lot of money or fussing with complicated setups and pricey external components.

Lillea Woodlyns

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Photomatix Pro by HDRsoft
	HDR (High Dynamic Range) photo processing Platform: Windows, Mac Media: CD-ROM
Product Features: Creation HDR images Tone Mapping Exposure Fusion Automatic alignment hand-held photos Reduction of noise and chromatic aberrations in HDR images
About the Product: If you have ever photographed a high contrast scene, you know that even the best exposure will typically have blown out highlights and flat shadows. Photomatix offers two ways to solve this problem: HDR Tone Mapping: Reveal highlight and shadow details in an HDR image created from multiple exposures. Exposure Fusion: Merge differently exposed photographs into one image with increased dynamic range. Photomatix Pro is a stand-alone program that creates and processes HDR (High Dynamic Range) images, and runs on Mac OS X and Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/Vista. Some of the features of Photomatix Pro are also available as a Filter plug-in of Photoshop CS2/CS3/CS4 and an Edit plug-in of Aperture 2.1.
Benefits for Professional Photographers: Save on Lighting Equipment No need to acquire expensive lighting equipment -and carry it- when you shoot high contrast scenes. Just enable the Auto Exposure Bracketing feature of your camera, and let Photomatix merge your photos into an image with extended dynamic range. Great Cloudy Day Pictures Shadowless hazy sunlight or an overcast sky usually results in dull-looking photographs. The tone mapping tool of Photomatix Pro can turn them into great-looking images. Saving Time in Post-Processing Photomatix Pro is designed for productivity -- automatic blending, unlimited stacking, easy comparison of results and batch processing save hours of masking and layers work in image editing programs. Well-Exposed Panoramas A panoramic scene is almost always a high contrast scene -- you can't limit your view to areas with the same brightness when shooting a 360° panorama. By taking views under several exposures and processing them in Photomatix Pro, you can create a panorama that will show details in both the dark and bright areas of the scene. Photomatix Pro offers both exposure blending (also knows as exposure fusion) and HDR tone mapping.
About the Developer: HDRsoft develops innovative software in the field of High Dynamic Range imaging for photography. The first version of its HDR software Photomatix was released in February 2003 as the result of a research project started in July 2002. The project was awarded a grant from the French Ministry of Research, as laureate of the national contest 2003 organized by ANVAR (National Agency for the Valuation of Research). The company is owned and controlled by its two founding members, one of them being a professional photographer with over 25 years' experience. HDRsoft was previously known as MultimediaPhoto (the company changed its name in December 2006).

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