DotNetArabi Podcast Equipment

By | January 16, 2010

After publishing 8 episodes of DotNetArabi, I think it would be nice to share on this blog how it goes and what equipment needed in the process. But before we begin, dear reader, note that I am not an expert, I am still in the beginning of the way, though it’s going good so far.pavillion

  My working machine is HP dv 6700 laptop, my first trials with recording was with simple microphone like the ones you use for chats; recording in winter made things smooth, but when summer came a long the heating problem became obvious in the low quality of the audio recorded, in addition to the higher target I needed anyway, so a different measure had to take place.

 

I looked for an audio device that would clear the recording of any noise that is caused by the internal electrical and the fan. I had different options then, but the most interesting one was the MobilePre USB audio interface which I finally got. It takes analog inputs (2 of which are XLR) and transforms to digital signal view USB.

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Of course it appeared that it is over bloated than what I really needed, but I liked it anyway and produced the quality I looked for, though if you are going to record voice only, I believe there are other devices with lower cost.

To complete the set I got myself two XLR Microphones, not fancy ones, 15 JD’s each (about 22 US $) and that was it.

microphone xlrPort

Now on the software side I use Audacity, I find it the best free audio software.

AudacityScreen audacity

After all that, you’d find it surprising that you still need to use the Noise Removal feature in Audacity. And by that you can have your own podcast 🙂

5 thoughts on “DotNetArabi Podcast Equipment

  1. Mohammad Najeeb

    Thanks my dear for your wonderfull efforts. Keep going and we r here 2 support you $ € £

  2. Ammar Abu Al Haija

    Good Luck man , and We appreciate your efforts captain Emadoooooo

  3. T_Zano

    You’re making amazing job for the arab users , really I’m impressed with what you do …

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