WEBVTT 00:00.120 --> 00:03.870 First I'm going to go over the podcasting tools that I recommend. 00:03.870 --> 00:08.960 It doesn't have to be that confusing or expensive to get into podcasting. 00:09.090 --> 00:15.030 We're going to be going over microphone options recording tools editing tools and hosting platforms 00:15.030 --> 00:16.010 that I recommend. 00:16.140 --> 00:21.970 First four microphones you can use a microphone if you already have one for your video production. 00:21.990 --> 00:26.950 Many of those will do just as good of the job as the three that I recommend here. 00:27.030 --> 00:34.800 The Audio Technica 21:00 the blue yeti or the Hyle PR 40 which is what I'm using right here. 00:34.800 --> 00:41.050 There are lots of other options out here at comparable price points but these ones will get you started. 00:41.050 --> 00:43.780 The eight here are 21:00 is a great Mike. 00:43.800 --> 00:51.040 I know that's Nick Loper of side hustle nation has been using this for over 100 episodes of his podcast. 00:51.060 --> 00:55.520 It's less than $70 right now on sale it's probably around $75. 00:55.530 --> 01:02.080 Whenever you see this but it's just a great USP microphone again just plugging directly into your computer. 01:02.130 --> 01:04.440 You don't need to do anything else. 01:04.440 --> 01:06.300 So it makes it super easy. 01:06.300 --> 01:13.020 The other one is the blue yeti I mentioned this before in the video section of the course around $150 01:13.020 --> 01:13.980 a little bit less. 01:13.980 --> 01:16.440 This is a higher quality microphone. 01:16.440 --> 01:21.510 Again a USP so you don't have to have any extra equipment to get it into your computer. 01:21.540 --> 01:24.680 The quality between the two is very comparable actually. 01:24.690 --> 01:30.660 And if you're just getting started started out try the PR 21:00 if you do want to take it to the next 01:30.660 --> 01:34.200 level here's the Hyle PR 40 it's what I'm using right now. 01:34.200 --> 01:39.990 You will have to get a couple extra pieces of equipment one and the most important is that this is an 01:40.050 --> 01:44.030 SLR microphone so the output is an SLR cable. 01:44.130 --> 01:49.650 So that doesn't go directly into your computer you're going to need some sort of transformer or audio 01:49.650 --> 01:56.790 interface like a zoom H for and recorder that allows you to plug in any SLR microphone into your computer 01:56.820 --> 01:58.650 and use it as a USP Mike. 01:58.650 --> 02:05.580 So that is an extra $200 so you're looking at paying around $500 for this whole setup Plus you might 02:05.580 --> 02:08.160 need something like a mike stand which makes it super easy. 02:08.160 --> 02:09.360 A pop filter. 02:09.360 --> 02:14.340 These are things that you can get for any of these microphones and will increase the quality of your 02:14.340 --> 02:15.410 audio. 02:15.420 --> 02:19.110 Next let's talk about the recording and editing process. 02:19.140 --> 02:21.840 There are free options out there if you have a Mac computer. 02:21.840 --> 02:24.610 Garage Band is a great way to get started. 02:24.630 --> 02:27.900 You can record and edit your podcast right within there. 02:27.900 --> 02:33.780 You can even use the quick time player which is also installed on any Mac computer to record audio. 02:33.900 --> 02:40.110 If you're using Mac or PC audacity is a free open source software that is actually super duper high 02:40.110 --> 02:40.950 quality. 02:40.950 --> 02:47.790 It's a little bit more confusing on how to get started and how to do the different editing is not as 02:47.790 --> 02:50.230 user friendly but as a free option. 02:50.340 --> 02:57.180 It's super high quality if you want to take it to the next level Adobe edition is a professional platform 02:57.420 --> 02:58.440 for editing audio. 02:58.440 --> 03:02.070 You can also record right within Adobe Audition as well. 03:02.220 --> 03:04.110 What about if you are doing interviews. 03:04.110 --> 03:10.080 I love innervate view based podcast because it keeps it super interesting for the listener. 03:10.080 --> 03:15.320 Sometimes people just don't want to listen to you even though you have a lot of great things to say 03:15.330 --> 03:16.130 I'm sure. 03:16.260 --> 03:21.870 Getting other people to come on your podcasts allows you to come up with new content all the time. 03:21.870 --> 03:27.540 It also expands you to a brand new audience because they can share the podcasts with their audience 03:27.780 --> 03:30.860 opening you up to all those new people. 03:30.900 --> 03:37.050 If you want to do these interviews over Skype e can call recorder is a great option for Mac computers 03:37.050 --> 03:42.660 that allows you to record not only the audio but also the video and it records it separately so you 03:42.660 --> 03:44.760 can actually do split screen. 03:44.760 --> 03:51.960 You can do export and edit you know just having a full screen video of your interviewee and you as the 03:51.960 --> 03:52.970 interviewer. 03:53.010 --> 03:58.950 So it's lots of options there for PCs there is a program called Pamela for Skype. 03:58.950 --> 04:04.260 I've personally never used it so I can't vouch for it but it is one of the most highly recommended call 04:04.260 --> 04:06.680 recorders for PC users. 04:06.720 --> 04:09.320 So I know a lot of people that use this. 04:09.320 --> 04:15.420 If you have a PC it's only 17 bucks and it makes it a lot easier than trying to hack together another 04:15.420 --> 04:21.240 option for recording or Skype calls because there are ways to do screen capturing and recording the 04:21.240 --> 04:24.240 audio from your computer while doing Skype. 04:24.240 --> 04:30.030 But these call recorders record audio separately which is important so you could edit the audio separately 04:30.030 --> 04:36.660 because I know when I do interviews with my guests my audio might sound different than their audio so 04:36.690 --> 04:43.470 I may apply different effects and editing to the different tracks to make them sound as best as possible 04:43.500 --> 04:47.380 and I want to be able to do that if I was just recording both on to one single track. 04:47.580 --> 04:50.520 So these two call recorders. 04:50.520 --> 04:54.030 It's a great investment that will make your life a lot easier. 04:54.030 --> 04:58.080 What about hosting this is one part that confuses a lot of people. 04:58.080 --> 04:59.680 There are a few great options out there. 04:59.680 --> 05:06.690 We've got Lipson pod bean blueberry and Buzz sprout I use Lipson and I love it. 05:06.690 --> 05:13.680 It's what most professional podcast users use and for a while again I was trying to figure out freeway's 05:13.680 --> 05:21.300 dose my podcast but once I got serious and I realized that I was going to do this when I started my 05:21.300 --> 05:26.370 podcast I told myself OK I'm going to do this for one year I'm going to do a weekly show and once I 05:26.370 --> 05:30.470 decided I was going to do that I needed something more professional. 05:30.480 --> 05:38.800 They also make it super easy to get your podcast on iTunes as well and other podcasts servers are marketplaces. 05:38.880 --> 05:44.090 So on all of these Web sites you can go to their site and see what their different plans are with lips 05:44.090 --> 05:48.100 and you can start a very small amount $5 a month. 05:48.270 --> 05:51.060 And it's based off of the store monthly storage you get. 05:51.060 --> 05:53.040 So how much you upload per month. 05:53.040 --> 05:56.690 For me I'm uploading four episodes per month on average. 05:56.940 --> 06:04.360 And they're about 30 minutes to an hour long and that usually uses most of my My Space. 06:04.380 --> 06:07.870 So I'm on the 50000000 250 megabyte plan. 06:08.130 --> 06:13.350 At the end of the day all of these different platforms for hosting will do a decent job. 06:13.350 --> 06:18.990 I ended up picking Lipson just because that's what most the podcasts I listen to and the resources that 06:19.050 --> 06:22.310 I've found recommended and I haven't had any problems. 06:22.320 --> 06:27.390 And in fact in the next lesson I'm going to be going into the back end of lips and to show you how it 06:27.390 --> 06:32.490 works to show you how uploading a podcast works and then we're going to be going into how we submit 06:32.490 --> 06:38.850 our podcast to iTunes so hopefully these tools will help you get started if you have any questions please 06:38.850 --> 06:41.080 let us know and we'll see in that next lesson.