It can be done for a lot less than I’ve spent. My equipment has evolved over the nine years during which I’ve been podcasting. Part of the fun for me in podcasting is experimenting with equipment! The mic cable goes into a USB port on my 27″ iMac. You see my recently acquired Shure PG42 USB Condenser mic on a flexible mic boom.
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You see an iMac running the audio editor, Bias Peak Pro 7 (unfortunately, no longer available). The photo above will give you an idea of my present physical set up.
Here’s what the setup looks like as of February 2014. I don’t think you’ll hear a difference, at least not one that matters! I sold off the Aphex Master Voice Channel 230 (the box you see on the bottom right) and the ElectoVoice RE20 mic). That cash will go toward upgrading my 2009 vintage iMac to the latest model. You can find these videos on Youtube by going there to shrinkrapradio1.īack in February 2014 I had decided to downsize and simplify my operation, thereby freeing up desk space and generating cash with the high-quality gear I sold on eBay. I do minor editing of the video using Apple’s iMovie software.
#The levelator for new mac update software
I record the video using Call Recorder the software program by Ecamm. I’m using the built-in camera on my iMac and conducting the interview on Skype. intro music, etc.) together using Garageband and then send the final product to iTunes.Īlso, I’ve recently begun adding video to the process. From there, I put all the different audio pieces (e.g. You could use the free program Audacity which is easy to find online and lots of tutorials on Youtube. I use an audio editing program Amadeus Pro to edit the audio interview. I use Piezo, Mac software from Rogue Amoeba, currently $19, to make a stereo recording of the person I’m interviewing on Skype. I go into the mixer with the XLR cable that comes with the ATR mic and I go out from the mixer into an iMic so that I have a USB plug that goes into the Mac. I’ve used several different mics over the past 11 years but the one I’m using lately is an Audio-Technica ATR2100 which costs all of about $60 on Amazon and works as well as mics I have had in the past that were more than $300! I’m running that mic into a small, inexpensive mixer, the 4 channel Mackie mixer which sells for $99. The first episode of using this new mic is #533. I think it will do a better job of rejecting background noise and that my breathing won’t be so audible. I wonder if listeners will be able to notice any difference. I’ve upgraded my mic to the more expensive ElectroVoice RE-320. The photo below shows the former state of things at Chez Shrink: Listeners who want to create their own podcasts sometimes ask about my setup.
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