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[hotwatersounds]

hello, i am interested in creating a podcast. i need recommendations on software, equipment and such. any info is appreciated. contact me via email

hotwatersounds@gmail.com

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hotwatersounds

[RevTim]

I think the best advise for me to give you is to recommend some sites that you can read all about podcasting. The first is right here, just click on "What is a Podcast" at the top. It will give you a good summary on what's happening.

The next place is http://www.ipodder.org -- click the "How To" link on the right. You will find a lot of reading there. :)

Then a third thing that seems to be the easiest and fastest is to create an account at http://www.blogger.com -- make sure you turn on the atom feed in your settings.

Finally, you can convert the atom feed into the right RSS 2.0 by going to feedburner.com -- That will become your final feed that you give out to all the podcasting directory sites.

It's several steps, I know, but in a few days of messing around with all this you will be up and running. Then you will refine your set-up as you go, everyone seems to do this.

Hope it helps!

[Craig]

Also check out:

http://www.podcastrigs.com
http://www.podcastexpert.com
http://www.btscast.com

Craig

[yaz]

ask matt bischoff, he's a super geek...14 year old student by day, 14 year old basement dwelling supergeek by night...

[theFerf]

ask matt bischoff, he's a super geek...14 year old student by day, 14 year old basement dwelling supergeek by night...

LOL - funny but true.

[radioclash]

Also check out:

http://www.podcastrigs.com

Craig

:shock:

Eeek that's heavy duty even for the basic rig - 225 dollars for the entry level?

The thing about anything (podcasting, photography, digital graphics, computers, mobiles etc.) is after a while people obsess about quality and buy more features and higher quality than they need...I do it, my partner who got into photography via cheap digital camera started doing it, I think everyone does it...

I've been listening and watching the whole Adam Curry studio setup thing with audio-geek fellow podcaster interest, but it does bothers me that people might be put off podcasting because they can't afford outbound effect units, Shure SM7 condenser mics, stands, popshields, and mixers...

To be honest all you need at most if you're starting is a 20-50 UK pound mic (tieclip or dynamic, you can get a really amazing mic for 40-50 pounds nowadays, all you'll ever need, I user a Beyer Dynamic), maybe a mixer (20-50 UK pounds - Behringer's range is amazingly good for the price) and something to record on (computer, iRiver, Minidisc).

But you can do it on a lot less...pick up a second-hand mic or a cheap mic (10-20pounds?) at Tandy/Maplins/Radio Shack, skip the mixer unless you're recording a music podcast or need to record more than one person, just record into Audacity which is free.

Oh and the biggest tip I have? Use a frying pan splash-guard as a pop shield....couple of quid and works great. Even has a handle...or use tights and a coat hanger....yeah DIY! :D

It's the content not the audio quality that's important IMO :D

[Craig]

But you can do it on a lot less...pick up a second-hand mic or a cheap mic (10-20pounds?) at Tandy/Maplins/Radio Shack, skip the mixer unless you're recording a music podcast or need to record more than one person, just record into Audacity which is free.
Actually, you can do it on a lot less than that. There are plenty of podcasters who started out using nothing more than the built-in mic in their laptop/desktop. Others (Matthew Bischoff comes to mind) started out with a cheap USB mic. Content definitely reigns king over quality here, which is one of the charms of podcasting and does often get overlooked as the obsession over cool equipment kicks in!

Oh and the biggest tip I have? Use a frying pan splash-guard as a pop shield....couple of quid and works great. Even has a handle...or use tights and a coat hanger....yeah DIY!
Good tips...there's instructions for making one out of tights/pantyhose, a coat hanger, and a butter or margarine tub in the 2/1/05 edition of "Behind the Scenes" (courtesy of Just Pete from Illinoise):

http://www.godcast.org/categories/behindTheScenes/2005/02/01.html#a289

Craig

[bigee]

I just have one word of caution. I, too, went with the basic rig ($20 mic from Best Buy plugged into the mic port on my laptop and the $35 Behringer UB502 mixing board), but you may become obsessed with the quality (especially with a music show. You don't want the artists' music sounding crappy, or the levels to be all over the place) and will start to upgrade pretty quickly.

It may be more cost effective in the long run to start off with some quality equipment rather than buying cheap stuff first, then constantly upgrading.