Hundreds of potential buyers tried to get a sneak preview on the powerful and intuitive microphone with integrated recorder on NAB in Las Vegas.

Unlike competitive products with added capsules or recorders, iXm overcomes the imbalances in microphone and recorder performance by creating a truly integrated, simple and top performing product.

iXm always sounds right.
Microphone heads have been optimized for high speech intelligibility and low handling noise sensitivity made by German specialist Beyerdynamic. The heads are exchangeable to suit varying recording environments. Omnidirectional, cardioid and supercardioid pick up patterns will be available. Capsules are automatically detected for automatic gain and DSP adaption.

iXm utilizes an intelligent levelling algorithm of unmatched reference quality enabling the reporter to fully concentrate on the interview. It combines a slow acting gain leveler with a look-ahead peak limiter and avoides ADC distortion by converting the microphone signal twice. Files are stored on an exchangeable SD memory card as WAV, BWF or MP2. 

iXm enables simple and silent recording.
Yellowtec, known for making products simple and smart, has come up with a recording section you cannot make simpler or smarter. It comes with just two buttons Record and Stop and three indicators.

The handy position of Record and Stop buttons enables one finger operation. Markers can be set silently during the interview by pressing the record button again. Essential status information (record, free memory and remaining power status) will be clearly visualized by three bright indicators above the reporter’s thumb. Important warning messages such as running short of power or free memory will be noticed while interviewing.

Up to 14 hour of operating time. 
The major limitation 'power' has been overcome by iXm's unique dual power layout with intelligent power management. iXm sources power from a built-in rechargeable Li-Ion battery or from three AA batteries, or both! Its memory is virtually unlimited utilizing standard SD memory cards formatted FAT32. SDHC standard is supported up to 16 GB. 1 GB equals 3 hours of uncompressed audio.

Essential interfaces. 
A headphone output provides quick monitoring. Track IDs will be announced by an integrated voice messaging system. The user can navigate through recordings on a separate playback keypad on the back. The line input will be useful at press conferences when line leveld audio is obtained from a split box. The mini USB port is used for recharging the built-in Li-Ion battery, for dumping audio files from iXm's SD card to a PC, and for configuring iXm via powerful software (engineer's tool).

When will iXm be available?
Shipping has been rescheduled to autumn 2009.

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