Setups: My hardware setup for podcasting and voiceovers [Video]
As someone who regularly does voiceover work and records podcasts, I need a setup that allows me to easily record on a whim. Any modern Mac could work for this setup, but I’m especially fond of the 12″ MacBook with its USB-C port. That single port, which handles data transfer, power, and display output, helps to simplify my configuration because all it requires is one cable to get started.
In this post, I’d like to share with you my setup for voiceovers and podcasting. What you’ll find is a rig that’s extremely easy to use and happens to look decent as well.
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Review: Audio-Technica’s ATH-M50x closed-back studio monitor headphones live up to the hype
For the last few months I’ve been using my Apple EarPods for nearly every application that requires in-ear audio. I use my EarPods for monitoring while recording voiceovers, for podcasting, and for everyday music listening.
Absurd as it is, the last pair of headphones I’d owned, a pair of Sony MDR-7506’s, ended up developing a short in the cable. I simply never got around to replacing them in a timely manner.
Audio-Technica’s ATH-M50, and the updated ATH-M50x, have received rave reviews from tech sites, bloggers and YouTubers alike. The love that these headphones receive on a regular basis convinced me that the next pair of headphones that I tried needed to be these. Do they live up to the hype?
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9to5Toys Last Call: Audio-Technica ATH-M50x headphones $119, iPhone 6/s case $3, MFi Lightning cable $4, more
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Sam’s Club One-Day Sale: iPhone 6s/Plus $100 off, iPad Air 2 64GB/128GB $150 off, PlayStation 4 $300, more
eBay calls on Black Friday shoppers to decide which products will get discounted this year
Amazon’s Black Friday Deals store is now open for business
Everything we know so far about this year’s best Black Friday deals and promotions
More new gear from today:
Daily Deals: Vizio 43″ 120Hz 1080p LCD HDTV + $100 Dell GC $300, LYTRO Light Field Camera $400, more
- Bookshelf speakers: Klipsch Icon 5-inch powered $100 (Reg. $164+), more
- Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 2.5-inch Internal SSD $75 (Reg. $90+), more
- USB-C 4-port hubs for new Macbooks by Aukey: $20 Prime shipped (Orig. $30)
- Pre-order Fallout 4 to receive Fallout 3 via Xbox One Backwards Compatibility
- Mpow Petrel Bluetooth 4.0 Headphones $26 Prime shipped (Orig. $60), more
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Buy a pair of PowerBeats 2 Wireless In-Ear Headphones, get a $50 Target gift card: $144 shipped (Orig. $200)
Beats by Dr. Dre Pill 2.0 Portable Bluetooth Speaker (multiple colors) $120 shipped (Orig. $200)
- Pebble Time Smartwatch for iOS and Android: $150 shipped (Reg. $200)
- Targus Ultra Twill Vuscape Case for iPad Air: $7 Prime shipped (83% off list)
- SoundBot Bluetooth 4.0 Sports-Active Headphones $10 Prime shipped (Reg. $15)
- Fashion: 20% off at Amazon – Kenneth Cole Down Jacket $90 (Reg. $113),more
- Sling TV is giving away a 2nd gen Chromecast when you pre-pay three months
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- Kindle savings (Prime only): Paperwhite $90 (Reg. $120), Voyage $170 (Reg. $200)
- JBL Voyager Portable Bluetooth Speaker $90 shipped (Reg. $119)
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- Headphones: Audio-Technica Over-Ears $100 (Orig. $250), more
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- Acer 13-inch Chromebook 2.1GHz/2GB/16GB SSD: $209 shipped (Reg. $249)
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- Amazon to offer midnight deliveries for Call of Duty: Black Ops III via Prime Now
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