Podcast Rig: Fat 2 Fit Radio
A question came in that asked what I use to record my podcast. I had that posted over at the old Podcaster’s Friend site. It’s changed since then, so here it is.
It’s not the fanciest rig in the world, but it gets the job done. Currently my voice is captured by a MXL 990 microphone. It’s been discontinued, but there are similar condenser microphones for about the same price available. This was the microphone that I bought a long time ago and I continue to like it more than the more expensive microphones that I have. The audio is fed via XLR cable to a M-Audio Fast Track Pro USB audio interface. This one replaces the Tascam US122 that doesn’t have the best drivers for Windows Vista that I use on the Podcast Studio computer. The microphone stand is a basic desktop variety. I use probably the cheapest headphones around, the Behringer HPM1000. They work well enough.
Software wise, as I mentioned, I use a Windows Vista box. I record Skype audio with Callburner. It captures excellent audio without the hassle of the wires and complexity of a mix-minus setup. Check it out. I highly recommend it. I also record a backup out of the Line-out on the Fast Track to a portable music player with a Line-in jack. That’s just in case Callburner fails, or more commonly, Skype fails. Post production and editing is done using an old copy of Sony Vegas initially. It’s tightened up further by my partner using Audacity. The whole podcast is sent through The Levelator to smooth out the highs and lows before encoding using iTunes and uploading to the server using Filezilla.
That’s about it. Don’t forget, you can ask questions of any type by using the Ask A Question link above.
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