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Sound like a studio. Record at home.

Clean vocals and podcasts come from three things: the right mic for your room, a pop filter and a little treatment. Here's the whole signal chain.

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The signal chain

Each tag says what the item fixes. Untreated room? Start with a dynamic mic, not a condenser.

Fixes: noisy, echoey room

Dynamic broadcast mic

Picks up your voice and ignores the room. The podcaster's favorite for untreated spaces.

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Fixes: dull, flat vocals

Large-diaphragm condenser mic

Airy, detailed singing vocals. It's sensitive, so use it in a quiet, treated room.

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Fixes: P and B pops

Pop filter

A mesh screen two inches from the mic stops the bursts of air that clip your recording.

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Fixes: room echo

Reflection filter shield

A curved foam shield behind the mic. A mini booth on your desk.

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Fixes: desk thumps

Boom arm with shock mount

Holds the mic at mouth height and keeps keyboard bumps out of the recording.

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Fixes: weak, noisy gain

Audio interface

Gives an XLR mic clean gain and phantom power. Two inputs covers an interview.

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Fixes: mic bleed

Closed-back headphones

Hear yourself and the backing track without it leaking into the mic.

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Fixes: echo on a budget

Heavy sound blankets

Thick moving blankets hung around you make a cheap closet booth that really works.

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