RECORDING GEAR USED FOR SUBMISSION AND COFFEE
Our
H2 "Bedcasting" setup.
The
episodes after number 75 or so are done with this set-up, just the H2. We only
use the big mics and the preamp (below) now only for for intros and outros, and
paid voiceover work. They're too much trouble to set up and tweak. The H2 much
more spontaneous - makes for casts that are more natural and conversational -
than setting up mics and preamps and getting levels and wearing headphones.
I
still edit a bit, especially trimming out bumping the mic when we start and stop
the H2, but don't cut out every cough and brain fart like I did early on.
SETUP
FOR STUDIO CAST :OUR
MICS:
Dollie: Rode NT1-A microphone
ThornDaddy:
MXL M3-B microphone (short-run prototype of the MXL M3 given to me by the company)
(both with
pop filters, shock mounts, Low Z XLR microphone cables and tripod microphone stands
with telescoping booms)
COMPRESSOR:
SM Pro Audio TB202 rack mount pre-amp mixer/compressor/EQ
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OTHER
STUFF:
Alesis MultiMix
USB 8 Mixer
Sony Pro
MDR-7506 headphones
Generic
computer speakers
Toshiba
Satellite laptop with a gig of RAM, 120-gig drive, running Windows XP (I HATE
Vista.)
Furman Power Conditioner
(to remove noise from my home AC current. I plug my mixer, computer, and mic preamps
into it.)
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SOFTWARE·
Sony Sound Forge (for recording and editing) · Sony Vegas (for multi tracking)
· Sony Acid (for looping beats and making music) · AudioCatalyst
(MP3 creator) · FeedForAll (RSS creator) · Levelator (one-click
software compressor and normalizer) · Dreamweaver (web design) ·
WS_FTP (uploading files to server)
STUDIO:
We
have a dedicated room in the house we only use for recording and as our office.
We've boarded up the window, filled the window frame with cotton batting to cut
out external noise, carpeted the floor, walls and ceiling.
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SETUP
FOR BED CAST AND FIELD TRIP RECORDING AND SOME BEDROOM SEX :
Zoom
H2 recorder (with pop filter when outside). Added 4 gig SD card for up to six
hours of CD-quality recording.
One
boom mic stand.
STUDIO:
We hung up blankets in each bedroom to cut down sound reflections.
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RECORDING
RATE (for H2 and also for studio casts): 16-bit 44.1 k Stereo WAV.
MP3
ENCODING RATE: 128 k 44.1 k joint stereo MP3.
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STUFF
WE USED PREVIOUSLY, BUT HAVE REPLACED WITH OTHER STUFF:
MXL V63M mics
ElectroVoice
RE-20 mic
Crappy headset
mic and cheap lavaliere mic on first few casts
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Photos
of good mics over bed (we don't use these much in bed, only use them for promos
and Podiobooks and paid voiceover, but we like the look with the kitties, so we
thought we'd share the pix. Mics are: ThornDaddy's prototype MXL M3-B on the left
of the photo, Dollie's Rode NT1-A on the right.)
"Go
back to SUBMISSION AND COFFEE" (free BDSM podcast. No iPod needed): www.askdollie.com