Audio Recording and Editing Guides: Audio Equipment and Resources

Audio Equipment for Checkout

Audio Recorders

• Zoom H4N Audio Recorder
  • has internal microphones as well as 2 XLR and 3.5mm inputs for use with almost all mics

Camera-Compatible Microphones

• Rode NTG-2 Shotgun Microphone
• Rode Videomic Pro Shotgun Microphone
• Sennheiser MKE600 Shotgun Microphone
• Sennheiser XSW-D Wireless Lavalier Microphone
• Sennheiser XSW-D Wireless Handheld Microphone
• Sony ECM-44B Wired Lavalier Microphone
• Sennheiser EW 112-p G3 Wireless Lavalier Microphone

Smartphone-Compatible Microphones

• Rode SmartLav Wired Lavalier Microphone
• Rode Videomic Me Compact Shotgun Mic for Android Phones
• Rode Videomic Me-L Compact Shotgun Mic for iPhones

USB Microphones

• Blue Yeti USB Microphone
• Rode USB Microphone

Audio Studio Resources

Hardware

• An iMac
• Audient iD44 audio interface
• 4 Shure SM58 Cardioid microphones
• PreSonus HP4 - 4-Channel Headphone Distribution Amplifier
  • 4 sets of Audio-Technica ATH-M40x Monitor Headphones
• A USB piano keyboard is available for in-house checkout at the DMC
• A Zoom H4N audio recorder can be checked out for use as a secondary recording device for interviews
• Users can also bring in their own equipment to record

Software

• Audacity
• Adobe Audition 
• GarageBand
• Camtasia for Mac
• OBS Studio (Open Source Broadcaster Software)
• Zoom
• iMovie
• Adobe Premiere Pro

Room Info

• Room dimension: 13’x11’
• 1 table
• 4 task chairs
• 1 mobile extending table (optional)

Audio Cables for Checkout

• 3.5mm male to XLR male adapter
• 3.5mm female to XLR male adapter
• 3.5mm male to 3.5mm female cable
• XLR male to XLR female cable