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Hi everyone, it's Chris and I am back with a microphone demo. I love collecting microphones about as much as I love collecting keyboards, which is saying something. So I thought I would try out the Audio Technica ATR2100X Dynamic Cardioid microphone. It is now priced at $47 on Amazon. Truly a bargain. So why did I want to try this mic out? Well, I love to try out new tech, as you know, and I wanted something that just works. I also wanted something that had a USB connection on the bottom of the mic as well as a headphone jack. So this mic just works and I'm looking forward to trying it in Zoom and other places where I can connect to either my Mac or my PC. Actually, right now I am connected to my iPhone 15 Pro using the Ferrite recording app and so I could adjust things a little bit here with this. And so that is really good news. So the microphone is really a great find because it also comes with all the cables that you need. So if you need a USB C to see, you've got it. If you need a USB A to see, it's there. And also there's an XLR cable. There's also a nice little stand that has three legs and it is pretty short, so it's not going to be super tall. You'll probably need to put it on a tripod or maybe a boom arm if you want something a lot taller. But it's nice to have and it's just, it's just a great little piece of kit, as they say. And so I would encourage anyone who is looking into doing some recording, whether you want to do a little podcasting or you just want to sound a little better on Zoom and you want to monitor yourself. This is a great find on Amazon right now. Again, it's the Audio Technica ATR2100X.
Hey all, Marty here. And today we're going to talk about Focus mode on your iPhone or iOS device. So you're going to find that on the most current operating systems, you're going to have the most options. This used to only be do not disturb, but now they've Added a bunch of customizations and different profiles that you can use when you're either using Do Not Disturb or Focus Mode. So the way you access this is you go to Settings, then you go into Focus mode. Once there, you're going to see a list of names which represent each each one of these modes. So for example, you're going to have Personal, you're going to have work, you'll have Do Not Disturb. You can customize every one of these however you would like. So for example, if you do Do Not Disturb, that's going to block all people and all apps. Nothing should get through. If you want to have that setting, then you use Do Not Disturb. Let's say you're at work, for example. Maybe you only want people you work with to be able to get through to you. Maybe only email, for example, so only your work email will be able to get through and only people that you work with and everybody else would go straight to voicemail or possibly personal Personal. Maybe you would only want your family members and maybe text messaging and whatever other app that you may use a lot. And everything else goes to voicemail or is not shown. So I would say go in there and once again you get in there by going to Settings into Focus Mode. And then you go in and you'll see the list of all the different focus modes and you can completely customize them. So I would say to go in and test them out and try to see what is going to work best for you for each one of those scenarios. You can also access these by going into Control Center. And once you're in Control center, you'll see Do Not Disturb. And then of course you can also use Siri to activate Do Not Disturb as well. So go in, check it out. Focus modes on your iPhone or iOS device. And happy blocking everybody.
Hey, it's Michael here. And today for your digital bite, we're going to talk about a application I've started using over the last week or so that I've known about for probably 10, 11 years and have used off and on. If you're following on Mastodon, you'll notice that six posts posts have been going out and today I'm going to walk you through how I've set that up. So what is Buffer? Buffer is a tool you can install on your phone and I use Sign in with Google to sign into my Buffer account. Once you're signed in, there are a few tabs across the bottom. The center tab is Compose. If you double tap on that, then you can compose a post and then if you tap on your name in the top left corner, pick the accounts that you want to post to by double tapping on the account name and it' say selected. Tap the done button in the top right corner and then go back and start composing your post. At the bottom there's a next button. If you double tap on this you have options like add to queue, schedule, post, post now save as draft, et cetera. So pick one of those. Typically what I've been doing is adding things to the queue and then this gives you a screen at that point with all of your upcoming posts for that specific social network. What specific social network? Tap your name in the top left corner and you can pick which social network you want to see the posts that are coming up for that specific account. At the bottom on the left is the posts, Drafts, Compose, Sent and settings that you can access in this app. If you want, you can also use the share sheet that Marty's recorded some content on. If you're not familiar with the Share sheet, head on over to Unmute show and type in Share Sheet. You can use the Buffer extension in the Share sheet to share items that you might be browsing on the web and add them to your queue or schedule them to come out. Right now I have it posting to mastodon, bluesky and LinkedIn. So if you're looking for an easy to use tool so you can schedule your posts both paid and free, check out Buffer in your favorite app store. This week in Club Unmute, I give you a glimpse over my shoulder while I produce digital bytes. Check it out at Unmute Show.