Can anyone who has used this for podcasting provide me an example? Name of the podcast or a link or something? I want to hear typical sound quality.
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This is not intended to be a professional quality mic. The AT2020-USB+ would be a much better choice.
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It sounds pretty poor. I'd say it might be comparable to a cassette tape. Apart from the audio quality, there are two other bog issues: 1. Battery life (10 minutes max) and 2. Range ( don't wander more than 10 feet away from the receiver or it'll cut out.
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I just wanna say, for the record, that you really should be able to do this. Frankly, I'm not sure I'm gonna hang onto this thing if it doesn't handle podcasts more gracefully. It's slick... but it seems crazy that it can't just automatically subscribe. Presumably, this'll change as more third party apps become available, but we'll see...
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I've seen many reviews on different bluetooth headsets and the same complaints are with itunes not working right.......evidently it may be something with itunes, not your PC.
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Absolutely, that is what I do every other week with these mics. I've found that 90% of how well my podcast sounds is making sure the mics are close enough and the recording level is high enough without having the signal peak. Once it's recorded look into audio compression and you'll have yourself a great sounding podcast! Good luck!
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I'm wondering if anyone who owns the system can tell me how the sound is for regular 2 channel audio. I want this to be an awesome home stereo system as well, and use my apple tv to enjoy itunes through it!
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I would say yes. I've used it to put in audio after we've recorded our podcast. The quality of mic is great. The first thing to add would definitely be a pop filter. And get nice and close. Would be worth trying out to see if it matches your voice however.
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I'm looking for the same thing...the mic that comes with the kw-av60bt is total crap. From the reviews, I'm thinking this might not be much better.
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I bet the Arcam doesn't sound ten times better (than the PAR21) and a couple of those reviews reveal some behavior I wouldn't tolerate on a high powered audio system. A quality audio cable will usually deliver the best sound but lacks the bluetooth convenience.
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You can do this two ways. Get this and use a pre with a digital interface to send to usb. I use the ART Dual Tube Pre which sounds nicer than anything else anywhere near the price, especially since this is for voc work 95% of the time, and just project music stuff otherwise. The other approach, if you aren't ever going to interview or do any dual mic recording (which is part of the other 5% for me), is to buy the "same" thing from Rode as the PODCASTER which has an A2D to USB output with far better sampling than voc work needs and has a little headphone monitoring output, too. It's made for high-quality podcasting and decent, let's say, more than serviceable voc work for basic tasks. You would want to go with separates to do voicing for a major studio film or major agency ad, but for telephone voc work (on hold, directory, etc), the Podcaster is more than good enough, and certainly for primarily AM work and pretty much anything online except full bandwidth and rate MP3s. I already owned the ART Dual Tube Pre, so I didn't need any electronics in the mic. I prefer the look of the Procaster, too. Make sure you use a shock mount. It picks up LF mechanical/handling noise easily like any large diaphragm mic will.
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To be honest with you Shawn, I actually ended up returning my purchase of the same item, and purchased a different item. The sound quality for this item was not very good. It worked just fine though. Sound quality was poor. Just being honest.
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The quality of the mic is very good the volume rocker on the side helps for the cobition of the background noise from outside , ive used it for videos, voice over the quality is very good if you are starting with the podcasting industry , upgrading will be needed as the quality of sound may be desirable with a little more expensive mic , I would suggest a Blue microphone or the Mammoth brand more expensive but the quality if the best
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Play with the audio settings. There are quite a few. Default settings sound poor (hollow,low volume) but can be adjusted to more than adequate. Cant remember orig settings, but can give you my AUDIO setup config: SRS TruSurround HD &lt;Off&gt; SRS TruVolume &lt;On&gt; Equalizer Settings &lt;OFF&gt; *important* Base &lt;75&gt; Treble &lt;50&gt; Make sure the EQ setting is not set to Rock, Pop or Disco (they sound like garbage). Setting it to OFF allows access to Base & Treble menu/adjustments. Overall the sound is above average for what you are paying. More than ample volume once you get the settings tweaked.
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Amazing quality! The stand works great with it too, I use it for YouTube so it should work perfect for podcasting ;)
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Superior audio reproduction for mp3 devices especially when compared to "dedicated" external speakers in same price range. I have not had much success with getting a strong radio signal so listen to radio online via mp3 device, its a convoluted way to do it but it works for me as the sound quality is so good.
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OFF TOPIC, but I have really gotten unexpected value from the voice recorder - I'm something of a community activist, attend board meetings etc. and find the recorder to be more than adequate to 'tape" meetings - I load the .wav files in Audacity and export as .mp3's - lose a little volume but very compact and portable after that.
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The audio is 'ok' at best. If the room is small and there is only one or two people talking it is fine. If you have a larger room or lots of speakers, I would recommend a dedicated mic. We used a Crown PZM-11 mic with excellent results.