Podcasting Tutorial - Video 1: Equipment and Software Video Lecture | How to start a Podcast : Step by Step Video tutorial - Self Help Learning

hey what's up everybody it's pat flynn
from smart passive income and this is
the first of a series of videos that I'm
shooting to help you get your podcasts
up and running because a podcast has
been one of the most beneficial things
I've ever done for my brand and also for
me personally so I'm hoping this video
series is going to help you get yours up
running much faster than I did in this
first video I'm going to be going over
some equipment options like microphones
and things like that and also some
software you can use to help record your
voice because you're going to need the
stuff before you even record your first
word so let's get right to it sound
quality is extremely important when it
comes to your podcast bad sound quality
can mean the difference between people
listening to your show or just totally
skipping right over it and sound quality
starts with your microphone and I've
gone through my fair share of mics
here's a quick comparison of each so
here's a Logitech USB headset one that
you would use for Skype calls and gaming
and things like that and it runs about
30 bucks on Amazon if you have like
hardly any budget this is what I would
start with but as you can hear it sounds
very hollow it's it's not going to give
you the quality that you want in a
serious podcast okay so now you're
looking at the blue snowflake a nice
little compact USB mic one's about 46
bucks on Amazon it really fits in your
pocket and it sounds really decent for
the price and this is a great starter
mic but again it picks up a lot of echo
a lot of room noise and I think about
upgrading to a more professional mic if
you're serious okay so now you're
looking at the samson c01u USB studio
condenser microphones one of the more
popular USB mics that's out there and it
runs about 70 to 75 bucks on Amazon
right now so you could tell it sounds a
little bit deeper a little bit nicer a
little bit more pleasing to the ear it
was one of my first professional
microphones okay so now you're listening
to the audio-technica ATR 2100 USB
microphone and I I really have to credit
father Rodrick from father Roger comm
for this beautiful find because we both
use high opr 40s which I'll show you in
a second and this one comes to a close
second as far as sound quality is
concerned and this one runs about 200
dollars cheaper this one this one's
about 40 to 50 bucks on Amazon and it
sounds really really good I mean just
listen to it and it's interesting
because there's two ways to plug it in
through USB and an XLR connection you're
listening to USB right now and now
you're listening to the XLR connection
which runs a cable from the mic to a
mixer a mixer board and then that mixer
board runs a cable to your computer
which is how you record it in the
software that you're using again a great
studio quality microphone for 40 to 50
bucks amazing alright and finally you're
looking at and listening to the heil PR
40 this is a top-of-the-line podcasting
microphone it's the mic that I use in my
show the mic that cliff ravenscraft from
podcast Answer Man uses and so many
other podcasters use this why because it
just sounds amazing it plugs into a
mixer next to your computer and that
mixer like the ATR plugs into your
computer as well and you have control
over so many things like the bass and
the treble everything you just you can
get it to sound perfect I mean I swear I
sound so much better on the microphone
than I do in real life because of this
mic and it's nice because it just gets
rid of all the background noise it only
picks up right what's in front of it and
it is a little bit expensive it runs
about 300 bucks on Amazon and like I
said you also need a mixer to go along
with it but if you are serious about
podcasting you know you're going to be
doing a show for quite a long time and
you want to start with the best sound
quality this is the mic for you the heil
PR 40
okay so in addition to the actual
microphone there's the microphone
accessories you're going to want to pick
up for example a pop filter those are
those foam things you put on top of the
mic or a screen that you put in front of
it like you see in recording studios
you're also going to need some sort of
stand to hold the mic and position it
where you need it to be and also a shock
mount which mounts to your microphone so
that vibrations on your desk or wherever
they don't affect your sound quality at
all okay so here's a quick overview of
my is particularly high opr 40
microphone and the behringer xenyx one
zero zero two mixer which you can see a
close-up right there that's what the mic
connects to and there's a cord that
connects from that to my Mac computer to
record everything I need to record
here's a close-up view of the high OH
with little mic flag for some branding
purposes it's good for video and stuff
like that and then a high alarm which is
made specifically to hold the higher PR
of 40 and again connects my desk and
there you go alright one last thing when
it comes to podcasting equipment I
encourage you to go to podcast Answer
Man comm slash equipment and check out
some of the stuff that cliff ravenscraft
has to offer
over at podcast Answer Man comm you know
cliff is directly responsible for the
success of my podcast I owe him a ton
and this is a small little thing I could
do to pay him back you know I owe him so
much and he offers a lot of podcasting
equipment packages he doesn't sell those
things individually but in he inclusive
in packages to get you up and running
right away and you know there's a few
different packages you could choose from
you just go ahead and go to podcast
Answer Man comm slash equipment check
them out there he he also shares some
other equipment to take your podcast to
the next level and there's one piece of
equipment that he uses that I want to
talk about which I don't use but a lot
of other podcasters use and it's
actually a really smart thing to do he
records his podcast episodes into a
digital audio recorder like the one you
see here which is the rolling are - 0 5
and that's like I said a really smart
thing to do because when you do that you
decrease the risk of something crashing
or messing up when you record you know
when you record directly into software
like Raj ban or audacity which I'm going
to show you in a second you know
sometimes things crash and you can lose
the hard work that you put in luckily
i've never had that issue and you know
i'm taking a shortcut but you know if
you were truly serious about this you
know and you
just want to make sure you cover all
bases check out podcast Answer Man comm
slash equipment check out what he has to
say about a digital audio recorder and
he has some tutorials on that as well to
help you out so now let's talk about
some software now since I work on a Mac
computer I'm going to talk about the Mac
software that I use first then I'm going
to talk about the PC window stuff in
just a second now you're actually
looking at GarageBand which I use to
record edit and also export as an mp3
file all of my episodes and it's great
so user friendly really easy to use just
drag and drop I can easily slice and
dice and move things around it's
fantastic I use it for everything
when it comes to my podcasts now if
you're on a PC or you just don't mesh
well with GarageBand you've used it and
you don't like it you can try audacity
you can get that at
audacity.sourceforge.net it's absolutely
free it's free software you can use to
edit record and do all types of things
import you know your jingles and your
intros and your outros and also
interviews which I'll talk about how to
do in a second totally free it's great
to use you know test it out if you want
again that's if GarageBand doesn't work
for you you're on a Mac or if you're on
a PC free you can't go wrong with that
now one thing I love to do as a
podcaster and I know a lot of other
podcasters love to do is is we like to
bring guests on a show you know it's a
great way to add some new flavor to the
content that you have and also to
introduce someone new and cool to your
audience so there's no better way to
bring a guest on to your podcast than to
record a Skype conversation now
unfortunately Skype doesn't have its own
built-in recording software so you have
to get that from a third party somewhere
and if you're on a Mac this is the place
to get it
ECAM with two M's dot-com and there you
can get call recorder for subscribe you
can download a free demo if you want or
you can buy it for 1995 really cheap for
what what it is if you're gonna have a
lot of guests on your show it works
really easily so let me just give you a
quick demonstration
you know hypothetical demonstration say
I'm on a conversation here with Corbett
Barr were doing an interview or
something you know I'm not going to
disturb him it says do not disturb so
I'm not going to do that right now but
you know if we were having conversation
I could record it I can just pull up my
call recorder window here press the
record button
boom it would be recording it could push
stop at any time it would actually take
that conversation and turn it into a dot
MOV file dot movie file the reason for
that is because you can also record
Skype conversations with your video you
know if you if you have a video
conference you can record that as well
now if you're doing an audio you could
actually pull up this convert to mp3
software that comes with call recorder
for skype you can drag that movie file
onto here it'll turn it into an mp3
which you can then drag and drop into
GarageBand or import into audacity it's
super easy to use what I also love about
this software is also comes with this
thing called split size of conversation
so I can take that MOV file put it in
here and then will give me two files one
of Corvette Corvettes a side of the
conversation and one of mine so in case
one of our levels is off we can adjust
it without having to worry about messing
up the other one so now that that's
fantastic now if you are on a PC
unfortunately a call recorder for skype
is just for mac only if you're on a PC
or Windows you want to get pamela for
skype so just go to pamela dot is and
you'll see those products there pamela
for skype is about 30 bucks I believe
thirty four ninety five I think and
again it works similar it to call
recorder for skype for Mac so that's it
and that's the software that I use to
edit record and export you know and just
build my show you know that's that's how
I produce my show earlier you saw some
of the different microphone options my
whole you know library of microphones
and you can choose the one that's best
for you based on your budget and yeah
that's it so I'll see you in video
number two or I've actually be talking
about recording your first episode and
editing it so I'll see you there