podcast equipment

It’s trendy to have a podcast, right? So just…get your social media manager to figure out what gear to buy, and they can run it, right? 🙂 Here’s a PSA for you to think through on the humane treatment of your team members (don’t be mean to Samantha), REAL SCENARIOS we’ve been hired on to FIX after podcast episodes have been botched, and practical tips to make sure your featured guest has an incredible experience with your team and recording environment.This episode is a little *kitchy* behind-the-scenes lesson on considerations for set build-outs – whether video and audio or just audio – these are the things that make or break guest experiences and production quality for your listeners. If you want a deep dive, immersive experience into our real-time production multi-camera and sound (auto-audio leveling) algorithms — join Strategini: Our “Signature Cocktail” Podcast Production Editing + Post-Production Processing Master Class. You’ll gain first-wave access via VIP invitation before open enrollment on our public platforms. Our current session is SOLD OUT. Head over to https://www.rubyriotcreatives.com/joinstrategini to join our waitlist for our next session.Podcasts can be absolutely powerful assets— building a platform that establishes you as topic experts in your niche, adds tremendous value to your guests, and gets you in front of key people on topics you genuinely care about — AND it is no small feat to do it effectively — not just buying a snowball mic and hopping on zoom, but placing your content online where it will build momentum year after year after year on topics you want to be known for. 80% of podcasts fail in the first year. If you’re thinking about launching a podcast, the last thing you want is to put in all that time, energy, and cash to fizzle out in a few months. It’s unorthodox for production houses to show “what’s under the hood” of their workflow. Still, we’ve been consultants for so many brands wanting to start their own video podcasts, we figured we’d produce a mini Podcast setup master course to educate our fellow businesses REAL TIME and REAL TALK about what truly goes into building, managing, and producing a podcast series so you can decide if launching a podcast is genuinely feasible for your team’s current resources and bandwidth. From team resource metrics, video podcast studio setup, lighting and podcast production gear lists, and hosting high-profile guests to strategic recording sessions, here are the tried and true bite-sized lessons we’ve learned from our experience developing a sustainable podcast workflow for our podcast, The Ruby Hour.We hope this series saves you hours scrambling on blogs and Youtube queries piecemealing a hodgepodge of half-answers from bloggers who’ve never actually created a video podcast with high ROI, and empowering your team to create a sustainable production workflow for your business. Was this episode helpful? Have any follow-up questions you’d love to see a video on? Let us know in the comments!PODCAST PRODUCTION GEAR KIT: GREEN SCREENS (trust me, you’ll want a pop-up versus a fabric one, it’ll save you 2+ hours every time you set up! I’d highly recommend getting a retractable green screen – here are my top picks!)POP-UP GREEN SCREEN – LARGE (2-Person Interview) : https://amzn.to/3LfqRqjPOP-UP GREEN SCREEN – SMALL (Single Person Podcast) https://amzn.to/3Yl9wiyLIGHTINGDRACAST 3 Lighting Set Up: https://amzn.to/3IOhSJz (OPTIONAL BATTERIES FOR LIGHTING RIGS X3: https://amzn.to/41MvrBR ) BOOM ARM (for Back Light): https://amzn.to/3Jc7TPECAMERAS TRIPOD X2: https://amzn.to/3kKZlWJ MANFROTTO TRIPOD PLATES X2 : https://amzn.to/3EZGhL4 SONY A7III CAMERAS (X2): https://amzn.to/3SMoxZv CONTINOUS POWER DUMMY BATTERIES X2: https://amzn.to/3KXa2ju28MM F/2.0 LENS (Primary Wide Lens): https://amzn.to/3T4UnAZ SIGMA 85MM F/1.4 ART LENS (SLIDER RAIL/SECONDARY ANGLE): https://amzn.to/3JgS3n7EL GATO CAMLINKS X2: https://amzn.to/41OYrt1 MICRO HDMI TO HDMI X2: https://amzn.to/3ETOL6wSLIDER RAIL RIG: RHINO ARC Rhino Camera Gear Arc Motorized Pan Head for Rhino Motion: https://rb.gy/caj2mn Rhino Slider EVO Carbon (24″) w/ Motion + Arc: https://rb.gy/iwlr39 FLUID HEAD FOR SLIDER RAIL: https://amzn.to/3JeG7Cb LIGHTER TRIPODS (FOR SLIDER RAIL) X2: https://amzn.to/3Jgjopa SOUNDFOCUSRITE SCARLETT 2i2: https://amzn.to/3SMRDYF PODCAST MICS Audio-Technica AT2020PK X2: https://amzn.to/3JeGyfNMICROPHONE SHOCK MOUNTS WITH POP FILTER X2: https://amzn.to/3kKZXM1MOMAN TELEPROMPTER: https://amzn.to/3kPoBuW