First I'm going to go over the podcasting tools that I recommend.
It doesn't have to be that confusing or expensive to get into podcasting.
We're going to be going over microphone options recording tools editing tools and hosting platforms
that I recommend.
First four microphones you can use a microphone if you already have one for your video production.
Many of those will do just as good of the job as the three that I recommend here.
The Audio Technica 21:00 the blue yeti or the Hyle PR 40 which is what I'm using right here.
There are lots of other options out here at comparable price points but these ones will get you started.
The eight here are 21:00 is a great Mike.
I know that's Nick Loper of side hustle nation has been using this for over 100 episodes of his podcast.
It's less than $70 right now on sale it's probably around $75.
Whenever you see this but it's just a great USP microphone again just plugging directly into your computer.
You don't need to do anything else.
So it makes it super easy.
The other one is the blue yeti I mentioned this before in the video section of the course around $150
a little bit less.
This is a higher quality microphone.
Again a USP so you don't have to have any extra equipment to get it into your computer.
The quality between the two is very comparable actually.
And if you're just getting started started out try the PR 21:00 if you do want to take it to the next
level here's the Hyle PR 40 it's what I'm using right now.
You will have to get a couple extra pieces of equipment one and the most important is that this is an
SLR microphone so the output is an SLR cable.
So that doesn't go directly into your computer you're going to need some sort of transformer or audio
interface like a zoom H for and recorder that allows you to plug in any SLR microphone into your computer
and use it as a USP Mike.
So that is an extra $200 so you're looking at paying around $500 for this whole setup Plus you might
need something like a mike stand which makes it super easy.
A pop filter.
These are things that you can get for any of these microphones and will increase the quality of your
audio.
Next let's talk about the recording and editing process.
There are free options out there if you have a Mac computer.
Garage Band is a great way to get started.
You can record and edit your podcast right within there.
You can even use the quick time player which is also installed on any Mac computer to record audio.
If you're using Mac or PC audacity is a free open source software that is actually super duper high
quality.
It's a little bit more confusing on how to get started and how to do the different editing is not as
user friendly but as a free option.
It's super high quality if you want to take it to the next level Adobe edition is a professional platform
for editing audio.
You can also record right within Adobe Audition as well.
What about if you are doing interviews.
I love innervate view based podcast because it keeps it super interesting for the listener.
Sometimes people just don't want to listen to you even though you have a lot of great things to say
I'm sure.
Getting other people to come on your podcasts allows you to come up with new content all the time.
It also expands you to a brand new audience because they can share the podcasts with their audience
opening you up to all those new people.
If you want to do these interviews over Skype e can call recorder is a great option for Mac computers
that allows you to record not only the audio but also the video and it records it separately so you
can actually do split screen.
You can do export and edit you know just having a full screen video of your interviewee and you as the
interviewer.
So it's lots of options there for PCs there is a program called Pamela for Skype.
I've personally never used it so I can't vouch for it but it is one of the most highly recommended call
recorders for PC users.
So I know a lot of people that use this.
If you have a PC it's only 17 bucks and it makes it a lot easier than trying to hack together another
option for recording or Skype calls because there are ways to do screen capturing and recording the
audio from your computer while doing Skype.
But these call recorders record audio separately which is important so you could edit the audio separately
because I know when I do interviews with my guests my audio might sound different than their audio so
I may apply different effects and editing to the different tracks to make them sound as best as possible
and I want to be able to do that if I was just recording both on to one single track.
So these two call recorders.
It's a great investment that will make your life a lot easier.
What about hosting this is one part that confuses a lot of people.
There are a few great options out there.
We've got Lipson pod bean blueberry and Buzz sprout I use Lipson and I love it.
It's what most professional podcast users use and for a while again I was trying to figure out freeway's
dose my podcast but once I got serious and I realized that I was going to do this when I started my
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
decided I was going to do that I needed something more professional.
They also make it super easy to get your podcast on iTunes as well and other podcasts servers are marketplaces.
So on all of these Web sites you can go to their site and see what their different plans are with lips
and you can start a very small amount $5 a month.
And it's based off of the store monthly storage you get.
So how much you upload per month.
For me I'm uploading four episodes per month on average.
And they're about 30 minutes to an hour long and that usually uses most of my My Space.
So I'm on the 50000000 250 megabyte plan.
At the end of the day all of these different platforms for hosting will do a decent job.
I ended up picking Lipson just because that's what most the podcasts I listen to and the resources that
I've found recommended and I haven't had any problems.
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
works to show you how uploading a podcast works and then we're going to be going into how we submit
our podcast to iTunes so hopefully these tools will help you get started if you have any questions please
let us know and we'll see in that next lesson.