The rise of podcasts shows no signs of slowing down, as talented creators find increasingly creative tactics for telling immersive and captivating stories. While many podcasters interview their visitors remotely with wonderful teams like Riverside. fm, there’s still nothing more wonderful than a face-to-face encounter. Face a verbal exchange in which everyone is in the same room, interacting with each other and creating a discussion that flows naturally.
Nomono is a Norway-based company that produces machinery and gadgets to help audio podcasters and journalists record immersive stories. The company was founded in 2019 by CTO Audun Solvang, CEO Jonas Rinde and Software Director Sigurd Saue. Nomono has obtained investments from initial investors. adding SINTEF Digital, Skyfall Ventures, Spintop Ventures, Investinor, as well as scholarships from SINTEF, FORNY and Innovasjon Norge.
This week, Nomono announced the launch of a built-in hardware and software solution for making boxed recordings, as well as managing all the responsibilities of record management, collaboration and production while creating sound with captivating spatial sound.
The new platform, Nomono’s Sound Capsule, a Wi-Fi recorder that combines 4 ultra-compact wireless lapel microphones and a network of 360-degree spatial audio microphones. The total kit weighs less than 2 kg and is very portable.
The Sound Capsule connects seamlessly to Nomono’s Web App, an online audio collaboration tool where content creators can back up their recordings, collaborate with the production team, as well as apply AI-powered dialog enhancement processing before moving to the editing process. Designed with portability and ease of use in mind, Nomono says its combined solutions can revolutionize the creation of professional-quality audio.
“We’re sound people with a passion for building great products for like-minded pros, including podcasters, broadcast journalists, and media houses,” says Jonas Rinde, the company’s CEO. “Nomono simplifies podcasting with intuitive tools for capturing interviews from the field, collaborating on the editorial process, plus improving audio quality. Our goal is to provide storytellers with an audio workflow that’s smart, simple and capable of delivering excellent sound.”
Unlike current podcasting workflows that require separate field recorders, microphones, mixing desks and accessories, as well as tools like Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud, Google Docs, Asana, Notion, and more – Nomono uses an all-in-one field recording solution designed specifically for podcasters and journalists to use. The unit automatically uploads recordings to a cloud-based audio collaboration and preparation tool.
Nomono’s sound capsule is compact, with one-button recording capturing up to 4 visitors and an immersive scene strip with no wires or complicated setups. install separate microphone legs, mixer and virtual recorders.
Nomono wireless microphones capture and buffer uncompressed high-resolution audio and transmit it to the recorder asynchronously, offering flexibility in wireless functionality without interruption or interference. as well as the voices of each of the participants. The combination makes it imaginable to record object-based spatial sound compatible with formats ranging from binaural to Dolby Atmos, incentivizing listeners to participate in the conversation.
“The entire Nomono generation is designed with spatial audio in mind, so creators can produce content as they have and make a smooth transition to spatial audio production,” says Rinde.
The Nomono sound capsule weighs less than 2 kg and fits in a backpack. It comes with a case and a built-in fast charger. You don’t have to set up or format the SD card. All the journalist has to do is press a button and let the verbal exchange flow.
Audio captured through the Nomono Sound Capsule is wirelessly uploaded to the Nomono Internet app, a secure cloud resource and audio collaboration tool that includes AI-powered signal processing. Through the Internet app, Nomono allows content creators to arrange curtains in a central location. They can then collect feedback, feedback, and approvals for an audio timeline that deserves to save time and money in post-production, thanks to advanced one-button dialogues and noise reduction technology.
Nomono’s same generation of intelligent signal processing that enables spatial audio recordings can also be used to separate foreground discussion from the background environment to provide greater intelligibility and less noise, annoying artifacts, or having to completely eliminate background sound.
With sound capsule box recordings automatically stored in the cloud, content groups can start connecting without delay and participate in the recorded curtains to speed up the editorial process and deliver content as temporarily as possible. Creators can download audio from other resources in the same Nomomo Internet app, keeping all the curtains in one position so that any member of the production team can access them with external collaborators.
Price and Availability: The Nomono Sound Capsule is available for pre-order now and costs $3,000. The games will start shipping until the end of the year.
More information: www. nomono. co