Nomono launches an ear-wateringly expensive $3,000 microphone array for podcasters

Nomono calls its Sound Capsule a “portable, cloud-connected spatial audio field recorder for podcasters and broadcast journalists,” and with a $3,000 price tag, I’d also be using that many words to try to make sense of the product. The whole package weighs in at under 4 lb and connects to the Nomono Web App, an online audio collaboration tool where content creators can back up their recordings, collaborate with their production teams and apply AI-powered dialogue-enhancement processing to ensure their audio sounds the best it can before starting the editorial process.The sound capsule contains a spatial recorder module and four wireless lavalier microphones for maximum recording flexibility. The team did it once for video conferencing, and who am I to say what tech and price tags the professional podcasting market will sustain.The company’s demo video certainly paints a rosy picture of the future of podcasting, with a number of tricks up its sleeve that a peli case worth of recording gear can’t touch: Audio captured by the Nomono Sound Capsule is uploaded wirelessly to the Nomono Web App, a secure cloud resource and audio collaboration tool featuring AI-powered signal processing that is remarkably good.