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May 26, 2005
Portable Studio
Ultimate Mobile Audio Creation Kit
Mike Outmesguine’s blog entry ‘Sony PSP goes cellular using a JunxionBox gateway’
just reminded me of a really cool idea. At the Mobile media conference
he showed us the Junxion Box which is a Wi-Fi to cellular gateway.
Meaning you can get a wi-fi connection for your laptop anywhere a EVDO
cellular connection is available. I had heard about the DIY Stomp Box
that does the same thing, but hadn’t seen the cool commercial one. He
also brought a backpack with photovoltaic panels on it. A solar
backpack to power your mobile electronics! He casually challenged us to
imagine what the future of media creation would be like if grassroots
journalist had this gear. So in the spirit of this and because I love
lists/howtos. Here is the Ultimate Mobile Audio Creation Kit. It always could be done cheaper, but this is the ULTIMATE kit. 
1) Laptop w/wi-fi - pick your flavor, i like macs
Apple PowerBook 12″ 1.5GHz small screen is light
2) Wi-Fi to Cellular Gateway
Junxion Box or make your own Stomp Box w/ Linux
3) Audio Recording Device
Marantz PMD 660 - solid state, no moving parts, records to uncompressed wav on CF cards, low impedance mic inputs, USB
4) Microphone
Shure SM58, unidirectional (cardioid) dynamic, low impedance, bulletproof
5) Headphones
Extreme Isolation Headphones - block out all that unwanted noise in public spaces with these bad boys.
4) Solar Backpack
The Voltaic Backpack
5) Cables - audio, power, usb, powerstrip, etc.
Now if I only had all this stuff so I could write a howto on using it all together. Hint, Hint!
Posted by roymond at May 26, 2005 03:28 PM
Comments
OMG - That's so freaking cool. I don't do mobile recording, but it'll be perfect for my xbox.
I'm going to ask them to develop a cap with pv cells instead of the backpack. Sooner or later we'll all have chips in our heads that need charging...
Posted by: Hans at May 27, 2005 01:00 AM
Thanks for sharing my blog post with others. I appreciate the link to AudioActivism! Cheers!
Posted by: Brian R at August 12, 2005 10:24 PM