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If you've been podcasting for some time or have experience creating podcasts, which microphone brand and model can you recommend? I'd like something under $100 if possible.

Care to share any tips on how to eliminate background noise as well as boost overall production value?

If you have a podcast link, please share so I can check out the quality :)

Thanks in advance, guys.
 


I don't podcast, but I have a Yeti mic and it is pretty damn good for the money.

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Microphones-Yeti-USB-Microphone/dp/B002VA464S"]Amazon.com: Blue Microphones Yeti USB Microphone - Silver: Musical Instruments[/ame]
 
Yea pair the yeti with a pop filter and you're good to go. If you want something a little more professional sounding get a good microphone, connect it to a mixer, and the mixer to your computer.

If you want studio sound:

Podcast Equipment
 
Consider herring the zoom h4n. Its over budget $200. It's a great mic and it's portable. It's nice because you don't need to fuck with a mixer. Another advantage over a cheap USB mic will be you don't plug it in a computer (which eliminates the fan noises of the computer.

You're about to go down a very slippery slope. Gear and software costs can quickly spin out of Control. Don't cheap out on your mic. Poor audio will be death to your podcast.
 
Again the yeti is very good. Recommend software with a noise gate. If you are getting a lot of pop you could also just try putting a thick sock or beanie over the mic.
 
$5 Submissions said:
If you've been podcasting for some time or have experience creating podcasts, which microphone brand and model can you recommend? I'd like something under $100 if possible.

Care to share any tips on how to eliminate background noise as well as boost overall production value?

If you have a podcast link, please share so I can check out the quality :)

Thanks in advance, guys.
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I been making some tutorials to occupy my mind. I'm using a yeti with a fan in the background and it's about a foot and a half from my face. Also recorded with shitty camstudio which compresses the audio a lot, and I got a shitty voice so sounds pretty good considering all that.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k9md4dgsJU"]Sony Vegas Media Generated Spinning Rings - YouTube[/ame]
 
Yes. Very much so. It's slightly easier than video. If you aren't slicing and dicing one 500 word blog post 10 different ways in 2014, you're doing it wrong.

One piece of content =
Podcast
YouTube Clip
Blog Post
Infographic
Free PDF
Slideshow

etc etc

Translate it into different languages and you can take the concept even further. Each language is another five pieces of content. This means you can take one blog post and turn it into 15-25 individual pieces of content with ease. Most of my clients now have sites in multiple languages.
 
Eldarion said:
I been making some tutorials to occupy my mind. I'm using a yeti with a fan in the background and it's about a foot and a half from my face. Also recorded with shitty camstudio which compresses the audio a lot, and I got a shitty voice so sounds pretty good considering all that.

Sony Vegas Media Generated Spinning Rings - YouTube
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Thank you. Not bad. I'll probably post a follow up question later regarding stepping up the quality of my political/philosopy/economics podcasts with the right intro segment and some graphics 'spliced' into the podcast.
 
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