Blog: Choosing Podcast Gear
We researched this extensively for many weeks if not months. There are 3 key takeaways we want to share with you before we jump into the actual gear we use.
Most online advice is for a 1-person podcast. Because we have 2 hosts, we had to be very discerning of the advice. Many things change, from the mic to the audio interface to the “set design.” Be clear on your ideal setup and research that.
Workflow, workflow, workflow. Josh and I both have a marketing background, fulltime jobs, and multiple kids worth of schedule piling up. On one hand, we added complexity with video and also a website vs. just an audio podcast, but we are engineering a setup and workflow that would streamline our ability to juggle multiple platforms and make it so this endeavor is sustainable.
The internet contradicts itself. This is not cheap. Yes, you can do it cheap. And if you just want to do it so you can stop talking about it, go for it. However, none of the tried and true case studies added up to this being cheap. Our gear plus online apps for editing and publishing came into a year 1 cost of about $1,000. And this was with free mics. I’ll break this down below.
