News
IBC 2009, HHB Stand 8.E54: The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics took place in Berlin in August and saw competitors from the home nation enjoying particular success. As a consequence, sports journalists from the local Berlin radio station ‘105.5 SPREERADIO’ were particularly busy recording interviews with winning athletes at the Champions Club, a venue in which competitors came together with representatives of top German and international sports, along with sponsors and guests from the fields of business, politics and the media.... Read more
With Red Nose Day just over a week away, HHB reports that the Comic Relief media team is using FlashMic Digital Recording Microphones to gather interviews from participating celebrities, members of the public, and from those whose lives are transformed by the work of Comic Relief.... Read more
For three months this summer, Icelandic journalist Guòmundur Gunnarsson interviewed more than 300 of his fellow countryman with a FlashMic for his radio program ‘Flækingur’.... Read more
HHB has shipped its 10,000th FlashMic. First launched at IBC three years ago, the innovative Digital Recording Microphone quickly caught the imagination of major broadcasters and news organisations around the world and is now the interview recorder of choice for journalists working in all areas of the media.... Read more
In an unsurpassed demonstration of its sound quality and ease of use, the HHB FlashMic has been used to compile an urban London soundtrack for an arts project executed by members of the public.... Read more
The Mark Twain Elementary School in Wheeling, Ohio is using the FlashMic to record lessons and projects for uploading to the Internet... Read more
Actor Jamie Foxx surprised everyone when he pulled out his FlashMic on Jay Leno’s Tonight Show and proceeded to tell the audience all about it.... Read more
The prestigious Syngenta ABSW Science Writers’ Awards took place at The Royal Society in London and saw New Voice category winner Anna Lacey delighted to receive her prize of a FlashMic Digital Recording Microphone from Mohit Bakaya, Commissioning Editor, BBC Radio 4.... Read more
Classic FM Magazine journalist Sarah Kirkup used the FlashMic to capture interviews with the stars of the classical music world at the Classical Brit Awards.... Read more
Building on a successful project at NAB earlier this year, UK-based media production company Eye-i is again using the FlashMic Digital Recording Microphone from HHB Communications to record podcasts at IBC.... Read more
Writer and director Scott Evans packed his HHB FlashMic when heading for The Shoot Out Boulder 24-Hour Filmmaking Festival, which pits participants against the clock to create a film, from story conception to final Foley, within 24 hours.... Read more
DRM85
Omnidirectional FlashMic Digital Recording Microphone
The FlashMic DRM85 combines a studio-quality omnidirectional Sennheiser condenser capsule with a broadcast-quality 1GB Flash recorder.
Robust and refreshingly easy to operate, just one button press is all it takes to start recording in either linear or MPEG 2 formats (view Recording Times) - leaving the journalist free to concentrate on the story. Simple 'drag and drop' file transfer at up to 70x real time to a Mac or PC for editing or onward transmission is enabled by a 'plug and play' USB connection.
Two AA batteries provide more than 8 hours continuous power and the included FlashMic Manager Mac/PC software provides powerful tools for naming and organising recordings, and configuring the FlashMic for various applications.
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Key features
- Convenient, portable and extremely easy to use
- Rugged build quality, designed to withstand the rigours of portable recording
- High-quality, omni-directional Sennheiser condenser microphone capsule for broadcast-quality recording
- Very high quality microphone preamplifier with full manual or automatic gain control (AGC)
- 1GB Flash memory for digital audio data
- Maximum record time of over 18 hours (see over for table of record times)
- LCD display with backlight for time, level and status information
- USB-Interface for transfer of audio data (configured as a mass storage device), also used for configuration presets and FlashMic firmware updates
- Headphone amplifier with volume control
- 9 user templates can be configured externally using the FlashMic Manager PC/Mac software supplied
- Real time clock, time-date updated when linked to host PC/Mac
- Uses 2 x AA batteries - either primary cells or rechargeable
- Battery remaining indicator with visible low battery warning
- Battery life greater that 6 hours (1500mAh primary cells)
- Pre record buffer adjustable from 0-10 seconds
- Records linear 32, 44.1 or 48kHz, or MPEG 1 Layer 2 encoded audio (128- 192 kbps) broadcast wave (.wav) files including time stamp
- Simple mode of operation where presets from external PC/Mac templates can be recalled
- Expert mode of operation where all variables are accessible on the FlashMic
- Record time remaining indicator with low time remaining visible warning
- Switchable high pass filter, 12dB/octave @ 100Hz