You don’t need much. $150 microphone + computer and you’re good to go
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Can you recommend a decent one in that range? Will order literally now lol
Mac user if that matters.
Shure MV7
It’s more like $250 but it’s the best sound you’ll get for the money, & having a USB connection means you don’t have to buy any other XLR equipment to get started
That’s on sale for $270 😬
Amazon just showed me $249 🤷
Without the stand. She can always tie a rope from the ceiling
OK yeah, I found that one. I think the difference is the other one comes with a tripod. Which I’m going to need so I might as well just spend the extra 20 if this is a good quality jump off for me.
Honestly phone & headphone mics are often good enough in a quiet room. I bought the blue yeti to start & ended up kinda regretting it. I really prefer my phone to some of the sound characteristics I got with the yeti. I’m very happy with the MV7
Sure sm58 microphone + focusrite scarlet 2i2
Doing podcasts for years with this combo 💪 doesnt break the bank but very good quality
The sure sm58 is a beast. You always get it often very cheap used. It is almost indestructible. You could park a tank on it. Heavily used at live gigs. You can buy it used without worries
The SM58 was a shitty mic when it came out and still is today. It’s popularity comes purely from price and reliability.
No self respecting audio engineer would ever use it to record anything.
If you need a mic for podcasting, go with a USB condenser mic. Decent ones starting at 50 bucks.
I do 😅
Well, maybe you should start respecting yourself 🤷
Seriously.
The benefit of the SM58 is that you can throw it with 50 others loosely in a box, ship it around the planet and then throw a full stack turned to 11 at it.
The sound quality is really awful.
It doesn’t matter for its use case, because it’s meant for garage bands and touring, where usually it’s the pa and the acoustics that screws up the sound more badly than the mic can.
But for recording you can get better stuff cheaper.
Thanks for the hint. I am pretty satisfied with the results tho and even do audiobook recordings with it 😅🙏
You do you 🤷
In my case the issue with the audiobooks is my voice… mic doesn’t help with that unfortunately
But seriously, try a large membrane condenser one day, you’ll be blown away by the difference.
Dynamic mics where design to handle extreme stage situations, not for the studio.
Unfortunately i life in a very noisy place and condenser mics pick up all that stuff. The sm58 does a great job of only picking up my voice
But always start as soon as you can. The learnings you get by doing it should be rather sooner than later 💪
Blue yeti professional was the one that came to mind.
Oooh this one is on sale for $104, doesn’t need a stand and can arrive overnight… 🫡
Start with that one and then level up if you find yourself having success. The first episode of the joe rogan podcast is hot garbage technically and content wise and now it’s the largest pod on earth.
Do what you can, where you are, with what you have available to you and then keep leveling up.
This. I’m not gonna have regrets about spending 100 on something that becomes nothing more than a novelty to me. Might feel differently if I spent 300. If I’m doing this and enjoying it and I’m consistent, I’ll level up. ORDERED
I wouldn’t recommend that. Start with a dynamic mic. The blue yeti is a condenser if i am right. Pucks up a lot of room noice. You either have to have a professional room setup or do a lot of processing afterwards. Dynamic mics like the sure sm58 don’t have that problem. They pretty much only pick up what you speak right into it
AKG Pro Audio P220 $150
You’ll need an audio interface for about $100-$150
And a mic stand of your choice
This is the best one in the $100 range at the moment https://www.beyerdynamic.de/fox.html
The Shure MV7 is fantastic