Gear talk!! I was a sound engineer in a past life, and learned a lot about doing high-quality stuff on a budget.
Behringer Xenyx 1204USB Premium 12-Input 2/2-Bus Mixer $169 > > vs > > Tascam US-2x2 USB Audio/MIDI Interface with Microphone Preamps and iOS > Compatibility $149 > > Any difference in any "expert's" mind? > We own a Xenyx too. The more knobs and buttons do give you more "control" but they raise the bar for audio non-experts to have to learn a LOT of things just to sit down and record. Behringer Microamp HA400 Ultra-Compact 4-Channel Stereo Headphone Amplifier > $25 > Nice but not necessary. Studio veterans might want multiple studio headphones, but in my experience so far most beginner and intermediate podcasters don't use headphones themselves except to check levels before they hit record because they can't handle hearing their own voices live over the phones. I personally prefer to keep my monitors on, but it took a lot of time to get used to. > We've heard good things about these mics too. > > Samson Q2U Handheld Dynamic USB Microphone $60. > Unless you are in a PERFECTLY QUIET space, I highly recommend investing in Super-cardioid style microphones. Trust me. More expensive microphones perform like trash in our studio because it's not pure ISO, but our super-cardioid mics sound like a million bucks. > We already have a blue Yeti hanging about > IMO the Yetis are fine for home recording/screencasting but they sound very cheap for any semi-pro or pro environment. Yeti's are well marketed, but at their price point they're among the worst you can buy. We have a couple, they are hidden away and for emergencies only. > and we have a couple of pairs of > > Sennheiser HD280PRO Headphones plus a Zoom H4N recorder. > The Zoom recorders are awesome, I'm planning to pick up at least one as a backup for people who don't want to record into a computer. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
