Once a month we record Makeshift Stories in our basement. Our studio consists of a small room with a lot blankets hung on the walls to control the acoustics.
We have a pretty simple set up. We use a home built quad core desktop and an M-Audio Fast Track Pro. We started with two Apex 435 Wide Diaphragm Condenser microphones, but found these a bit too sensitive – life had to come to a stop in our house while we recorded – and a bit too hard to get a consistent sound from. We switched to a Shure SM7B, but are currently using a Heil PR40.
We use a variety of stuff. For voice recording and editing we initially used Garage Band on a Mac, but we have switched to Audition on the desktop.
For sound effects and background textures we are using “Audacity“, “Acid Music Studio”. Additional sound effects come from “SoundSnap” and “The Free Sound Project.” Free Sound Project files are under a Creative Commons License and are attributed to their author in the program notes of each episode.