[PodcastMN] Whaddya think?

[Creot Radio]

but before you buy anything, i would definitely mess with the eqs on your
mackie board.  i know mine are pretty noisy.

On 8/17/07, Mike O'Connor <mike at haven.com> wrote:
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> At 09:20 AM 8/17/2007, Steve Borsch wrote:
> >A new idea for my bride's business meant that I need actual
> >broadcast quality audio.
>
> you think *you've* been quiet on this list for a long time?  i gotta
> tell ya, i'm even worse.
>
> but i thought i'd chime in on this one.
>
> see that quote up there?  "broadcast quality" audio is actually a
> pretty low standard, easily met by your noisy preamp, and certainly
> wildly exceeded by the mic you've bought.  i'm dredging pretty old
> knowledge here, but my recollection is that the FCC noise floor for
> an FM station is something on the order of 35db.  maybe 40.  anyway,
> pretty low.
>
> so, depending on what you're trying to do, here's another
> approach.  try switching from phantom-powered mics to dynamics.  the
> iron-clad standard for remote broadcast use is the EV
> 635A.  completely indestructible, sounds great, pretty cheap (a quick
> Google finds a new one at $105).   nice n'quiet 'cause you don't have
> all thum electronics to fuss with.
>
> phantom powered mics are usually recording *studio* mics -- and maybe
> that's what you're gunning for.  but for podcast-style voice work,
> that's overkill.  the place you see those kinda mics is when you're
> doing a music session, and then you're looking at a much spiffier
> mixing board and pre-amps and etc. etc.  down that path lies much
> money and all kinds of audio geek stuff that you may not want to
> tangle with.  if your noise floor gets much below 50db, you're gonna
> have to rebuild your house.  turn off the furnace, get rid of the
> fridge, build a concrete room, springs under the floors, foam stuff
> on the walls -- it's *hard* to get recording-studio sound.  and
> electronics are just the start.
>
> after all, it a system.  and the noise floor is determined by your
> noisiest component.  'soon as you get that mic squared away, you'll
> find something else.
>
> funny note -- i just did a podcast using the phone-recording
> capability of GrandCentral (www.grandcentral.com).  it worked great,
> but in order to make it sound "good" i had to *inject* noise into the
> audio to cover up some odd compression that Grandcentral was
> doing.  laid in a white-noise track at about -25db and it sounds just
> like an NPR phone interview.
>
> my 2 cents,
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