How to start a podcast - Speaker Deck

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How to start a podcast thagikura GitHub star 10k party 2017-01-10 Hiroshi Kurokawa Taza Open Mic by Bragg's Untrained Eye (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

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dex.fm by hkurokawa & hotchemi

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thagikura joined us! • http://dex.fm/post/149943586418/8-ﬂexboxlayout • http://dex.fm/post/150318073338/9-code-review

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How to start your own podcast?

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What you need • Room • Mic • Audio Interface (optional) • PC or Handy Recorder • DAW Software • Guest

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Room Meeting room by eltpics (CC BY-NC 2.0)

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Room • Recording studio is best but not necessary • Reverberation can be (somehow) decreased with post-processing • Make sure others do not interfere you during recording

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Mic • SHURE PGA58 x2 • SHURE SM58 x1

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Mic • Dynamic vs. Condenser • Condenser mic has a better quality but is sensitive to noise • Condenser mic requires phantom power • Better to start with Dynamic mic Dynamic Mic Condenser Mic Pictures are from http://www.pjaviation.co.za/projects/microphone-principals/

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Mic • Dynamic vs. Condenser • Unidirectional vs. Omnidirectional Pictures are from http://www.pjaviation.co.za/projects/microphone-principals/ Unidirectional

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Mic • Dynamic vs. Condenser • Unidirectional vs. Omnidirectional • Choose unidirectional mic

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Mic • Dynamic vs. Condenser • Unidirectional vs. Omnidirectional • XLR vs. USB XLR3 cable connectors, female on left and male on right (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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Mic • Dynamic vs. Condenser • Unidirectional vs. Omnidirectional • XLR vs. USB • Not so many USB microphones • Audio-interface might be necessary for XLR microphones

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Audio-interface Focusrite Scarlett 18i8

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Audio-interface • Optional • If you use multiple XLR microphones and PC, it would be useful

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PC or Handy Recorder

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PC or Handy Recorder • PC • Easy to post-process with DAW • Background processes can take effect on the recording (esp, Skype!) • Handy Recorder • Handy • Stable

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DAW Software • GarageBand (included on Mac)

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DAW Software • Though I do not have much knowledge, • Plugins are really powerful • Noise reducer • Reverberation reducer • Limiter

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Guest 22 in total  Can’t appreciate more!

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Guest • The most important factor • Sound quality does not matter much if the episode is interesting • Do not be shy, ask who you want to talk with

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That’s it? • More few steps • Website • RSS • .fm (15k JPY/year) • Post production • You are almost there. Enjoy!

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• Room (0 ~ JPY) • Mic (7k ~ 30k JPY x num. of speakers) • Audio Interface (0 ~ 40k JPY) • PC or Handy Recorder (0 ~ 30k JPY) • DAW Software and plugins (0 ~ 30k JPY) • Domain (0 ~ 15k JPY/year)

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Reference • English • Podcast Method  http://podcastmethod.co/ • How I podcast: Editing - Six Colors  https://sixcolors.com/post/2015/02/how-i-podcast-editing/ • Japanese • Podcasting Guide 2017 – Tatsuhiko Miyagawa’s Blog  https://weblog.bulknews.net/podcasting-guide-2017-2e88531a367d • How to record and edit(JP) · dexfm/dex.fm Wiki  https://github.com/dexfm/dex.fm/wiki/How-to-record-and-edit(JP)