Recently, one of my clients asked for a budget proposal for setting up a recording studio specifically for podcasting. As part of their 2009 budget planning process they needed a placeholder amount for equipment, software and hosting. The podcasts could include anything from interviews to readings to announcements/programming information. I modeled a lot of the choices after Leo Laporte’s set-up which is outlined in the Kevin Rose visit http://revision3.com/systm/podcasting/ Although I couldn’t go wild on the budget, they did want a set-up that would be very solid, something they could grow with and grow into. Below is the list that I put together for them which provides for a very good recording solution at a very reasonable price ~ $6K. While some of the equipment
is a matter of personal preference, I wanted to share my thoughts in case anyone was interested.
The exercise was interesting for me as well since I’m use to doing projects on a shoe string budget with “sufficient solutions” trumping “ideal/desired solutions”. I’m sure that my frugality still surfaces in some of the equipment selections I made but I’m confident this will give them the product that they are looking for.
Item / Quantity / Price / Purpose
Heil PR-40 Microphone / 3 / $325ea / High quality studio mics
Maudio NRV10 / 1 / $699 / Mixer for studio recording
Marantz PMD-670 / 1 / $699 / Backup recording for studio
Belkin TuneStudio Portable Digital Multitrack Recorder / 1 / $339 / Mixer for portable recording
Heil SM-2 Shock Mount / 1 / $115 / Shock mount
Heil PL2T Boom / 1 / $120 / Boom for mic
Heil CB-1 PTT Bases / 2 / $85ea / Bases for microphones
Heil FL-2 mount / 1/ $25 / Mount for the base of the boom
iMac 20inch 2.4 GHz / 1 / $1,199 / Computer for recording
iPod 160GB (5th Generation) / 1 / $349 / iPod for porable recording
2GB Compact Flash / 1 / $50 / Memory for the Marantz
4GB Memory for iMac / 1 / $150 / Memory for the iMac
Pro Tools M-Powered 7 / 1 / $299 / Multi track recording software
Sennheiser HD-280 Professional Headphones / 2 / $99ea / Headphones
Cables $500
Unlimited professional hosting $50/mo $600 per year Hosting of files and unlimited bandwidth
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