the electrical language podcast

Saturday, December 24, 2005

podcaster at work!

Richard took this photo of me yesterday, recording the electrical language podcast no 2. Here I am wearing my headphones - a free unexpected extra that came with my mp3 player bought on ebay - speaking into my brand new £4.99 (ebay again) microphone. Note the use of the desk lamp as a microphone stand.

The two photos below show my podcasting kit, kept in a biscuit tin. Apart from my mp3 player and the minidisc recorder that I have had for a long time and will use for recording away from home, the most expensive item is the i-mic. That's the round item at the bottom centre in the right hand photo, cost £8.50 (ebay again). My aim is not to spend more than £10 on any single piece of podcasting kit.

The two headsets are for talking to Richard and Jessica. The sound quality of the interview with Jessica in podcast no 1 was low because she kept on talking to me and not the mic. That podcast, by the way, was recorded using the thin curved mic above the tin, just to the right of the two headsets.

Why does blogger insert A before the pound sign - £?

4 Comments:

soozurich said...: Hi Gabor, omg (short for "oh my god"), you used the same little mic that I am using now. Your other mic, the one fastened to your lamp is better, and I have one like that. But I need to get the imic like you have. And I will soon. I have a nice, condensor mic that is professional, and a mixer. but i do need that one piece and I'm sure my sound quality will be louder, more clear, and alot better.

I copied the photo of you podcasting and the photo of your equipt. Thanks for putting those up, they are good pictures. I put them in my "podcasting" file, of course. Of which this file is getting bigger. I will burn to cd your 2nd show here and then listen as I cruise down the hiways and byways of America in my trucking job!!

Keep up the good work gabor.
soozrowan

cruisin with susan podcast on iTunes and at www.soozrowan.com

Happy Christmas and Happy New Year.; Saturday, December 24, 2005 3:08:00 PM
Grant - Three From Leith said...: Very formal - a shirt and tie for podcasting ;-) Just like the early days of the BBC... I expect you to be wearing a dinner jacket and dicky-bow-tie for the Show 3 photoshoot !!!; Thursday, December 29, 2005 11:50:40 AM
gtk said...: You had me worried Grant. I've got out the magnifying glass to check: I did remove my tie when I got in from work.

GABOR; Thursday, December 29, 2005 10:07:30 PM
soozurich said...: Well, we podcasters are fancy. Next time we might take a photo of us podcasting in our underwear!! lol.; Saturday, December 31, 2005 3:17:20 AM