Ask Engadget: Cheap portable podcasting gear?

Original post: click here

Subscribe to these comments

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Neutral

Muzungo @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM

200 is not a lot for professional sound...
Start with a good microphone for handheld work - most are designed to be mounted, and will give you a lot of handling noise. When I was a radio journalist, I used the Electrovoice RE50 - which has internal shock mounting - beautiful mike, perfect for interviews.
For recording, I would recommend MiniDisc - its a PITA to have to re-digitise all your sound, but in terms of sound quality for the buck, its the way to go.
By the way, make sure you use the right cable - the RE50 (or any interview mike) is mono - so you need an XLR mono to 3.5mm stereo jack - to feed the signal to both channels.

Of course if you want to go the pro router, you could spring for a Marantz PMD660:

http://www.d-mpro.com/users/folder.asp?FolderID=3629

Good luck

Add your comments

New Users

Name

E-mail

Current Users

E-mail:

Password

Remember Me

E-Mail me when someone replies to this comment

replying to thread #530287

Add your comments:

Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments.

When you enter your name and email address, you'll be sent a link to confirm your comment, and a password. To leave another comment, just use that password.

To create a live link, simply type the URL (including http://) or email address and we will make it a live link for you. You can put up to 3 URLs in your comments. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use <p> or <br /> tags.

Please note that gratuitous links to your site are viewed as spam and may result in removed comments. And yes, comments are moderated.