Audio Receiving Device And Method Of Forming Same

A portable mixer configured to receive one or more input signals and manipulate the one or more input signals to produce one or more output signals for a portable media device, the portable media device includes a mechanism for recording the one or more output signals and an electrical interface to receive the one or more output signals, the portable mixer comprising:

• a first microphone configured to receive sounds and convert the sounds into one or more first electrical audio signals;
• a second microphone configured to receive the sounds and convert the sounds into one or more second electrical audio signals;
• a first electrical input connector configured to receive one or more third electrical audio signals from a media system;
• a switch electrically coupled to the first microphone, the second microphone, and the first electrical input connector and configured to select as one or more intermediary signals either:
• (a) the one or more first electrical audio signals and the one or more second electrical audio signals, or (b) the one or more third electrical audio signals;
• an audio processing component electrically coupled to the switch and configured to manipulate the one or more intermediary signals into the one or more output signals;
• a control component electrically coupled to the switch and the audio processing component, the control component configured to control the manipulation of the one or more input signals by the audio processing component and to control the selection of the one or more intermediary signals by the switch;
• a first electrical output connector electrically coupled to the audio processing component and configured to electrically coupled to the electrical interface of the portable media device;
• a housing at least partially enclosing at least the switch, the audio processing component, and the control component, the housing comprising a first side and a second side,
• wherein:
• when the first electrical output connector is coupled to the electrical interface of the portable media device, the first electrical output connector provides the output signal to the portable media device for recordation of the one or more output signals;
• the first microphone is coupled to the first side and rotatable relative to the first side;
• the second microphone is coupled to the second side and rotatable relative to the second side;
• the one or more input signals comprise the sounds and the one or more third electrical signals.

A method of forming an audio receiving device configured to couple to and produce an output signal for a portable media device, the method comprising:

• providing a housing with a first exterior side and a second exterior side;
• providing a first microphone;
• securing the first microphone to the first exterior side of the housing such that the first microphone can be rotated relative to the first exterior side of the housing;
• providing a second microphone;
• securing the second microphone to the second exterior side of the housing such that the second microphone can be rotated relative to the second exterior side of the housing;
• providing an audio processing component;
• providing a control component;
• electrically coupling the first microphone and the second microphone to the audio processing component;
• electrically coupling the control component to the audio processing component;
• securing the audio processing component and the control component inside the housing;
• providing an electrical output connector;
• and
• electrically coupling the electrical output connector to the audio processing component, where the electrical output connector is configured to be coupled to the portable media device.