Ep76: THE PODCAST SETUP SHOW (PART 1)
How To Setup or Launch a Podcast
The Overview: Planning Your Show (ep76) Gear & Production (ep76) Media Hosting & Website (ep77) Launching Your Podcast (ep77) Marketing & Promotion (ep77) Podfest Multi-Media Event 2017: 
Date: February 23–25th, 2017 Location: Orlando, Florida Website: Podfest.us
The Steps (Part 1):
Planning & Pre-Launch:
Step 1: Start. Commit to starting a podcast and do not overthink it. Step 2: Time. Do you have time in your work and life schedule to produce a podcast. If yes, move to the next step. Step 3: Why? Be sure you know the reason or goal and be very honest with yourself on this one. Step 4: Know your topic and visualize your target audience. Step 5: What is the format of your show (solo, interview, etc). Also how long are your episodes Step 6: What is the title? Step 7: Buy the domain name and start considering a website to house your show Step 8: Artwork & Branding. You need cover art and headshots and promo photos and general design around your show. Step 9: Buy gear & Equipment (Dynamic microphone, audio interface/mixer, swivel boom arm, headphones…) Step 10: Decide on a digital audio workstation to record and edit your show (Adobe Audition, Garage Band, Audacity…)
How To Setup or Launch a Podcast
The Overview: Planning Your Show (ep76) Gear & Production (ep76) Media Hosting & Website (ep77) Launching Your Podcast (ep77) Marketing & Promotion (ep77)
The Steps (Part 1):
Planning & Pre-Launch:
Step 1: Start. Commit to starting a podcast and do not overthink it. Step 2: Time. Do you have time in your work and life schedule to produce a podcast. If yes, move to the next step. Step 3: Why? Be sure you know the reason or goal and be very honest with yourself on this one. Step 4: Know your topic and visualize your target audience. Step 5: What is the format of your show (solo, interview, etc). Also how long are your episodes Step 6: What is the title Step 7: Buy the domain name and start considering a website to house your show Step 8: Artwork & Branding. You need cover art and headshots and promo photos and general design around your show. Step 9: Buy gear & Equipment Step 10: Decide on a digital audio workstation to record and edit your show.
Mike’s Gear List:
Microphone: Shure SM7B Audio Interface: Allen & Heath Zed 10 Mixer Headphones: Sony MDR–7506 Boom Arm: Rode PSA–1 Digital Audio Workstation (DAW): Adobe Audition
More Gear Options:
Microphone: Rode Procaster, Shure SM58, Audio Technica ATR2100 Gain Boost: Cloudlifter Audio Interface: Focusrite Scarlett 6i6 Headphones: Audio Technica ATH–50MX
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Great podcast great notes. Noticed in the additional equipment the focusrite Interface being used. Was curious to know why you had that on the list and how it connects with your soundboard. The reason I ask is because I was disappointed to find that my mixer board would not record my inputs separately and simultaneously on Adobe Audition. I was watching Jason Levine talk about audio 101 and saw he was using the focusrite as well. I wondered if your purpose for that equipment was to be able to accomplish the simultaneous separate channel inputs .- Living4himPodcast
Hi Alfred,
Thanks for the comment and feedback. I am a big fan of Focusrite audio interfaces mostly because they are simple and have incredibly clean pre-amps (your mic sounds good). If memory serves me the 6i6 and up can also do mix-minus setups through the Focusrite software eliminating the need for a mixer for most people.
I use and Allen & Heath mixer and it’s great too, but I really don’t need it for my solo show. The only reason I have a mixer is I’m an audio and tech nerd that likes to turn knobs and play with setups, and would probably only use a Focusrite or my Zoom H6 as an interface if I had to pick.
Now on to your situation. The outputs of mixers surprised me at one point as I assumed all input tracks recorded separately, yet as you discovered the master output is a combined mixdown. One trickery hack is to pan Track 1 all the way to the left and Track 2 all the way to the right and map the inputs of Audition multitrack and you will be able to record each channel on their own track.
p.s. Always listen to Jason Levine over me ?. He knows his stuff!