How to Start a Podcast – Video 1: Equipment and Software

I have the xenyx q502 (the smaller version of what he has) i use a windows computer vs the mac but plugging it in is the same. You need to get a mixer like mine or his that is a USB,you get a firewire cable with a usb head that plugs into your computer. A quick driver install should follow then viola. All you need to do is setup your levels on your mixer and make sure you have it enabled or set as the default on your computer.

I agree, sounds like garbo.

Yeah it’s giving me a fucking headache!

@SignoreMassimo Samson is not professional hardware. As you can hear..

@erik schaepers I am well aware that it isn’t professional equipment. But considering that you could get an SE Magneto or an At 2020 for $20 more. It shouldn’t sound like this at all. We have some cheap Samson microphones (meteors) and snowballs at my university (for quick and dirty voice over work) but they don’t sound THAT bad (we use Rode mics for videos and beyerdynamic et al for radio production).

+darkmew64 It’s a USB mic so it should be phantom powered by the USB port. Or do you mean he was speaking into it at an odd angle?

Lexes O’Hara Hello, just came across this video and saw your comment. I too am new to this and in the research phase planning on launching late January early February 2017. The reason I am replying to your comment is because I too will be doing videos and podcasts under the subject of Self Help and Motivation. My plan is to link my occasional blog to my Podcasts and occasional videos that I plan on posting on Youtube; and by videos I mean that I intend to record my own written and produced Motivational Seminars which I will then record to a high quality audio CD and package each CD/Seminar professionally for bulk sales back on my website and once I create an Amazon.com business account. I will also be offering actual print books as well as instantly downloadable E-books. With that said Lexes, part of my business plan and outline will be to have a steady guest partner from time to time on with me during a few of my Podcasts and/or Youtube videos. I am looking for of course somebody that is obviously well versed and educated in their respective field, which in our case is Motivational subjects. I am hoping to find someone who is similar to myself but is different enough to bring not only a reinforced notion of our shared ideas, but also to bring their own varying opinions and hopefully their own cache of wisdom. This way the podcast/video stays fresh and ideally we get into a groove so well that we effortlessly complement each others personas and opinions etc. Also, I specifically am seeking a woman so that we can both learn from eachother and most important to be able to offer our audience the opportunity to get comfortable with us and be able to relate i.e. men to men and women to women, this way with both of us on the air we effectively double our audience.

Ok, so with that being said Lexes, I see that this post of yours is almost a year old, which is another reason why I am reaching out to you; I would like to know if you have succeeded in hosting your own podcast since then? Or perhaps accomplished even more? And if so, may I have a link to your Podcast or blog or website, etc..?

Lastly, if you have not yet started your own cast and or blog etc, how would you feel about setting up a Skype call to converse regarding all of the above I have just written to you…

If you are interested at all I ask that you please respond if yes to this post of mine here so that I know it is indees you and not some nutter emailing me pretending to be you just to be a trolling fool. (yes, this has actually happened to me in the past, such is the reason for my paranoia LOL). Once I get your reply I will reach out to you with my contact details and we can have a nice chat regarding exactly what motivational area targeted.

Adobe Audition is one of the many possible DAWs you could use. Audacity is the best free one in my opinion. ProTools is the industry standard for music producing. I think Audition would be a good step for the more ambitious users whereas Audacity is much easier to use for just vocal recording, it can do any form of recording such as instrumentals and audio file editing but I believe Audition would be better for that. But these are just two programs in a whole pile of DAWs to use.