Your audience thirsts for your thoughts. This pro-level equipment will ensure your oratories are recorded with unmatched clarity.
1. Heil Sound PL2T Topless Boom Mount | $120 A silent boom is important when you're tweaking its position. The Heil is as quiet as they come. It supports the heaviest of microphones, uses internal springs for effortless adjustment, and has a hollow channel to hide your mic cable and calm your OCD beast within.
2. Shure SM7B Vocal Microphone | $350 A good mic will capture your dulcet tones while rejecting background noise and forgiving your less-than-perfect technique. Shure's SM7B—the long-running studio champ—has a built-in shock mount to silence vibrations and includes two pop covers for taming those plosives.
3. Sony MDR7506 Professional Headphones | $130 Regular headphones for listening to music can color the sound—exactly what you don't want when recording and editing. Your goal is accurate audio reproduction, and the MDR7506s deliver like no other at this price. You'll appreciate their light weight and pro style too.
4. Focusrite Scarlett 6i6 | $250 This pre-amp/USB interface combo sits between your mic and computer to cleanly convert your voice to digital data. It offers solid gain (input level) with low noise, and you can connect two mics at once. Also, the lights and knobs look pretty legit.
5. Advantus Call Bell | $5 You may find this to be the most versatile tool in your podcasting utility belt. Make a good point? Tap the bell. Your guest correctly answers a trivia question? Tap the bell. Successfully identify the latest Internet meme? The bell will be waiting.
