Audio Setup Recommendations

[minervx]

By no means am I an expert, but I figure I'd post this to help people who don't know where to start.

 

Audio Interface

Entry Level: Scarlett Focusrite Solo (2nd Gen)

Professional: Audient iD14

 

Broadcasting Microphone

Entry Level: Shure SM58

Professional: Shure SM7B, Electrovoice RE20

Mic Pre-Amp

* DBX 286s (comes w/ full Channel Strip)

* Triton Fethead or Cloudlifter (Compact)

 

Headphones

Entry Level: AKG K240

Mid Range: Sennheiser HD598's

 

Speakers

Entry Level: Presonus Eris 3.5"

Professional: JBL 305, M-Audio Bx-series, Yamaha HS5's/8's

For a regular room, 5" speakers are totally fine (8" might be overkill)

 

Power Conditioner

If noise interference is an issue with mic's, the Furman power conditioner (even the entry-level $50 on Amazon)

can clean up the signal if ground loop is a problem, apart from offering the other benefits of a power strip

 

DAW

Reaper is plenty for voice work/broadcasting/streaming; fair price, generous trial. 

Studio One and Logic Pro (mac) are great.  All of the major DAW's are viable for professional work honestly.

 

[FloRolf]

Sorry to burst your bubble but theres a thread for that, lol. 

 

Not for microphones etc though, but we should add that. Maybe @Dackzy or @SSL can do so. 

[minervx]

considering that so many broadcasting setups have rgb and such, but are still using a generic headset mic or a blue snowball, it's worth adding a mic section

[Dackzy]

17 hours ago, minervx said:

considering that so many broadcasting setups have rgb and such, but are still using a generic headset mic or a blue snowball, it's worth adding a mic section

Then make a mic setup guide, but it needs to be more detailed than this and with more options. Saying that there just is 1 entry level and 1 "professional" isn't going to cut it.

Not to be mean, but so far this screams to me that you only have experience with a very limited selection of gear, which is fine, but you really should get some more experience and maybe not call things for like professional, because that is misleading.

A good idea would be to add a small text to each mic and interface that tells you something about how it sounds and what features it has and then maybe also add a price tag to it. I would also advise you to not do both mics and studio monitors in one post, it just gets messy and very long. Especially since it seems like you have a fairly limited experience.

You can always ask a member or a friend to help you make such a list.

 

Anyways best of luck and expect to put some hours into it

 

[minervx]

Yeah, there are a lot of a great choices.  I didn't mean to necessarily say 3-4 choices were the definitive ones by any means.