What Hardware/Setup Combo do I need?

[kozikowski]

Here it is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iabyEeb ... ptPiz-ZYvM

I would have put serious money on not being able to record in a bare room like that, but they regularly crank out very nice music. It's the pianist's apartment in Brooklyn.


Understand my goal is to find as many things wrong with your list as I can against you being nasty surprised when the UPS truck shows up. I would have no trouble at all making a very nice recording with that list (and headphones).

My favorite mic stand is On Stage Stands MS7701. It's a folder, so it doesn't have that heavy Atlas base. Mine is a 2701 and I don't remember the difference. That's it on the conference room table.

http://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/ ... dShoot.jpg

Koz

[Audaclaw]

Once again, thanks for your feedback (obvious pun will not be made here).

I need to stress: There is absolutely NO chance that I will do outside recording. And little to none, that I will record somewhere else. It’s a comedy podcast, you can compare it to comedy bang bang. 8/10 times, it's me and the co-host talking. we're planning to also have guests, but when we do, not more than 2. 4 persons is more than enough confusion.

The mics will be either mounted, or handheld. I asked the guy in the shop that made me this suggestion, if you'd hear people fiddling on their mics, if they need to hold it. That's why he upgraded from a supercheap mic, to the C1… he said then I should be fine.

The second suggestion was the Zoom X6. That would be 400 Bucks, and would let me record 4 mics. But the USB Mixer just seems more attractive. If I add a laptop to that, at least I also have a laptop I can use. And for the time being, I'll just hijack my GFs Laptop that will be just fine.

So mobility is no real factor. People will come, we'll record, they'll leave again.

Earphones: will do!

Kitchen effect: yep, Mic close to each person will be the goal. If I have to use pop filters.. well then that's how it shall be… I'll test first without.

Room/youtube: Oh, and I love their music, they're one of the few subscriptions on my youtube!!!!

As you said: this experiment is "cheap", so I can risk it. Add pop filter if needed. Anything beyond that, is also beyond my means (again: we make zero money, pure fun and hobby).

thanks again!

[kozikowski]

I think hand-held is a fever dream. Those microphones are side-fire, you don't talk into them like a rock band microphone. They have little or no handling isolation and are usually used on a stand with a spring or rubber shock mount. Nobody is going to be hand-holding a side-fire microphone and pop filter.

http://kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/AmmanStudio.png

Good luck with that.

If they are "real" comedy artists, then they're used to hand-held rock-band/club microphones like the Shure SM-58.

http://www.shure.com/americas/products/ ... microphone

I like the China knock-off GLS Audio, ES-58.

http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywor ... mblo9c4o_e

You can get them in packs of three. I do not like switches on microphones. They take control away from the audio technician and can cause production panic.

"What happened to mic-3?"
"Oh, wait."

Koz