031 - Headsets. The fastest way to record good sound.

Jey's Podcasting Journal

English - February 03, 2021 22:24 - 8 minutes - 7.57 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
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A modest headset can give you good sound. It's so quick and easy to plug it in and record. Let's look at my recommended headset and why they are a great choice for podcasting.

I recommend:

1. Mpow 071 USB Headset

2. Sennheiser PC 8 USB Headset

PRODUCTION NOTES

Mic & Headphone: Microsoft Lifechat LX6000

Recording location: Dining table. No pillow fort but I have thick curtains to the left of me and a laundry rack full of clothes in front of me.

Recording app: Audacity

Recording format: WAV

Sample rate: 44100Hz

Editing app: Audacity

Sound Treatment: Auphonic Productions at Auphonic.com

Auphonic.com settings [to output as a 16bit mono WAV file]: Adaptive Leveler (on), Loudness Normalization (Loudness Target -19 LUFS ), Filtering (on), Noise and Hum Reduction (Reduction Amount: Auto)

I uploaded the resulting WAV file to Anchor.fm to host the file and added the music from their free music stock.

Anchor automatically converts the WAV file into a 128kbps .m4a file