Here are the recommendations of voyageLlama for the equipment for recording and hosting for all things podcasting!
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Podcasting Equipment
Sound quality matters a lot! Scratching the earphones microphone with your clothes, for example, is a mistake that can be easily avoided with using the proper device.
Microphone
Samson Q2U is a good recording device because it incorporates both USB (digital) and XLR (analog) connection. Since it is a dynamic microphone, it cancels the surrounding noise and therefore it is great for podcasting. That is why we use it to record our episodes.
Accessories
Pop filter
It's important to block these winds coming from your mouth and reaching to the microphone.
Boom arm
The ultimate comfort when placing the microphone near you. It also helps partially to reduce vibrations from the desk into your recording of the podcast.
Shock Mount
This agent helps to reduce the majority of vibrations since it hangs itself in strings that damps such filtrations. It must be clipped together with the boom arm to work properly. It is proper to add this filter for any podcast taken seriously.
Headphones
You need to hear your own voice when you record, in case you too near or far from the microphone.
Podcasting Hosting
Buzzsprout
This is the platform where the podcast of voyageLlama is hosted. It's easy to setup, offers comprehensive statistics and also the soundbites used in social media.
They also have (as you probably guessed it) the Q&A podcast. It's one of our favorites because they answer your questions in short bites, one at a time. Furthermore, their YouTube Channel also has activity
The actual “Podcast”
“Audioviajes” is the podcast of voyageLlama. It's spoken in Spanish, but soon transcripts in multiple languages are going to be available. Make sure to visit everything related to podcasting in voyageLlama here. Stop by and listen to the most recent episode today!
