How to Start a Video Podcast from A to Z

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00:00 Introduction
00:48 What Mic To Buy
3:07 What Audio Interface To Buy
5:36 Acoustic Treatment
7:23 Lighting a Podcast
12:43 What Camera Gear to Buy
15:36 Shooting Process
17:45 How to Edit a Podcast
20:00 Adding Music & Audio Effects
26:05 How to Upload a Podcast
27:40 Want To Learn More?

[@MattPhilliben]

After researching for days as to what is needed for a podcast: you, by far have the best, most informative explanation of what needs to be done to bring a podcast to fruition… thank you for an awesome, informative video!

[@nathananderson8720]

This is one of the channels that gave me the courage to start my KZbin channel 6 months ago about self development. Now I have 392 subs and > 100 hours of watch time. I know it’s not comparable with others but I’m still proud I started because I’ve been learning so many lessonsÀ we that I couldn’t have learned without getting started in the 1st place.

[@HookedOnAngling]

Nice one. I’m the opposite. I’ve almost 4000 hours and 313 subs. How did you get so many subs.

[@nathananderson8720]

@@HookedOnAngling The best advice I can give you is to focus more on providing as much value as you can as a creator while trying your best to enjoy the process of creation. Strategize based on your experience and adapt as needed. Everything else will fall into place Every subscriber is not just a number but a human-being who made a conscious effort to hit that subscribe button for a reason. A reason to learn from my stories, life lessons, progress, setbacks, mistakes, and so on. I have many plans to make it grow not because of fame or any external rewards but the inspiration I can give to someone who can barely get out of bed in the morning, suffering from depression, or feels like there is no hope anymore. I can totally relate to those situations because I’ve been there and turned my life around.

[@tycjanjakubczyk]

Great to read that Nathan! I see you have over 1K that's impressive. I'm starting to run YT channel from 2014 and still haven't started 😄 Maybe on 10th anniversary.

[@PrecioNFL]

You started and you're growing. Props.

[@nathananderson8720]

@@tycjanjakubczyk Thank you for taking the time to show your support! I wasted years of my life pursuing what I thought could fulfill me. I was lost as hell. I was searching for a feeling of purpose, being appreciated, being loved in many different wrong places such as career achievements, clubs, others’ opinions, etc. I worked hard for many years to graduate and have a stable high paying job and acquired most of the materialistic pursuits I’ve ever wanted but that spike of happiness didn’t last until I had enough and started to ask myself many existential questions that truly make this life matters and that’s when I got out of severe depression and actually experience how it is to be fully alive rather that being like a puppet and just let my life pass me by. So many sacrifices are needed to actually attain the authentic life I was scared of facing for so many years so that I can stay in my comfort zone but be miserable. I will be uploading videos that I hope can inspire others as well. It takes time but I will never stop.

[@RealScienceRadio]

I've watched dozens of these video podcast setup guides, and this one is the best, thanks a ton!

[@martijnvaassen]

Great video! The one thing I noticed is that when you're using compression in the Dynamics effect, the gain reduction meter isn't moving, meaning you're actually not compressing. Dial down the threshold for the compressor to actually start working.

[@DontaeCatlett]

The best video podcast video I've ever seen! Thanks Parker, keep documenting the journey

[@espoirelikia8956]

Blackmagic Cameras are also great for multi cameras podcast since they come with their chargers (you can directly plug them) and also you can modify color, light... in the Atem switcher

[@andreasr.deolinda1095]

Honestly the best video ever!!! To think I searched for so long for something like this

[@AndrewFinney]

Thank you Parker! I'm looking forward to watching this one in more detail in a bit.

[@SipandFeast]

We're thinking about starting a podcast and I've been going through a lot of videos. Yours is probably the best. Thanks!

[@AndyLSB]

17:23 LOL "that's alot of people " 🤣 very awesome video Parker, I liked that not only you mention different budgets for starting a podcast, you showed them and USED them for us viewers, not everyone does that.

[@framebuyframe2493]

Excellent and comprehensive video. I like the comparison of the mics and the audio interfaces especially.

[@imcloze]

This is procrastination. Don't watch this until you have filmed and uploaded a few podcasts. Start with interviewing people and seeing if you like it before buying all the fancy equipment.

[@theishganda]

Awesome information. Guys if you’re just starting out and do not have the funds to get the products listed in the video please search for alternatives. There are setups that can give you great results for under $1k. Do not let the prices deter you from getting started. Parker and the team have been doing this for a long tjme. They did not start with a $3k camera or a $10k plus studio setup.

[@tatywillams]

thank you for this motivation, because looking at this video I was scared that maybe I'm not ready. Your comment changed my mind and made me get out of my head. Thank you.

[@Akimbo925]

this is by far the clearest explanation i've watched so far.

[@nukeninstudios]

Great video, Great value. thank you parker for always bringing such high quality helpful videos.🍪

[@user-tn8bs7tw6q]

Thank you so much for this! I am going to be starting my own podcast soon and I'm starting slow as an audio podcast, but I'll save this for future reference when I want to start filming :)

[@Mawlifestyle]

Thanks, i like your advices, its what im thinking too, most important is audio and lights

[@The505]

This is one of the best tut videos I’ve seen. Thank you x

[@JirehTorres]

Perfect timing! We’re looking into starting one ourselves!

[@UrbanCraftTv]

Looking forward to start a podcast and sincerely speaking, this video is enough inspiration.

[@TheJewellian]

your videos are possibly the most instructive and high quality out there

[@bestwatch]

Too high quality though. Not very helpful to actual beginners who don't have thousands to spend.

[@markstewart2880]

Awesome job! Great info! Subscribed!

[@TinaOnyeSolutions-vp5sq]

THANK YOU, YOU ARE THE REAL BOSS OF PODCAST EQUIPMENT/KNOWLEDGE PRO. VERY INFORMATIVE AND EDUCATIONAL.

[@user-yu3jf1cm5e]

Full time Filmmaker gave me a lot.. Guys much love from 🇬🇪

[@sebastian89mm43]

Great job - informative video. Only one suggestion: use multi cam editing. Especially if you edit 3 or more cams in a longer video this is very helpful :)

[@christian.fleenor]

Thank you for this video dude insane value. About to start and crush my podcast.

[@nadiirrodgers1650]

This is the best Video on KZbin I could find of this thank you !!!!!!!!!!!! Saved me a lot of headaches

[@mikemade_]

Pretty much on point!! Some of those lighting techniques are a bit excessive for a podcast but it really depends on your setup and what you're going for! Excellent foundational video though!

[@GorebaGateway]

I found this a good reference for uplifting my channel. Thank you :)

[@michaelfultz5729]

This is legit incredible.

[@dreamgirl-ez4bz]

New to this, super helpful. Thank you so much you da best.

[@RickProductions]

This was exciting! Ready to start my podcast!

[@jd5787]

Interesting video, thanks for sharing. From a lighting perspective, it looks like you have to start with a dark room and then light it up with key light, fill light, accents etc instead of having to fight either natural lighting or the room's ceiling lights 😉.

[@davidmorales1027]

Thank you for the tuturial. it was amazing!!!!!!

[@Dellthaproducer1]

Great resourceful vid!

[@firstholdings]

THIS WAS VERY HELPFUL STRAIGHT TO THE MESSAGE FROM STEP TO STEP

[@raoulnisabwe5108]

Thank you so much for this tutorial. It’s very helpful

[@Mar-sr5uf]

What a MASTERCLASS

[@busybutbalanced24]

Awesome video👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾….thank you so much for doing this!!🙏🏾❤️

[@robbinrae22]

Wow. nicely succinct and concise video. Thank you!

[@alissonwilliam8838]

That Channel have the perfect content and the perfect video quality, I was very happy when I found out, you're LDS, I back from the mission 1 month before, Success dude 🙂🎥

[@Kevinmagendans]

I got the rode podmic with the audient evo 4. If u want a run and gun setup to take everywhere then this is the way. Great video!

[@carbellsarfo]

There is so much value. thanks a lot

[@AfricanLiberation]

Great interview 😂 awesome video overall though 👏 👏 thank you! 🙏🏽

[@zouhairbenazzouz2536]

Great introducing video as usual, but guys I think that for the editing part you missed the occasion to teach the multi-cam editing tool which is, in all the video editor softwares !

[@donovanhorton9559]

Just started a podcast and this was helpful to watch

[@FalesiuTaiseni471]

Hi, This is really help a lot for my future podcast, I really like your advice. I wish to have those equiptment.

[@eddiesparks05]

Had to subscribe you gave pure game.

[@marcogalloro]

Great value!🎙️📈

[@bradyoung8679]

Really helpful information! I really appreciate you putting the time in to create it. A quick question for you, were you using the 60X for the lantern or some other light? Thank you!

[@annsarahdelmot3585]

man!! lot of hard work , nice

[@H76Pro]

I guess I really have to invest in lighting equipment!! I really loved the video BTW!!

[@OakandAcorn_]

I watched another podcast on the Rodecaster and the guy said to use a Rode mic with a foam cover and it improves the mic to the point that it sounds as good or better than the $400 Shure.

[@LearnHow.2.0]

Really helpful thank you sir

[@raveroompodcast]

I use the atem mini myself to switch cameras whilst interviewing people on my podcast I just hide the Atem mini out of shot just coz Im not at the point where I can pay someone to do it for me haha. Great video and learnt more with the lighting, thanks for posting

[@TheStudioFreq]

Just fyi, (here's a little bucket of extra info to supplement his video). Basically a little clarification/course correction is needed here. I'm a full time sound engineer/studio owner and I mix for TV and film and podcast and audio books and record and mix full albums etc. It's important to know that -18dB is actually not the softest level to record at (per this video), but it's an important target for an average recording volume for anything you record. You should not be recording at a finished/mastered level and if you record between -18dB and -6dB, that's ok for a few peaks here and there, but that's still a 12dB dynamic range which is wider than I would want to experience in most real-life listening environments. You would have to be turning the volume up and down a bunch. Narrower dynamic range for podcasts and audio books are preferred. Also, there are other processes that need to be addressed first before level is brought up to the LUFS (loudness units full scale) specs expected by Spotify, Apple, You Tube etc. As sound engineers we calibrate professional studio systems so the level being recorded is at the correct level that the recording system and plugins are expecting AND so the level being recorded (with an average of -18dB) is coming out of the speakers at the appropriate level that always just "sounds right" to the ear so you can make correct decisions as you edit and mix. Our ears perceive sound levels differently at different frequencies so If you're not listening back at the correct levels (approx 78dB-79dB for smaller rooms and 85dB for larger rooms), then you aren't going to really hear what you have captured and will be incorrectly adjusting what you are mixing. For instance, the bottom end low and low-mid frequencies being heard in this mic are a little heavy/muddy and the top end frequencies aren't open as much as they could/should be for his voice. As a result intelligibility of the sound suffers. This can become an issue if you're listening to the video somewhere than has loud background noise (ie: train, bus, outdoors in a busy park, or next to a busy street etc). The boominess is due to proximity effect characteristics of this mic, but I'm hearing some added EQ/processing as well that is contributing to the muddiness. but this won't be realized if the level is turned down too low during tracking - and most critically during mixing. Or, possibly someone was mixing exclusively on headphones or laptop speakers. This skewed presentation of frequencies during softer playback is due to Fletcher Munson curves (equal loudness curves/contours). If things are calibrated properly the mic can (and should) be used as an EQ during the placement process before recording. Small changes can smooth out the sound. The SM7B also as a few EQ curve switches to assist with that during tracking. If care isn't given to EQ before recording, then there's more work to be done later (which is what I'm hearing in the video that is still needed. There is a difference between solid low end and boomy low end. It's important to be able to hear the difference. For any Logic Pro users out there, you can find a podcast you love the sound of and run it into EQ Match in Logic and apply it to your recording and you will be able to see how "far off" your sound is from something that was professionally recorded and mastered. It's a wonderful education tool, but early on some engineers actually used it to assist them in final mastering - like how people are using Ozone for mastering nowadays. Anyway, just 2cents worth from a sound engineer, that there are more things that go into recording than are covered here. Sounds like there is a more comprehensive course available from him. I'm hoping these basics (along with a few other critical points) are covered in that course. I generally like this channel quite a bit. . Cool info, a lot of the info is spot on and in general this is a good start, but sound that reaches pro-level takes extra care beyond what was explained here. But again, this will give you a good starting point. I would have a professional engineer mix/master at least one of your podcasts as a reference to work towards when you feel comfortable giving it a go on your own. I'm often building vocal chains for podcasters and voice talent for audio books. There is a lot of value in having someone build it in front of you and explain what they are doing as they do it. This only really works if you are recording the same way in the same place each time. Otherwise it serves as a nice recording school moment to learn principles of EQ (including dynamic eq), gating, noise reduction, balance, among several others.) Cheers! Alex

[@HEYNOWRALPH]

GREAT INFO...THX!

[@DylanSigleyDropServicing]

Awesome video!

[@SeverinOehler]

very useful! thanks a lot!

[@AshraafM]

cant believe this knowledge is free ❤

[@Waqas_Hamza]

Good one

[@masai07]

Hey thanks a lot for the video .. really informative. One of my pastors asked me if we can do a video podcast and thought that was a great idea considering the questions many have here in Kenya. So am now seeking to get some knowledge on it, so that we start the project. May Christ be honored for the work that you do.

[@UrbanCraftTv]

Did you start? Maisha ni saa hii

[@alexeast7635]

Video was well made thank you for the info. Only thing I think you should have mentioned is the actual location spaces you do the podcast in and also the furniture and decor you use/choose. Also the Sony ZVE10 which I own overheats after 2.5hrs when shooting 4k.

[@bigweezo2341]

are you satisfied with the zve10? just purchased and waiting for delivery, how do you like it for talking head videos and 1 hour pods?

[@adventures.less.traveled]

Awesome video - two questions: (1) What app do you use to adjust your lighting from your phone, and (2) How do you upload video podcasts to Apple Podcasts?

[@theberserker4199]

Fantastic!

[@icshingchi]

I really love you video.let me learn a lot

[@JeremyLeech]

The ev re320 is also a fantastic option

[@joshuaknight8399]

Great video Parker and FTF team. I often experience audio sync drift in my long format audio and video projects. Any tips to solve this? Everything will be in sync at the beginning however 30 or 60 minutes in it can become very out of sync. Any easy solutions would be awesome. Thanks!

[@yasira9428]

What a fantastic video and great value info. I’m curious as to how many hours it took to make this video?

[@AndrewMasters]

Utah is the best. Nice choice.

[@JoaoInacio]

Excellent video. Thank you very much. I have a challenge for you: what do you think about producing a video teaching how to make a video podcast with interviewees, so that the interviewer operates the video cutting table by himself. My suggestion is because not everyone can afford to have a live operator to operate the equipment. Hugs directly from the other side of the world.

[@VJROMULUS]

I'll be using the Blue Mouse for my MIC.

[@theshadishow]

Thank you very much for the info it made my life easier 😂 question what boom arm are u using? What's the best one for boom stand? Thanks again

[@barcin.surmeli]

Great content. But wouldn't it be more practical to use the multi camera feature during video editing?

[@PhoenixAnthem]

Nesting the two clips and multi camera editing is much easier. IMO

[@jpmaroney]

Love your video @parkerwalbeck! Just found your channel -- great stuff. Do you mind sharing... what are the dimensions of that room you have your podcast sets in? Just curious for context.

[@lazycreator7794]

God level❤

[@PedroHofmann]

you didn´t mention why you have used the ATEM min ISO! I am planning a speech recording with 3-4 cams and own a ATEM mini extreme ISO. But this only works with a Davinci timeline. So why did you use it and do you think Premiere is still a fast solution? Does the Rodecaster enhance the audio when recording with LAV mics? No live edit in this case, so no worries about the edit on location but I would like to do it. I have a gig next week. And YES - I have your FTF full course. Thanks for any quick reply.

[@SobrevivienteLuchadorGuerrero]

Hi… Can you share the Rode Podmic settings you have? It sound nice!!! I have those mics and the Rodecaster Pro 2, but I have not being able to properly set audio like you. Thanks for any help!!!

[@ElementalHorton]

ork with Porzingis and Brunson had to leave to unlock his potential. Playing w

[@WADYNASTY77]

Forgive me because im asking a question before finishing the entire video, but you have recommended a few USB mics already. I was wondering if you are attempting to have a podcast with multiple speakers how would you go about doing that with USB mics? As opposed to having to purchase new XLR mics with an interface?

[@JaysonLyric]

gold

[@JeramieCurtice]

Very versatile video, but I noticed much of the video is not synchronized with the audio. How is that handled?

[@brendonosborne1380]

Great video! You may have answered this, but how do you get around the 29min automatic switch-off on the cameras?

[@OmarJayofficial]

all these information for free . thanks

[@charlierockett9475]

Thanks for that great content! Curious to see how much are people charging when working with this gear?

[@TheMichaelTech]

Hey Parker, does your course cover EQ in rodecastor pro 2. I have all the best gear and logic but I want something that will hopefully help me avoid that step. If not i hope your course teaches about logic

[@Genesixs]

Thxs!

[@dirtlifemagazine]

I go from my mics into a Zoom H6N and sync the audio in post. It records great audio.

[@markjharvey]

I’m with you right up until the editing. Any way to record audio that doesn’t require editing? Just upload.

[@createdbyrohan]

for a podcast camera pick up a used Lumix GH5 for $500 - can't be beat for the value

[@cupcakin5389]

such a w video

[@KalebShield]

Also, how are you able to get them both in focus throughout the whole recording ? Would you have to use a small aperture ?

[@brussels2010]

Which Mic option is better for recording both podcast and acoustic music,thanks in advance

[@KalebShield]

Is it better to use Eye AF or manual focusing for podcasts ?

[@pixbo.studio]

Hi Parker, love this video! Just a quick question - the Atem Mini Pro ISO records your cameras only in FullHD, right? Do you have some tips / gadgets that can make the Atem record in 4K? Thanks! :)

[@DavidLasota]

If you are using Blackmagic cameras, you can setup the Atem to simultaneously record on the cameras aswell. Later when editing, you can swap the ISO files from the Atem with the RAW files from the cameras. This also works with non Blackmagic Cameras but only with external timecode and some tweaking (not very intuitive)

[@Jordz711]

Question, why bother with the big mics? For the look? The Rode go 2 record awesome sound. Also why does no one use a zoom h6 as opposed to a massive sound board?

[@colt6488]

How did you actually record the video? Like what software did you use?

[@MogulleemNetwork]

Can you please give me a reply back. How long should my Cle cables be for a 4 person podcast at a table or on the couch setting

[@aniquecascarlett9400]

hey guys did I miss something what platform did you use to merge the video and audio in editing.?