Podcasting - Share your Experiences - What's tools do you use
Hey friends,
I wonder who of you is doing a podcast (or probably plans to do some) and why do you do it? How have been your experience with it and what tools & services do you use for it?
Cheers,
Kevin
I had a test and found Anchor super easy. There is also Transistor by @mijustin that looks really well-designed.
Thanks for the mention @richp_! 🙌
I just wrote this article on how Transistor and Anchor differ. 👌
Excellent article that covers off the things I was thinking around control and ownership. I liked playing around with Anchor (and recommend it to anyone who seems like they're just jumping on the podcast bandwagon) but agree that you want to own your content and the player experience. The attention to detail with the embedded player and email subs are neat!
I podcast because it pays well, once you've got an established show AND it's pretty fun.
The tools I use are a rode podcaster mic + simplecast.com for hosting. I also pay podcastedition.com to edit, mix and master my shows.
Hey Kevin. I ran one season (134 episodes!) of an audio podcast that averaged about 20K downloads per month. Now I'm producing the second season with audio+video. So, my experiences below are with this background.
The reason why I do it has changed (which is why I ended season 1). When I ran season 1, I did so because I wanted to try my hands on podcasting and talking to people across the globe. Primary focus was learning. The reason I'm doing season 2 is because I found my purpose. I have a message that I'm trying to spread.
My experience with podcasting has been really good. Firstly I feel so because I got to learn SO MUCH. It was literally like drinking from a fire hose. Listening, asking questions, cold calling guests, promoting, audio editing, etc. Secondly I discovered that I really liked doing this. Podcasting is not for everyone, but I'm glad it really works well for me. Third, Podcasting got me quiet a few speaking gigs and I really loved doing that (again, first time)
Tools and services:
Libsyn to host
ATR2100 and Heil PR40 as primary mics
Garageband
I use a Mixer (Mackie ProFXv8), but it's not that important
Ecamm Call Recorder for Mac.
Screenflow Super Pak (for my videos in Season2)
There are other tools I use (have the others listed here, just incase :)
Hope that was the kind of answer you were looking for :-)
Here are my gear recommendations:
🎤 ATR2100 USB - dynamic mic, very good sound for the price.
🎧 Sennheiser HD 202 II
💻 For editing Garage Band, Audacity. I actually like Screenflow!
📊 For hosting + analytics I like Transistor (but I'm biased 😁)
I've been podcasting to interview amazing people in the UC Berkeley ecosystem (mostly startup founders and researchers) for about a year now and honestly I think simple is best and Anchor will do the job and then some for most cases.
Personally I like to tinker with what I put out on Bearmindspodcast.com, so I use Adobe Audition for recording and editing with Blue Yeti microphone and that's it! Hosting and seo are usually taken care of to a basic extent with libsyn for most people from what I've seen. Squarespace also has hosting built in,which is what we use at Bear Minds. No issues so far!
Thanks for asking this question @kevin_raetz, Im really excited to hear more about other indie podcasters "stack" and what you end up going with! Good luck!