The computer is an old 300 MGhz PC with a 10GB hard drive that is on load from my department. It does not record well (drops words) and I am planning to replace it soon! [The vertical white stick thing is an antenna booster for the wireless Internet card that I installed on the computer.]
There are two mice on the table. The sliver mouse is the Thanko Silent Mouse ($35 from Dynamism.com). I bought is because I got tired of editing out mouse clicks from my podcasts. Works great.
The microphone is an Audio-Technica AT 2020 ($85 on eBay). The microphone requires a 48v phantom power supply.
I think I paid about $25 for the mic stand and about $15 for the pop screen at Arizona Music Pro.
Just below the microphone in the photo below is a Tapco Mix 60 mixer, which also provides phantom power to the microphone ($60). A "balanced" (3 plug) microphone cable connects the Tapco mixer to the AT 2020 microphone. only use one of the inputs, although you can have four to six (depending on the configuration).
The gray and black rectangular box next to the lap is the Edirol UA-1EX. I originally bought this for my laptop, based on comments that laptops have lousy sound cards. However, I found this it resolved the "latency" problem that I had with Audacity (the audio recording and editing freeware program that I use). Latency is the delay between when you speak and when the sound is received in the headphones. I could not use headphones while podcasting until I got the Edirol UA-1EX.
There is a line splitter coming out of the "phones" jack of the Tapco mixer. One line goes into the Edirol, and the other can be connected to an mp3 recorder to create a backup recording. I use an iRiver IFP 890. I only do a backup when recording interviews.
A very simple headset ($1 at the Dollar Tree) is connected to the Edirol so I can monitor the sound as I am recording it.
NOT SEEN IN THE PHOTOS:
- iRiver 890 mp3 player/recorder - for backups and sound seeing audio ($45 on eBay)
- SP-TFB-2 - In-Ear Binaural Microphones and sound seeing audio (SoundProfessionals.com, $69)
- Logitec 250 USB Noise-canceling Headset (used on laptop when traveling)
NEW:
- Tapco Squeez SQ2compressor ($99 - resulted in a great improvement to my sound! - the gate feature pretty much removed the dog and minor house noises)
- Zoom H4 Recorder ($299 - bought for a research project, but also used for podcasting)
- MacMini and an old LCD monitor - replaced the ancient PC in the photo - nice and quiet, and small
WIRING
The Microphone is connected to the Mixer usine the Balanced audio cable. An unbalanced cable goes from the headphone jack on the Mixer to the Line In jack on the Edirol external audio interface. The Edirol has a USB wire coming out of it that plugs into the computer. I have a split attached to the headphone jack on the Edirol, to which I have the headphones and the iRiver attached.
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