Comments on: Best USB Microphone for Podcasting https://www.audiofilesolutions.com/blog/best-usb-microphone-podcasting/ Where Businesses Come to Podcast Mon, 15 Dec 2025 21:26:27 +0000 hourly 1 By: Andy R https://www.audiofilesolutions.com/blog/best-usb-microphone-podcasting/#comment-67 Sat, 02 Apr 2011 05:30:42 +0000 http://www.audiofilesolutions.com/blog/?p=643#comment-67 In reply to J-me.

I think you can always make a case for a new piece of gear. You don’t have to twist my arm very hard. But how about starting with a quiet environment to begin with, instead of trying to fix it with a processor. Auralex makes some real inexpensive foam products. Primacoustic has this $99 portable absorber called the VoxGuard. Heck, for most podcasters on a budget, this should be a no brainer.

Here is a recipe that will make your podcast recording better than the majority out there now:
1. Record in a quiet environment.
2. Use one of the mics in this article–USB Blue ICICLE into PC.
3. Primacoustic VoxGuard.
4. Speak on axis @ about 2-6″ distance. Don’t move your head!
5. Record without going over 0dbfs and normalize to just under 100%.

Voila, no processor and you sound better than most who are running 2 or three processors.

Good luck!

]]> By: J-me https://www.audiofilesolutions.com/blog/best-usb-microphone-podcasting/#comment-66 Sat, 02 Apr 2011 02:07:09 +0000 http://www.audiofilesolutions.com/blog/?p=643#comment-66 Very well said, but a condenser microphone along with a good signal chain before in hits the audio converter goes a long way. Controlling the signal with a limiter/gate processor will eliminate background noise/bleed-over and signal overages. Gees, Podcasters are dropping hundreds of dollars for hardware and software. Why not drop another $200.00 on a decent limiter/gate to couple with that already purchased condenser microphone?

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