If you are in love with music and you want to take with you your favorite songs wherever you go, my advice for you is to try one of the iPod models. You can imagine an iPod Touch as a bigger iPhone because both of them contain a touch screen which means that you have to touch the display in order to send a command. An increasing number of accessories make these portable music devices a viable option for capturing lectures and memos. If you use a decent mini microphone with your iPod Touch you can even field interviews music recordings at broadcast quality. You have the possibility to use your portable music device for playing games and watching videos. In case that you want to use it for recording you have to purchase a mini microphone which is compatible with your iPod Touch.
One of the best options is to buy it directly from Apple Store or from Apple’s website. You can choose between different mini microphones which are compatible with your portable music device including AmpliTube iRig Mic, blue microphones Mickey 2.0, Switch Easy Thumb Tacks and Alesis Pro Track.
It is important to know about Switch Easy Thumb Tacks that they are considered one of the mini-mics which have an affordable price for every iPod Touch user. They contain a gold plated mini plug and if we make a comparison between these models and the Mickey and the Pro Track microphones we recognize that the audio note’s quality is not the same. The AmpliTube iRig Mic gadgets are considered one of the best electrets microphones which can be used with IOS devices. It is important to know about them that their frequency response from 100 Hz to 15 kHz, they contain a mini output and they also have a built in windscreen and a headphone jack. In order to support these microphones’s weight and to set its angle you will need a desktop. About the Alesis ProTrack gadgets you have to know that they are working only with the iPod Touch 2G models and thanks to them you can record professional quality music.
In order to use it you have to attach the microphone to a dock connector and you can record CD quality audio in stereo or mono. About the blue microphone Mickey 2.0 you have to know that is a newer model of the first microphone and uses two cardioid mic capsules for capturing audio in stereo. Thanks to them you have the possibility to record with them CD quality audio and if you want to record direct all you have to do is to add a line-in jack. In order to use this microphone you have to attach it into the dock connector. You have the possibility to find out more information about these portable music devices and about the microphones which can be used with them at the Apple Company’s official website. If you still have questions related to this topic, you can post your questions to the Apple Discussions Forum.