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PRODUCT TRENDS Podcast To The World With Behringer’s Turnkey Kit VIDEO Podcasting has opened up the world of webcasting to everyone and now two turnkey kits from Behringer make it even easier for anyone to produce quality podcasts. Behringer’s Podcastudio comes in USB and Firewire versions and both kits are Windows and Mac compatible. Each bundle comprises everything you need to immediately start producing your own programmes: a microphone, a mixer, cables and softwares. The budget USB kit is ideal for speechbased podcasts and comprises a dynamic microphone tailored for talk programmes, a mini-mixer and 18 bit 48 kHz interface box whilst the Firewire kit comprises a higher spec studio quality condenser microphone, compact mixer with additional inputs and a higher quality 24 bit, 96 kHz interface box. The Firewire package is targeted for music-based podcasts and musicians. “Behringer’s Podcastudio means that for the first time on the market there is an affordable turn-key package that makes Podcasting accessible to everyone. Everything is supplied including cables that allow you to plug into your computer and start producing and uploading immediately and a comprehensive software bundle,” says Behringer Product Specialist Florian Schober. “It is a complete studio in a box!” The software bundle for the USB package includes all necessary RSS feed and Podcast consumer software such as Podifier, PodNova, Juice & Golden Ear. You also get the easy to use audio editing software Audacity. The Firewire package comes with Ableton Live Lite 4 Behringer edition, Kristal and Audacity software. “The USB version is also a good basic studio for musicians,” says Schober. regular electric guitar in the shape of a Fender Stratocaster but with a USB interface and software allowing direct recording onto a computer and multiple effects. “We are musicians ourselves and have been taking care of musicians’ needs for almost 20 years,” says Franzen, adding “we bring a lot of experience with us and are an ideal company to reach out to aspiring creative consumers.” Customer Benefits: • Ease of Use – Turnkey bundle/Plug & Play • Quality Components • Good Value for money Hall 11.1, Stand 102 This is the first year that Behringer, based in Willich in Germany, are present at IFA. “Until now our clientele have been professional musicians but since last year we have developed a range of products for regular consumers who want to spread out their creativity,” says Behringer’s Sales Manager Jürgen Franzen. Another new Behringer product at IFA is the USB Guitar. It is a The Truth Is... Verbatim Verbatim have launched some exciting new external HD drives at IFA. Other innovations include the first generation of the HD DVD DL Dual Player with 30 GB of storage and the USB 2.0 Store 'n' Go with a massive 16 GB of storage space. For fans of highresolution films, HDTV and equivalent HD recorders, Verbatim now offers for the first time an HD-DVD in Dual Layer format with up to 30 GB. The new HD-DVD DL boasts over 30 GB of storage capacity and a write speed of 4.5 MB/s. The HD-DVD DL 30 GB is compatible with version 2.1 of the HD DVD standard. In the USB keys sector too, Verbatim is raising its aim and to coincide perfectly with the IFA is unveiling its new Hi- Speed USB 2.0 Drive Store ‘n’ Go with an astonishing 16 GB storage capacity. Hall 15.1, Stand 131 IFA International • Monday, 3 rd September 2007 13
