4-Person Podcast Recording Kit With Mics, Headphones, Boom Arms

This kit gives four hosts everything needed to record a podcast on one console: a Soundcraft Notepad-12FX 12-channel mixer, four Rockville RCM02 condenser microphones with shock mounts, four Samson MBA18 boom arms, four Rockville PRO-M50 studio headphones, a Rockville RHPA4 4-channel headphone amplifier, and a balanced TRS cable to connect it all. The Notepad-12FX runs each mic through a dedicated Soundcraft preamp channel with 3-band EQ, while its Lexicon reverb, chorus, and delay add studio polish and its built-in USB interface records the whole session straight to a Mac or PC. Each RCM02 uses an aluminum body and a large diaphragm condenser capsule for a wider frequency range than smaller mics, tested at 30Hz to 20kHz, with a metal anti-wind cap and included shock mount to keep handling noise out of the recording. The Samson MBA18 boom arms mount each mic on an 18-inch reach with a desk clamp, keeping the table clear of stands while letting each host position their mic exactly where they want it. Because four people talking means four sets of ears, the RHPA4 headphone amplifier splits the mixer's monitor output into four independent volume-controlled feeds, so each host hears their own comfortable mix through a pair of PRO-M50 headphones. This kit is built to go from unboxing to a first recorded episode with four voices in one afternoon.