Intro
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– Today on Five Minute Mondays

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we’ll talk about how you can record and edit

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your podcast episodes using just your phone.

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(buzzing)

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Welcome to Five Minute Mondays

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where we bring the best tips and strategies

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for building your podcast in five minutes or less.

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Now in today’s episode I’m going to be

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answering a question from Anim.

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Sorry if I totally butchered your name.

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But it’s a really good question

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so I wanted to cover it cause I know a lot of people

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are probably wondering the same thing.

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And he just asks, “Can someone podcast

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“with just a phone and headphones?”

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Yes, the answer is yes.

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You can absolutely just podcast

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with your phone and a set of headphones.

Gear
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So first we’re going to talk about

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the gear that you need to be able to

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record your podcast episodes,

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and then also the software options

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that are available for you to be able to

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edit those episodes so you can upload them

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to your podcast host.

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So talking about the gear,

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I’m going to break it into two categories.

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The first one is the best quality.

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What is the best sound quality

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that you can get from a setup that

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will plug into your phone.

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And for that I really recommend the

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Rode smartLab+ System.

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So it’s two lavalier microphones

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that will clip to your shirt

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and then they feed into a little box

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that you can record two different microphones into it

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and there’s also a headphone jack so you can

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monitor your sound as you’re recording.

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And then all of those things plug into your phone.

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They have a version for iPhones with

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a lightening adapter or a lightening cable.

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And they also have one that is just a

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headphone jack, and so if you have and Android device

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you would just need to get a dongle

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that’s like a headphone to USB-C adaptor

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and you’ll be able to plug that in to your phone.

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Now if it’s just you

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and you don’t actually have a guest that you’re interviewing

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then you just need one smartLav.

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And so the smartLav total system runs about 200 bucks.

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The smartLav by itself is $70

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and so you can just get that one microphone

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clip it to your shirt, record into your phone

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and you’re good to go.

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And, again, this is the best quality,

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best audio quality, so if that’s really important

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to you and you have a little bit of budget

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or you plan on using the set up frequently

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and you want to invest in it,

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this is the solution that I would recommend for you.

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And I will obviously leave links to everything

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in the show notes, so you can click over,

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you can check it out.

Budget friendly
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Now if you just need something that’s going

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to be a budget friendly option,

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something that’s going to work,

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that’s going to be better than the microphone

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built into your phone that’s

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not going going to break the bank

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then I actually recommend a lavalier set up

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from Movo, and the one that I recommend

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and the one that I’ve used personally

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to do mobile recordings costs about 40 bucks on Amazon.

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And so it has two lavalier microphones

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again, you can plug one to your shirt,

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one to your guest’s shirt.

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There’s a place where you can plug in some headphones

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in order to monitor your sound.

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And you just plug that into your phone.

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Now the Movo lavalier mic set up has a

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headphone so you would either need

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a headphone to USB-C adaptor if you’re using

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like a Samsung phone or an Android phone,

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or a headphone to lightening dongle for an iPhone or iPad.

Editing
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Now compared to the smartLav system,

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the Movo is going to give you more of like

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a hollower sound quality than the smartLav will.

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Which will give you more of a full sound quality.

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But, it’s really hard to beat the price of 40 bucks

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to be able to record two people into one phone.

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And it does mix them down into a single track,

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so you’ve just got to be aware of that moving forward.

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Now as far as editing your audio recordings,

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there are a couple different solutions.

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If you have an iPhone you can record

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directly into GarageBand which is a free app

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that you can download if it’s not

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already installed on your phone.

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Now if you have an Android phone then the app

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that I recommend is called Recording Studio Lite.

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It is a free app with some in-app purchases

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if you want to get some extra features

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but you can use it to absolutely record your episodes.

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And with all of those you’re able to do

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some basic editing like cutting tracks,

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deleting segments, exporting, those kind of things.

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So you really can do some light editing

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on your phone and then directly upload it

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to your podcast host.

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Thanks for listening, and until next time

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keep podcasting.