As one of the best microphone accessories for the iPhone and the iPod Touch the second-generation of the Mikey from Blue Microphones offers improved circuitry, line-input, and USB pass-through.
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Blue Microphones is gearing up to release an updated version of its Mikey iPod/iPhone recording accessory, due out in spring 2010 with an MSRP of $99.
Like the original, the second-generation Mikey offers three gain settings that control a pair of custom-tuned stereo microphone capsules.
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Blue Microphones is gearing up to release an updated version of its Mikey iPod/iPhone recording accessory, due out in spring 2010 with an MSRP of $99.
A hinge on the base of the Mikey affords up to 230 degrees of rotation, making it possible to set your iPod flat on a table with compromising mic placement.
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Blue Microphones is gearing up to release an updated version of its Mikey iPod/iPhone recording accessory, due out in spring 2010 with an MSRP of $99.
Audio nerds looking to really take their portable recordings to the next level can also pair the Mikey with Audiofile Engineering's FiRe application for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
