Starting A Podcast

byron66

So I plan on starting a podcast here soon and would love some advice. Has anyone started a podcast on here? What advice would you give a newbie? Any challenges you or your team faced? What equipment and apps/software would you recommend?

tedjames

The Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 is great for recording audio. You can download Audacity for free. I use this setup to record song demos into my PC. Use a Shure SM-58 with a pop screen to record your voice.

Scarlett 2i2 | Focusrite

DatabaseHead

tedjames wrote: »

The Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 is great for recording audio. You can download Audacity for free. I use this setup to record song demos into my PC. Use a Shure SM-58 with a pop screen to record your voice.

Scarlett 2i2 | Focusrite

+1 for the value add..

Thanks!

byron66

So I got an Audio-Technica AT2020 on amazon and also downloaded Audacity. I found a course on Udemy for Audacity but would you say it's hard to learn?

tedjames

byron66 wrote: »

So I got an Audio-Technica AT2020 on amazon and also downloaded Audacity. I found a course on Udemy for Audacity but would you say it's hard to learn?

Not really. There's a ton of functions. I have previous experience with audio software, so I just had to explore to get it to do what I want. You can set it to record streaming audio and record from an input source, such as a microphone. It's also great for editing. They have a pretty decent online reference manual, and you can find any number of helpful videos on YouTube.