Jeff’s Podcast Equipment and Tools Cheat Sheet ~You need to decide on three things before you start recording: 1. What is your budget? 2. Where will you be recording? 3. How many people will be on your podcast? ~Avoid free podcasting services if possible. ~Record with hardware. Edit with software. Equipment The questions above will determine what you should buy. I personally own/use what is listed in orange. Digital Recorder Microphone Preamp Roland R05 Audio-Technica ATR2100 Cloudlifter Zoom H5 Shure SM58 DBX 286 Tascam DR-100mkll Shure SM7B ART Voice Channel Heil PR-40 Zoom H6 Audio-Technica AT8035 Audio Interface or Mixer Headphones & Monitors* Pop Filters & Stands* Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 Sony MDR7506 Nady MPF-6 Pop Filter Mackie VLZ series (1202) AKG K44 Shure A58WS Windscreen ​ Zoom H5 or H6 Mackie CR series On Stage DS7200B Adjustable ​ ​ Mackie MR series Proline MS112 Desktop Boom Yamaha HS series Neewer Boom Scissor Arm Rode PSA1 Swivel Boom Power & Cables Audio Editing (DAW) & Tools* Media Hosting Furman Power Conditioner Audacity Blubrry XLR (mic) Adobe Audition Libsyn ​ 3.5mm (computer audio jack) Reaper Simplecast ​ ¼” (mixer board & monitors) Logic Pro ​ Adaptor (convert cables) Levelator ​ Insert cables (effects & loops) Auphonic ​ RCA (classic AV) ID3 Tag Editor ​ Website* Communication Project Management WordPress (CMS) Slack Basecamp ​ StudioPress/Genesis (Theme) Basecamp Trello ​ Siteground (Host) Streak Asana ​ PowerPress (podcast plugin) ​ Seriously Simple (podcast plugin) ​ *Plenty of great options exist in this category that I didn’t mention. Find something that works for you. Additional Resources and Links JeffLarge.com - Personal site and podcast ​ Come Alive Creative - Podcast Strategy and Production Services ​ EquipmentForPodcasting.com - A several email series on podcast equipment ​ Podcast Bytes - A series answering your podcast questions one episode at a time ​ Come Alive Academy - Our podcast education resource ​ Kit.com - A quick list of equipment packages I recommend ​ .