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Podcast Method
Dan Benjamin
31 episodes
4 months ago
Podcast veteran Dan Benjamin answers your questions about podcasting and recording, audio and video equipment, software, mic technique, pre- and post-production, workflows, and more.
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Podcast veteran Dan Benjamin answers your questions about podcasting and recording, audio and video equipment, software, mic technique, pre- and post-production, workflows, and more.
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Podcast Method
Episode 31: A Quick Status Update!

I'm still making Podcast Method ... now on YouTube.

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  • Dan Benjamin's YouTube Channel
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5 years ago
1 minute 40 seconds

Podcast Method
Episode 30: Podcasting from Home

Dan talks about the best microphone for recording at home, presidential mics, Zencastr, post processing (compression, normalization, and EQ), and your questions.

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  • iHeartMedia CEO Talks Coronavirus, Podcasting Push | Hollywood Reporter — As consumers "run out of time for their eyes," podcasting is also a growth area, Bob Pittman also says.
  • hybrIP - Talk Show System in a Web Browser
  • Call in Studio - The cloud based call in platform for broadcasters.
  • Why The Podcast Advertising Market Has Not Yet Reached Its Full Potential 03/10/2020 — The podcast industry has seen explosive growth over the last few years. Today, more than 90 million people in the U.S.— approximately 32% of the U.S. population over the age of 12 — have listened to a podcast in the past month (up from 21 million people just three years ago) reports Edison Research. Podcasts have become an important medium to consume content, but effective monetization is a challenge. The industry has been stuck in a bygone era, due to misaligned incentives, the distributed nature of podcasts, and most importantly, a lack of standards for data and metrics.
  • Amazon.com: Samson Q2U USB/XLR Dynamic Microphone Recording and Podcasting Pack (Includes Mic Clip, Desktop Stand, Windscreen and Cables): Musical Instruments
  • Shure SM57 - Wikipedia
  • Shure Webinar: The SM57 and the President of the United States - YouTube
  • Shure SM58 - Wikipedia
  • Zencastr
  • (3) Andy Polaine on Twitter: "@danbenjamin my recording fort. The desk acoustic foam panels I can put away and the one on the right is a big Marimekko print in a canvas stretcher with foam behind it. The ones on the wall I built with Rockwool in wood frames and nice fabric. Sound is blind, but I’m not. https://t.co/QHQf9kHekM" / Twitter
  • Podcast Method Episode 2: If It Sounds Good, It Is Good — All about compression.
  • Homepage | Focusrite
  • Amazon.com: Focusrite Scarlett 18i8 (3rd Gen) USB Audio Interface with Pro Tools | First: Musical Instruments
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5 years ago
56 minutes 22 seconds

Podcast Method
Episode 29: Recording Fort

Dan talks about the best ways to record a podcast with remote guests, route and record multiple audio sources with software, podcast industry statistics, niche podcasts, my current recording gear, and my favorite mic.

Please support this sponsorless podcast on Patreon. I need your support to continue producing this program.

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  • VB-Audio Virtual Apps — VB-CABLE is a virtual audio device working as virtual audio cable. All audio signals coming in the CABLE input is transported to the CABLE output. Then It becomes simple to make computer audio recording or to connect a player application to a recorder one.
  • Sound recording tools: Total Recorder - captures any audio from the Internet, records audio from CD, microphone, line-in, converts any sound formats to WAVE and MP3 — You can record streaming audio, Mic input, or Line-in input from external devices connected to your PC. The resulting files are saved on your computer's hard-drive.
  • Rogue Amoeba | Audio Hijack: Record Any Audio on MacOS — Record any application's audio, including VoIP calls from Skype, web streams from Safari, and much more. Save audio from hardware devices like microphones and mixers as well. You can even record all the audio heard on your Mac at once! If you can hear it, Audio Hijack can record it.
  • Rogue Amoeba | Loopback: Cable-Free Audio Routing — It's easy to pass audio between applications on your Mac, with the power of Loopback. Create virtual audio devices to take the sound from apps and audio input devices, then pass it to any audio processing software. With an easy-to-use wire-based interface, Loopback gives you the power of a high-end studio mixing board, right inside your computer!
  • Rogue Amoeba | SoundSource: A Superior Sound Control — Control audio on a per-app basis, adjusting the volume and output device for individual apps. Apply an equalizer and other audio effects to any audio on your Mac. Even adjust your Mac's audio device settings and levels instantly, from anywhere. It's all possible right from your menu bar, with SoundSource.
  • Public media found its answer to Spotify in Pocket Casts - The Verge — BBC Studios and Pocket Casts are announcing today that the British company is investing in the American podcast player. The decision comes at a time when multiple podcast apps, most notably Spotify, are committing themselves to a strategy of exclusive shows designed to build loyalty to their platform. Pocket Casts is instead committed to podcasting’s open ecosystem of freely available RSS feeds, CEO Owen Grover says.
  • Many podcast episodes won’t play in web browsers later this year — If your podcast host isn’t hosting its audio on a secure server (that uses https:// at the beginning) then be aware that any embedded audio player will fail in October this year: Google Chrome will block non-HTTPS audio in embedded players once Chrome gets to v86.
  • What Podcast Sellers Say Is Needed To Achieve $2 Billion In Podcast Ad Revenue - Westwood One — Overall, while the buy side and sell side are in general agreement on the miserable state of podcast measurement, sellers are a bit more positive. Only 5% of brands and agencies rate podcast measurement and attribution as “excellent.” 10% of sellers indicated the current state to be “excellent.”
  • Podcast Industry Statistics - My Podcast Reviews — The latest data from Apple Podcasts, updated nightly, courtesy of My Podcast Reviews™.
  • What app buttons should you have on your podcast website? — What app buttons should you have on your podcast website?
  • Niche Podcasts Have More Listeners, Indicating Untapped Advertising Opportunities - Media Monitors
  • (187) Joe Rogan Experience #1436 - Adam Curry - YouTube
  • The Picard: S01E05: Apropriately Sinister
  • Amazon.com: Focusrite Scarlett 18i8 (3rd Gen) USB Audio Interface with Pro Tools | First: Musical Instruments — My current 4-mic pre-amp.
  • Amazon.com: Universal Audio Arrow Thunderbolt 3 Audio Interface: Musical Instruments — My previous (and current travel) pre-amp.
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5 years ago
1 hour 6 minutes 53 seconds

Podcast Method
Episode 28: Born In The Halls

Dan talks about the Podcast Academy Awards, the podcast gold rush, new mics from Rode, transcription services, in-browser recording and editing, and your questions.

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  • Why the podcast gold rush is slowing down for some publishers
  • NT-USB Mini Studio Quality USB Microphone | RØDE Microphones
  • RØDE PODMIC
  • Support Podcast Method on Patreon!
  • Podcast industry leaders come together to launch The Podcast Academy, and announce annual awards and professional development program
  • Do Podcasts Have Their Own Academy Awards? They May Soon - Bloomberg
  • Rob Greenlee on Twitter: "@xpangler @iHeartRadio @nytimes @hearluminary @Entercom @WestwoodOne How about all the mediums founding/influential podcasters, production, hosting companies that are missing too. Just so many missing on being asked to join initially. We need to build this in an open way and not in secret. #podcasting" / Twitter
  • Headliner - Promote your podcast, radio show or blog with video
  • Zencastr
  • Welcome to Cast
  • Descript | Create podcasts, videos, and transcripts
  • Amazon.com: Rode NT-USB Mini USB Condenser Microphone: Musical Instruments
  • Rode NT-USB MINI USB Microphone | Musician's Friend — Rode NT-USB MINI USB Microphone
  • Rode PodMic Dynamic Broadcast Microphone | Sweetwater
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5 years ago
57 minutes 18 seconds

Podcast Method
Episode 27: Waking Up

Dan talks about Spotify and The Ringer, rising podcast revenue, the size of podcast audiences, Chartable and IAB, SiriusXM and SoundCloud, Audio Hijack, travel USB/XLR mics, 4-input audio interfaces, and listener questions!

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  • Spotify is buying Bill Simmons’s The Ringer - Vox — Spotify is making yet another big-budget purchase aimed at getting a lead in the growing podcast industry: The streaming music company has agreed to a deal to purchase The Ringer, the podcast-centric media company run and owned by Bill Simmons.
  • The Ringer’s Price Tag Revealed. | Podcast News Daily | insideradio.com — In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Spotify tells investors that it will pay between $141 and $195 million for The Ringer.
  • Podcast Ad Revenues Are Quickly Rising - eMarketer Trends, Forecasts & Statistics — The podcasting industry continues to explode with potential for advertisers, and the numbers show it: Marketers spent $479 million on podcast ads in 2018, and podcast advertising revenues are projected to surpass $1 billion by 2021, according to figures from the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PwC.
  • Nielsen: Podcast Listening On Track To Double By 2023. | Podcast News Daily | insideradio.com — More than two decades since becoming a thing, podcast listening is now expanding at a compound annual growth rate of 20%, according to Nielsen Scarborough data from 2014-2019. If that rate continues, the podcast audience could double by 2023. “It’s still growing at a tremendous clip,” Tony Hereau, VP Cross Platform Insights at Nielsen, said Tuesday.
  • Chartable achieves IAB Tech Lab Podcast Measurement Certification - Chartable — Chartable, the podcast measurement company, today announced that it has been officially certified by the IAB Technology Laboratory.
  • SiriusXM Makes $75 Million Investment in SoundCloud – Variety — SiriusXM Holdings has invested $75 million in SoundCloud, the open audio platform beloved by musicians that has struggled to find a place in a the streaming-service hierarchy. SoundCloud will use this additional investment to accelerate its product development and enhance the services that fuel its global community of creators and listeners, according to the announcement.
  • Google Podcasts — Google's new podcast homepage.
  • Podcast Subscriber Tracking Is Pointless - Evo Terra - Medium — Most podcasters want one thing: for people to listen to their content. So it makes sense that understanding a podcast’s total subscriber count would be a good thing. Only… it isn’t.
  • Amazon.com: Focusrite Scarlett 18i8 (3rd Gen) USB Audio Interface with Pro Tools | First: Musical Instruments
  • Amazon.com: Universal Audio Arrow Thunderbolt 3 Audio Interface: Musical Instruments
  • Amazon.com: Samson Q2U USB/XLR Dynamic Microphone Recording and Podcasting Pack (Includes Mic Clip, Desktop Stand, Windscreen and Cables): Musical Instruments
  • Amazon.com: Shure SM58-LC Cardioid Dynamic Vocal Microphone: Musical Instruments
  • RØDECaster Pro
  • Rogue Amoeba | Audio Hijack: Record Any Audio on MacOS — Record any application's audio, including VoIP calls from Skype, web streams from Safari, and much more. Save audio from hardware devices like microphones and mixers as well. You can even record all the audio heard on your Mac at once! If you can hear it, Audio Hijack can record it.
  • Amazon.com: Shure SM7B Cardioid Dynamic Microphone: Musical Instruments
  • Open Podcast Analytics Working Group
  • Fireside Podcast Hosting and Analytics — Use promo code PODCASTMETHOD2020 for 20% off for two months!
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5 years ago
52 minutes 4 seconds

Podcast Method
Episode 26: One Take

Dan talks about podcast networks (and the evolution of 5by5), and answers listener questions about how sponsorships really work and what sponsors want (guaranteed numbers, CPM, ROI), audience engagement, Skype vs. double-enders, building audience, and finding inspiration.

Links for this episode:

  • CPM Calculator ~ brought to you by BuySellAds ~
  • 5by5 | Unwound
  • Call Recorder for Skype - The Skype Audio/Video HD Call Recording Solution for Mac - Ecamm Network

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8 years ago
43 minutes

Podcast Method
Episode 25: Stand Up

Dan talks about improving sound quality, motivation, mute switches, how and when to end a show, syncing audio and video, and more.

Links for this episode:

  • Amazon.com: Pro Co Sound CDSS Short Stop Mute Box: Musical Instruments
  • Mute My Mic
  • Amazon.com: Rode NTG1 Condenser Shotgun Microphone: Musical Instruments
  • Amazon.com: Andoer Acrylic Clapboard Dry Erase Director Film Movie Clapper Board Slate 9.6 * 11.7" with Color Sticks: Electronics

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8 years ago
42 minutes 21 seconds

Podcast Method
Episode 24: Get Pumped

Dan talks about staying organized, working with a co-host, commitment, live streaming, sound dampening, budget friendly live call-in solutions, New & Noteworthy, iPhone/iPad recording solutions, and transcripts.

Links for this episode:

  • Amazon.com: Apogee MiC 96k Professional Quality Microphone for iPad, iPhone, and Mac: Musical Instruments
  • Amazon.com: 3 Meter iPad/iPhone Lightning cable for JAM and MiC: Musical Instruments
  • The Apogee MiC: Hands-On Review - YouTube
  • IKEA PS 2017 Room divider - IKEA
  • Icecast
  • Rogue Amoeba | Nicecast: Your Own Internet Radio Station
  • 2GB Ram for $10/mo - Linode
  • JK Audio Broadcast Host Desktop Digital Hybrid HOST B&H Photo

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8 years ago
37 minutes 28 seconds

Podcast Method
Episode 23: Production Values

Dan answers your questions about affiliate codes, post production tweaks, video skype calls, gain staging, audio interface migrating, trying out new microphones, and starting new shows.

Links for this episode:

  • Host Your Podcast - Fireside
  • Amazon.com: Sony MDR7506 Professional Large Diaphragm Headphone: Musical Instruments
  • Apollo Audio Interface with Realtime UAD Processing and Thunderbolt
  • Call Recorder for Skype - The Skype Audio/Video HD Call Recording Solution for Mac - Ecamm Network
  • Amazon.com: DBX 286s Microphone Pre-amp Processor: Musical Instruments
  • Amazon.com: Shure SM7B Vocal Dynamic Microphone, Cardioid: Musical Instruments
  • Amazon.com: Heil PR-40 Dynamic Studio Recording Microphone: Musical Instruments
  • Amazon.com: Telefunken M82 (M82 Kickdrum Mic): Musical Instruments
  • The Levelator® from The Conversations Network
  • Auphonic
  • OWC Digital

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8 years ago
53 minutes 53 seconds

Podcast Method
Episode 22: The Future

Dan talks about the start of 5by5 and its CMS, sticking to your wheelhouse, and answers listener questions about recording a double ender vs Skype recording, minimum downloads that appeal to sponsors, how the future of podcasting compares to blogging, how to get guests on your show, how hosts get paid per show, and cover art.

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9 years ago
53 minutes 32 seconds

Podcast Method
Episode 21: Versatility

Dan talks about gear for recording in the field and in the studio, making specific vs. general podcasts, versatility in podcasting, the Cloudlifter vs. DBX, Apple's Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter, using Zencastr instead of Skype, writing good show notes, and guidelines for good gain.

Links for this episode:

  • Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter - Apple
  • Amazon.com: Zoom H4N Digital Multitrack Recorder - 2015 Version: Musical Instruments
  • Amazon.com: Shure SM58-LC Cardioid Dynamic Vocal Microphone: Musical Instruments
  • Amazon.com: Zoom H4N Digital Multitrack Recorder - 2015 Version: Musical Instruments
  • Amazon.com: DBX 286s Microphone Pre-amp Processor: Musical Instruments
  • Amazon.com: Cloud Microphones Cloudlifter CL-1: Musical Instruments
  • Zencastr

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9 years ago
43 minutes 21 seconds

Podcast Method
Episode 20: Balance

Shifting the focus back to listener emails, Dan talks about finding a good co-host, balancing levels, story-style podcasts, replacement episodes, DMCAs, lavalier mics, a Fireside update, and the right way to end a podcast.

Links for this episode:

  • 5by5 | The Pipeline
  • 5by5 | Back to Work
  • Fireside - Podcast hosting and analytics by podcasters for podcasters
  • Amazon.com: Sony MDR7506 Professional Large Diaphragm Headphone: Musical Instruments
  • Amazon.com: DBX 286s Microphone Pre-amp Processor: Musical Instruments
  • Amazon.com: Shure SM58-LC Cardioid Vocal Microphone without Cable: Musical Instruments
  • Amazon.com: Zoom H5 Four-Track Portable Recorder: Musical Instruments
  • Beer Bottle Firestarter! - YouTube
  • Dan Benjamin is creating Podcasts and videos
  • Anchor - Radio by the people

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9 years ago
47 minutes 48 seconds

Podcast Method
Episode 19: New Tools

Dan talks about new tools for podcasters, mic technique, naming your podcast, standing out as an independant podcaster, and answers your questions.

Links for this episode:

  • Rogue Amoeba | Loopback: Cable-Free Audio Routing
  • Fireside - Podcast hosting and analytics by podcasters for podcasters
  • Rogue Amoeba | Audio Hijack: Record Any Audio On Mac OS X
  • Welcome to Cast
  • USB Audio Interfaces | Focusrite
  • Amazon.com: DBX 286s Microphone Pre-amp Processor: Musical Instruments

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9 years ago
49 minutes 26 seconds

Podcast Method
Episode 18: Commodities

Dan answers questions about interviewing Weird Al Yankovic, how podcasts are disruptive to radio, the importance of iTunes reviews, creating guest contracts, the Rode Podcaster, nice podcast audiences, getting a fair CPM from your sponsors, how to measure a podcast's success, a low-end recording computer, the progress of the hosting/stats platform, and more.

Links for this episode:

  • "Weird Al" Yankovic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  • Amazon.com: Apple MGEM2LL/A Mac Mini Desktop - (1.4 Ghz Intel Core i5 Processor, 4 GB LPDDR3 RAM, 500 GB HDD, Mac OS X Yosemite): Computers & Accessories
  • Logic Pro X - Music production. Cranked up to X. - Apple
  • Support Dan's work on Patreon

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9 years ago
36 minutes 7 seconds

Podcast Method
Episode 17: Independent Voices

Dan talks about the importance of independent content, configuring Skype for optimum results, noise gating and compression for noisy rooms and environments, recording panels and live performances, and more.

Links for this episode:

  • Amazon.com: Zoom H4N Digital Multitrack Recorder - 2015 Version: Musical Instruments
  • Amazon.com: Zoom H5 Four-Track Portable Recorder: Musical Instruments
  • Skype | Free calls to friends and family
  • Call Recorder for Skype - The Skype Audio/Video HD Call Recording Solution for Mac - Ecamm Network
  • 5by5 | Quit
  • The Bill Simmons Podcast | Free Listening on SoundCloud

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10 years ago
34 minutes 43 seconds

Podcast Method
Episode 16: Eliminating Barriers

Dan talks about techniques, websites, and apps you can use to prepare for podcasts and interviews, eliminating barriers between you and your listeners, Google Play and podcasting, and listener questions.

Links for this episode:

  • Amazon.com: Blue Microphones Yeti USB Microphone - Silver: Musical Instruments
  • 5by5 | Road Work
  • 5by5 | The Pipeline
  • Charlie Rose | charlierose.com

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10 years ago
46 minutes 1 second

Podcast Method
Episode 15: Back to Basics

Dan talks about the importance of getting back to basics, mastering mic technique, understanding your room's audio presence, icecast and nicecast, having a pre-flight checklist, ad blocking in podcasts, and more.

Links for this episode:

  • Podcasting Microphones Mega-Review – Marco.org
  • Patreon: Support the creators you love

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10 years ago
49 minutes 2 seconds

Podcast Method
Episode 14: Rapport

From desktop mic booms to mix-minus, Dan answers listener questions about equipment, digital audio interfaces, how to apply effects to multi-track recordings, how to handle USB mic latency, developing a rapport with co-hosts, workflow and file-sharing, when to use the amazing Levelator, and more.

Links for this episode:

  • Amazon.com: ProLine MS112 Desk Boom Mic Stand: Musical Instruments
  • The Levelator® from The Conversations Network
  • Levelator - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  • Amazon.com: Telefunken M82 (M82 Kickdrum Mic): Musical Instruments
  • Amazon.com: Shure SM7B Vocal Dynamic Microphone, Cardioid: Musical Instruments
  • Amazon.com: ProLine MS112 Desk Boom Mic Stand: Musical Instruments
  • Amazon.com: On Stage DS7200B Adjustable Desk Microphone Stand, Black: Musical Instruments
  • Amazon.com: Heil PR-40 Dynamic Studio Recording Microphone: Musical Instruments
  • Amazon.com: Heil Sound PRSM-B Shockmount (Black): Musical Instruments
  • Amazon.com: Rode Podcaster USB Dynamic Microphone: Musical Instruments
  • Amazon.com: Samson C01U Pro USB Studio Condenser Microphone: Musical Instruments
  • Amazon.com: Sony MDR7506 Professional Large Diaphragm Headphone: Musical Instruments
  • We Have Concerns | Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
  • 5by5 | Road Work
  • Amazon.com: Focusrite Saffire Pro 24 Firewire Audio Interface: Musical Instruments
  • Audacity: Free Audio Editor and Recorder
  • Support Dan Benjamin creating Podcasts and videos

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10 years ago
43 minutes 42 seconds

Podcast Method
Episode 13: Media Figures

Dan talks about the affect "media figures" (aka famous people) are having on podcasting, the recent Midroll acquisition, Ira Glass going independent, and a preview of his upcoming Podcast Movement talk about the past, present, and future of podcasting. He also answers questions about recording software, sports podcasts, and more.

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10 years ago
40 minutes 12 seconds

Podcast Method
Episode 12: A Level Playing Field

Dan talks about the importance of independent podcasts, guest contracts, booking your first sponsor, one-person shows, guest and co-host compensation, and the Spotify podcasting situation.

Links for this episode:

  • Amazon.com: DBX 286s Microphone Pre-amp Processor: Musical Instruments
  • Amazon.com: Focusrite Saffire Pro 24 Firewire Audio Interface: Musical Instruments
  • Amazon.com: Focusrite Saffire Pro 26 Firewire Audio Interface: Musical Instruments
  • Amazon.com: Focusrite Saffire Pro 40 Professional 20 In/20 Out Firewire Audio Interface with Eight Pre-Amps: Musical Instruments
  • Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann
  • Amazon.com: Telefunken M82 | Dynamic Series Cardioid Microphone featuring 2 EQ switches, Kick EQ and High Boost: Musical Instruments
  • Spotify now does videos and podcasts | The Verge

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10 years ago
56 minutes 11 seconds

Podcast Method
Podcast veteran Dan Benjamin answers your questions about podcasting and recording, audio and video equipment, software, mic technique, pre- and post-production, workflows, and more.