Apogee Liberates MiC for Mac, iPad and iPhone

Apogee has announced the availability of MiC, the most compact studio quality USB microphone available for iPad, iPhone and Mac. About the size of an iPhone, MiC makes it easy to capture your best take with incredible 24-bit quality, anywhere your music takes you.
Record any sound you can imagine, from vocals to vibraphones, acoustic to lap steel guitars, pianos to percussion and everything in between, and build a track right on your iPad with GarageBand. MiC is also the perfect companion to JAM, Apogee’s studio quality guitar input. Never before has the personal studio been so portable or so powerful.

Features

PureDIGITAL connection for pristine sound quality
Studio quality cardioid condenser microphone
44.1/48 kHz, 24-bit analog-to-digital conversion
Studio quality microphone preamp with up to 40dB of gain
No configuration, just plug in and record
Control knob allows easy input level adjustment
Multicolor LED for status indication and input level monitoring
Designed for vocal and acoustic instrument recording
Also great for recording interviews, podcasts, voice overs, and audio for DSLR video
All metal construction
Extremely compact and portable
Works with GarageBand
Bus-powered by iPad, iPhone or Mac (no batteries or external power required)
Made in the U.S.A.

On the Mac, MiC requires OS X 10.6.4 or later, an Intel processor, 1 GB minimum of installed RAM (2 GB recommended), USB 2.0 Full Speed, and GarageBand, Logic Pro, MainStage, Pro Tools or any Core Audio compatible application.
On iOS, MiC requires an iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPad, or iPad 2 running iOS 4.3 or later, and access to the Dock connector port (no batteries required). MiC is made for GarageBand on iPad or iPhone, but also works with other MFi compatible apps.
MiC will be available in February 2012 and will retail for $199.