Geoff Hankerson

First new episode in a few months. I hope to get back into the swing of podcasting. This episode is about equipment options sucha s preamps, mixers, usb and firewire interfaces, and external recorders. I hope to give you an idea of what many of the common options are with their advantages and disadvantages.

Usb and Firewire Interfaces

Presonus INSPIRE 1394 Price: $199.95

A review from Robb Mitchell on the Samson C01U Usb Condenser Microphone. One of two high quality usb mics on the market. The other is the Blue Snowball which I use. This epsiode actually features both mics in the same podcast for comparison.

Samson's product page

Robb Mitchel's Blog on Independent Film

Note - I'm not so bullish on the Snowball now that I've used it for a year. I sold it and bought an MXL 990.

I review my podcasting rig. I am hoping to create a series of user reviews (as opposed to trade publication reviews). Please send me a review of your rig at digiaudio.podcast@gmail.com.

My rig consists of the new Blue Snowball Usb Microphone, a Powerbook and a 250gb LaCie FireWire hard drive.

My review of the Sony MZ M10 minidisc recorder (recorded on a Mz M10).

For the impatient:Pros:

• Small, compact form factor
• Very good sound quality for a portable unit.
• Uses inexpensive (approx. US $6.00) 1 gb Hi Mini Discs
• Can function as an mp3 player

Cons: