New to podcasting....help needed

[progoalie30]

Hello All,

I'm new to podcast, in fact I just learned about it this week. I've searched extensively over the internet and all the info is a little overwhelming for me. I made my first attempt at a podcast several days ago.

My podcast will focus on Youth & High School Socecr here in Atlanta, GA and I had several questions about equipment needed. The podcast I made the other night was with a $25 Logitech desktop mic and recorded direct in Audacity. I didn't want to spend a lot a money on a setup unless the show gets a large audience.

I am also interested in doing remote interviews at soccer games or via phone. Since I don't own a laptop, what other methods can I use to ensure a decent remote or phone recording. I read through the forums and everyone seems to like the Iriver for interviews, I have the iRiver 256MB IFB-190TC, but when I play it back it sounds like a drive through speakerphone at Taco Bell, that was using the internal mic or my Logitech plugged into it.

Also I would appreciate any feedback on my podcast:
www.podcast.soccerga.com
www.podcast.soccerga.com/feed.xml

Thanks in advance,
Shawn

[Marius]

I've heard that the iriver has a low quality and a high quality recoding setting. I believe the default setting for recording is the low quality one. Make sure you've set your iriver for high quality recording. Also, try recoding into the iriver's internal mike as well, in order to troubleshoot the mike.