Audio Blog software studio setup - Technology part 1

2005-04-17 NOTE: Updated advanced setup with Skype integration: /hugo/2005/04/advanced_podcas.html


2005-02-28 NOTE: Updated setup starts here: /hugo/2005/02/basic_studio_se.html

Here is the list of tools used for the Audio Blog software studio setup:

Hardware

- PowerBook 17" 1.5 GHz, 2 GB Ram, 5400rpm drive

- Microphone: built-in to Canon XM-2

- Headphones: Sennheiser HD 25-1

- Network: regular TCP/IP over 100 Mbps ethernet ;-) *

- iChat participant: iMac G4 17" *



*Note: Only for the test setup. In real live the participant lives somewhere on the internet.



Software

- Microphone input + filtering: Garageband.

- Headphone monitoring + recording: Soundtrack.

- Audio routing: Soundflower

- Audio player 1: iTunes

- Audio player 2: Quicktime Player (Pro version for editing, full-screen, etc.)

- VoIP: iChat

- Recording 'The other side': Audio In 1.0.3 *