Equipment that you need to Podcast

You do not have fortunately not a huge amount of technical equipment to start podcasting. You only need a few things, most of which you probably already on your own computer you can find, whether it be a PC or Mac. What you need is:

Microphone

Before you rush out to buy a microphone take a brief look at your computer. If you have a laptop (PC or Mac) you almost certainly have a microphone built into it. Even if you have a desktop computer might have a microphone built into the monitor. They cannot offer as good quality as an external microphone but they will certainly do the work to get you started.

If using an external microphone position in a central spot on your desk or table. If you're using a laptop, place the laptop on a central spot on your desk or table (make sure you know where the built-in microphone is in the laptop case).

Usually, the built-in microphone in a laptop be located near the edge of the keyboard, or close to the laptop's speakers. Some models tuck it to the midpoint of the monitor base. Consult your user manual to find out where the microphone is hidden on your machine.

Sound/Audio Card

Almost all laptops and desktops will sound hardware needed in the form of a built-in chip or standalone sound card such as those from Soundblaster. A standalone or built-in card must be able to provide basic audio recording which suitable drivers are installed.

Recording Software

Check out the software that shipped with your PC. You know, all those extra disks that you never looked and thought were useless. It's time to flip through them. You probably have a kind of audio recording software on your computer, such as RecordIt (PC) or iMovie (which comes pre-installed with many new Macs and can include voice as well as video) loaded.

If you do not have the correct software already, here is a quick way to get it. Download the version of Audacity that suits your operating system (at audacity.sourceforge.net), it's free and a really fantastic program.

That's all that you need hardware to work. Simple eh?