Simple 2 mic podcasting setups?
October 22, 2017 10:56 AM   Subscribe

I’ve started podcasting with a friend, and we’ve been sharing one of those Snowball mics. It’s not bad, but I know things could be much better. Ideally, I’d get two powered mics and some kind of powered USB input and track directly to GarageBand or Adobe Audition on my Mac.

I think I’m ok to find mics on my own, but what USB gadget can I get that will power XLR mics, not have an integrated mixer, and allow me to capture two discrete tracks in the apps mentioned above? Bonus points if this mystery gadget is around $80 or so.
posted by littlerobothead to Media & Arts (3 answers total) 2 users marked this as a favorite
 
I don't know what kind of mics you want, but: "what USB gadget can I get that will power XLR mics, not have an integrated mixer, and allow me to capture two discrete tracks". That's a USB audio interface with phantom power and two mic preamps. There should be several choices around your price point.
posted by floppyroofing at 11:06 AM on October 22, 2017


E.g., doing that search on Sweetwater: USB audio interfaces with two preamps, sorted by price
posted by floppyroofing at 11:11 AM on October 22, 2017


Pretty much any USB audio interface with 2 XLR jacks/preamps will do what you need, and not be very expensive at all. For voice, you probably want mics that require 48v phantom power, so that's something you want, too.

Here's one that a lot of people like and checks all those boxes. You might want to also get a headphone splitter so both people can listen at once (a lot of these smaller ones don't have 2 headphone outs).
posted by destructive cactus at 11:13 AM on October 22, 2017


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