Podcasting Equipment & Getting Started

EQUIPMENT/HARDWARE

These are the basics to get you started

these may be all you really need:

• Uni-directional microphone (for podium/one speaker) $15 (Labtec Verse-504)
• Headphone equipment $29/$39 (Logitech Curve/Identity)

or combination of headset w/ mich $35 (Logitech USB Headset 250)

• Omni-directional (for recording meetings) approx. $50

Ex http://www.speechtechnology.com/voicerecognition.cfm?URLID=739

Higher End—highly Portable:

• Olympus Digital Voice Recorders that download to PC, You can use built-in mic on the portable device or use a tie-clip microphone (ME-15) for $24.99 http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/cpg_vr_digitalrecorders.asp

VN-120PC $40 (records up to 2 hours)

VN-960PC ($80) (records up to 16 hours)

Higher End—less portable—good for lab/studio/permanent set-up:

MICROPHONE

• Sony ECM-MS907 Stereo Microphone = $79 http://www.minidisco.com/ecm-ms907.html (comes with windscreen and mini-desk stand)

HEADPHONES:

• Sennheiser Headphones $49.95 http://www.minidisco.com/px-100.html
• Sony MDR7506 $99.95 http://www.minidisco.com/mdr-7506.html

AUDACITY/SOFTWARE

DOWNLOADING AUDACITY:

http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~shaughnk/Downloading_Audacity_METRO.ppt

EDITING AUDACITY:

• For a robo-demo on recording and editing in Audacity: http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~shaughnk/Audacity_editing.htm

• Transom.org has some information on editing with Audacity http://transom.org/tools/editing_mixing/200404.audacity.html