What equipment do you need for a four-camera podcast?

A RODECaster Pro II with four dynamic microphones and four headphone feeds, four cameras with SDI out feeding an ATEM switcher that records every input in isolation, two soft cross-keys with an on-axis fill, one backlight per person rigged overhead, a wash for the background, fluid-head tripods, and cable in several lengths of each type. Audio first, lighting second, cameras third.

What is the best microphone setup for a four-person podcast?

Four Shure SM7dB microphones on RODE PSA1+ boom arms into the four combo inputs of a RODECaster Pro II, with a headphone feed at every seat. The SM7dB has an active preamp built in so it needs no inline booster, and its off-axis rejection is what lets it work in an untreated room. The RODE PodMic at $99 is the budget swap and is genuinely good.

What camera is best for a podcast studio?

For locked studio positions, the Blackmagic Studio Camera 6K Pro at $2,595 — EF mount, 12G-SDI, built-in talkback and tally, a 7-inch monitor, and power over the same cable run. For on-location work where there is no time to light, the Sony FX6 with dual base ISO 800/12800 and reliable autofocus.

What lights do you use for a podcast studio?

Two Aputure LS 600c Pro II with 34-inch Light Dome III softboxes as cross-keys at 7 feet 9 inches and 42 degrees, an Aputure Nova P600c as on-axis fill two stops under key, Nanlite Forza 500B II and 300B II as backlights rigged overhead at 8 feet 6 inches, and Nanlite PavoTube II tubes as background accents. Everything at 5600K within 100K and CRI 95 or better.

How much does it cost to build a podcast studio?

The audio core is about $3,500, a full Aputure and Nanlite lighting package around $12,000, four Blackmagic Studio Cameras with lenses about $18,000, switching and ISO recording around $5,000, and tripods, jib and grip another $20,000. Build in that order and stop when the budget does — audio first, because an audience forgives a soft picture and leaves over bad sound.

The kit

Everything behind a four-camera podcast.

Not a shopping list of what's popular — the actual inventory we run, with the reason each item earns its place. If you're building a studio of your own, start at the top and stop when the budget does.

Your kit

Send it over and we will price it at dealer rates, tell you honestly where to spend less, and flag anything that will not work together. No obligation, and we will say so if you do not need half of it.

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The order to buy in

Audio first, always — an audience forgives a soft picture and leaves over bad sound. Then lighting, because a cheap camera in good light beats an expensive one in bad. Cameras third. Grip and cable last, and then budget twice what you think, because cable is where every build runs out of money.

Or skip the build entirely

Two stages in Hollywood with all of this already rigged, or the whole control room driven to your location. Published hourly rates, and you leave with the program master and every isolated file the same day.

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