Archive for July, 2005

Neat! USB Microphone

I was poking around over at the BSW web site and noticed a new little graphic on the left side of the home page. They are pushing podcast kits that include microphones, headphones, mic stands, mixers and software. The one jewel that I saw in these kits was the Samson C01U Condenser USB [...]

Weekend Project - Podcast

Over on the ABCNews web site, there is a series called Weekend Project that takes a topic and produces a multi-part web page and video segments to accompany it. One of the topics that surfaced recently was, you guessed it, podcasting. Here’s the link:
http://abcnews.com.com/4520-10163_7-6246557-1.html
The guy does a pretty good job explaining the steps, [...]

Podcasting with Blogger

I ran across this blog entry about using Blogger.com with the SmartCast feature of Feedburner.com. Here’s the link:
http://www.forret.com/blog/2004/10/how-to-podcast-with-blogger-and.html
Another reason for using SmartCast is formatting your feed for insertion in iTunes. There is a feature on SmartCast that will create the iTunes specific RSS entries in your feed to get the information correctly into [...]

Budget Podcast

When you don’t have the money to put together a stellar podcast rig, but you still want to get into podcasting, what are you gonna do? You may have to spend a little money.
First, if you don’t have one, get yourself a microphone, like the Labtec Desk Mic along with a standard pair of [...]

Basic Equipment - Vocal Processing (Compressor)

This is the Fifth post in this series, Basic Equipment. In this series, I’ll assemble a podcast rig from scratch.
Last time I recommended a Mixer, the Behringer Eurorack MXB1002, a great mixer with battery operation for taking on the road. Now on to the next piece of the podcast rig puzzle, not exactly “basic equipment, [...]