Thread by @QuinnyPig

By request: a thread on my podcast setup nonsense for Q1 2021.

Before we begin, a reminder: This is a business, not a hobby. This isn't recommended for you if your use case doesn't match mine. You can get started with your smartphone.

The mic! I use an @Electro_Voice RE20 is the gold standard. Here you see it equipped with their custom shock-mount, and a mouth guard to reduce the amount of Cheeto dust I spray into the microphone. It's mounted on a @rodemics arm so I can toss it to and fro.

Next it's plugged into a @cloudmics Cloudlifter so I can truly be Screaming in the Cloud. This boosts the signal, or so they tell me. Ask @christopholies, I'm not a doctor.

Next is a hardware mute switch from Rolls (no Twitter account found). I toggle this when I want to sneeze, say something insulting, or otherwise not broadcast what I'm thinking to a Zoom call.

I replaced the giant Rodecaster Pro on my desk with the far more svelte @UAudio Apollo Solo. It's got everything but a mute switch; see previous tweet.

I listen via the @beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro headphones. Spring for the black version; the grey earcups look like they used to be white but you're a filthy, disgusting animal when you see them on video.

The Apollo Solo plugs into the iMac (and is powered by) a Thunderbolt 3 cable, not to be confused with USB-C. That entire world of USB-C vs Thunderbolt is a trashfire.

That @UAudio Apollo does a crapload of on-device audio processing, and it does so with a crapton of plugins (you can spend All The Money here) that configure it. These need not be running when you're doing audio, but they can be.

It really whips the platypus's ass.

From there I either record locally in Audition for the solo stuff / ad reads, or via @castapp (but I'm looking to switch to something that supports video for interviews soon).

And that's the current generation setup. Any questions?

Generally you want people to discover it organically, not by thinking you're wearing dirty earmuffs on a team meeting.

https://twitter.com/cjbush/status/1376660837339910145?s=20

Supposedly it moves 32.5 inches horizontally and 33 inches vertically. It's more solid than the last no-name arm I was using.

https://twitter.com/Grant_Case/status/1376660290826248194?s=20

A blue checkmark will not save you from the mechanical keyboard truism "Talk shit (about @TOPRE_REALFORCE), get hit."

https://twitter.com/scottsanchez/status/1376660335244017669?s=20

I can do a bunch of nonsense like that in software with @RogueAmoeba's Loopback. I use it to kill an echo loop since this wasn't really designed for podcasting, but it does much more.

https://twitter.com/0xDEADBEEFCAFE/status/1376662067181195265?s=20

I upgraded my dog, included a noise gate, and am fortunate enough to have a somewhat quiet environment.

The rest is done in post.

https://twitter.com/sebastianrako/status/1376687138448678913

There are a bunch of options you can use, but for whatever reason I’m generally pretty fortunate with respect to background noise most of the time.

https://twitter.com/patrickjd84/status/1376688937247277057