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podcasting equipment and tools
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items The equipment, tech stack, and resources I’ve tried and currently use as an independent podcaster to produce and market my podcast
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my recording set up
podcast tech stack
podcasting tips
my recording set up
Equipment (past and present) I use to record my podcast
Moving from a USB mic to an XLR set up with the Scarlett was a huge upgrade. My interface also came in a package with an XLR mic, cord, and headphones. I used the mic for a while and still use the cord and headphones.
Scarlett 2i2 4th Generation
This is the only sound proofing I currently use after having to move recording out of my closet for a long period of time.
Microphone Isolation Shield
I got this as a gift right after purchasing my Scarlett interface that came with a mic. It is now part of what I call my “travel set up”. It does the job but isn’t my favorite sound quality.
Yeti - Premium Multi-Pattern USB Microphone with Blue VO!CE
The boom arm has been part of my set up since the beginning when I was recording in my closet. It keeps the mic from picking up desktop noise and gets it closer to your mouth.
Boom Arm
My Tonor microphone was a good starter mic when I wasn’t sure how long we’d be podcasting. I highly recommend not dropping hundreds of dollars on a set up when you get started podcasting.
USB Microphones
We record some of our episodes asynchronously, and Audacity is my DAW of choice. It’s free, so it doesn’t have all the bells and whistles of other DAWS but it does the job.
Audacity
I recently added these short cables to my kit. They are perfect for recording at my desk and reduce the amount of cable I need to organize.
VANDESAIL Short Nylon Braided XLR Cable
Heading into my 5th year of podcasting, I upgraded my mic to this one. It’s super easy to use and the sound is so nice. I wish I had invested in it sooner.
MV7+ - Podcast Microphone
podcast tech stack
Tools I use to market my podcast
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Later makes it easy to pre-plan social media posts to multiple channels. It can be a little clunky to use but mostly pretty easy.
Later
We use Canva for all of our social media posts. Occasionally we pay for a month of Pro (or get a free trial) to batch a bunch of posts.
Canva
The biggest marketing tool we have is our website which we host on Squarespace. While Squarespace isn’t completely customizable, it is easy to use with little or no web development experience. It has also been able to scale with us as we added a merc...
Squarespace
transcribing is incredibly important for our podcast and turboscribe helps us reduce the time we spend working on transcriptions. the auto-transcription is pretty accurate—we just have to do some spell checking and formatting!
TurboScribe: Transcribe Audio and Video to Text
We use Zoom to record remotely. The auto noise cancelling is helpful when we are working with guests who don’t have their own podcasting set up, and we are able to record separate tracks for each speaker to the cloud which works for us.
One platform to connect | Zoom
Printful is our print-on-demand solution for our merch store. As a small business (and a podcast), we don’t have a lot of space to hold inventory. Printful is easy to design in. Everything we’ve made has turned out great!
Printful
we organize everything for our production in google drive
Google Drive: Share Files Online with Secure Cloud Storage
Notion keeps everything related to the business (that isn’t in google drive) organized. It’s our place for brain dumps and early phases of projects
Notion
we use headliner to make audiograms for Instagram reels
Headliner
We use the free version of zapier to automate a few processes. For example: every time we launch an episode, it gets added to the Google sheet where we track our progress on transcriptions on our website.
Zapier
podcasting tips
helpful resources I’ve found and used
This newsletter/podcast is full of tips and tricks for those just starting out on their podcast journey
Podcast Bestie
Another great newsletter for understanding podcast marketing and keeping up with trends in the podcasting space
Podcast Marketing Magic