We ordered the Blue Snowball USB Microphone from Amazon last week and it came in today. I checked the tracking on it and told Joel to go and pick it up from the mail room but we forgot our ID’s when we got there and had to go back to get it. When we got back to the mail room literally 3 minutes later, they closed. We were so close to getting it and recording our first weekly podcast today. Well while I’m here, let me tell you about the purchase I’m so proud of.
About The Blue Snowball
Why did we pick this particular microphone? Simple, because it has USB connectivity. Blue is a manufacturer of professional condenser and vocal mics. This is their first professional version with the convenient USB connectivity. A USB microphone will allow us to carry around a professional microphone all the time with a laptop so we can record anywhere. I’d personally love to record at a Stony Brook football game.
SNOWBALL PICTURE HERE
Anyhow, we apologize for not having what we promised, we will definitely have it by Monday and maybe even record the podcast then but who knows.
Published at August 29, 2007
in Podcasts.
We’re so excited about this project, especially the podcasting aspects of it because as far as I know, there hasn’t been a podcast show for the Stony Brook community done ever! We’re so glad to be the first doing this. Our plans is to release a episode every week with featuring a different special guest from campus.
A few things have to be taken into consideration by us, our hardware availability and server specifications. In order to create a successful podcast, we need a decent microphone which as of now we don’t have, our first couple of podcasts will be done with my microphone from Logitech that I got for $15. The quality will suck but I think it will do.
We definatly need funds if we are going to invest in better hardware. Currently we are hosted by Spaceion, LLC, a small company started by Tony Cai back in 2005. Since Tony is one of the project leaders, we are not paying much for that now but as our website grows, we will need to switch to faster servers with more space and bandwidth.
Are you listening to this Stony Brook USG? We need funds! Don’t worry, Joey will write a proposal this month to request a grant! 
We will release a semester podcasting schedule later on but “listen” out for it!
