Just make sure you're consistent, have decent audio quality, and are excited to podcast. Post production can help make the whole podcast sound a lot more enjoyable. Just.always get some kind of arm or tripod or something and keep the microphone suspended.Īt the end of the day, as long as you're using some kind of condenser microphone, it doesn't really matter. I cut my teeth on a Samson CO1U, but eventually upgraded to the AT because the sound quality is a bit better.
If that's too expensive, a Yeti or a Snowball are great introductory microphones. You want to reduce all extra noise including mouse clicks, keyboards, or bumping your desk.
Keep it off your desk and about 5-6 inches from your mouth when podcasting. You can go more advanced with a Behringer Xenyx Q802USB (what I am running), but if you're just starting out keep it simple.Īlso pick up a microphone boom, pop filter, and a shock mount (that particular shock mount has a pop filter with it). If you want to go XLR, because you feel like you need to do some on the fly mixing, a Scarlet interface + the XLR version of that microphone is a great combination. It's a phenomenally powerful microphone for little cost. What I'm linking is the USB version and you may be able to find it used, or cheaper, elsewhere. I run the XLR version of the Audio-Technicia AT2020. That doesn't mean you shouldn't do post editing to the show (like running a condenser and noise reducer over your audio), but it helps shave a lot of post work off. They're phenomenal as they have a built in condenser and some have built in noise reduction. I would stick with a USB condenser microphone.