BSP-317: How To Grow on YouTube, Booming With Ribbon Mics, and More

On episode 317 of the BSP I discuss and demonstrate boom micing with a figure-8 ribbon microphone, I discuss the fact that youtube owes us nothing and share my thoughts on what I think is most important to grow on youtube, I share a lot of more technical feedback from last weeks episode, and then I answer questions about if someone should buy a USB or XLR setup, how their audio sounds, and the best video/audio service.

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Gear Used This Episode (Affiliate Links):
sE Electronics Voodoo VR2: https://geni.us/sevr2
Yellowtek M!ka: https://www.yellowtec.com/mika.html
Interface: n/a
Sennheiser HD650: https://geni.us/sennhd650

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00:00 - Intro
00:13 - Using a Ribbon mic as a Boom Mic
03:35 - WYHTS: YouTube Owes us Nothing
06:58 - How To You Grow on YouTube?
18:28 - WYHTS: Audio Goes Robotic While Gaming
22:13 - WYHTS: The Issue With Recording in Closets / Sound Shields Work?
25:28 - Ask Bandrew
26:13 - Email 1
26:43 - Should I Get a USB Mic or an XLR Setup?
31:33 - Why Can't I Join the Podcastage Discord?
33:11 - Voice Submission 2
34:55 - Audio Critique
37:13 - Email 3
38:28 - Best Services for High Quality Audio Video Chats
40:13 - Conclusion / Outro

Bandrew Scott

Bandrew Scott is the founder and host of the youtube channel Podcastage, where he posts reviews of audio gear, and shares tips and tricks to improve the audio of your Podcast, YouTube Channel, or Live Stream.

He also founded the Geeks Rising podcast network, which is home to amazing education, wellness, and pop culture podcasts such as Tourette’s Podcast, Sunshine & Powercuts, and On The Subject.

Bandrew also runs his own show titled the Bandrew Says Podcast. On this show he analyzes the latest news to determine how it affects the content creation ecosystem, and shares that to help creates remain aware of how the platform they use is changing.