I’ll be escaping the grey, dark, cold and wet Berlin for a month. Last year I did the same and I wanted to be able to record a Glitterbrains podcast , record guitar and actually take guitar lessons remotely.
Back then I brought my UA Apollo Twin with me so I could do some flexible audio routing including the fabled mix-minus (n-1) setup and also a Beyerdynamic headset.
Last year I’ve sold my Universal Audio interfaces and switched to an RME interface instead which is far superior when it comes to routing flexibility and software support.
So for this year’s workation, I needed a new mobile audio interface that allowed for flexible routing and so I bought the RME Babyface Pro FS. The investment hurt a little but it’s just so convenient to stay in the same eco system, carry over my TotalMix settings and rely on the great RME engineering. (I also think there is hardly a better audio interface for Podcasting / Streaming than the RME ones)
So without further ado, here is my mobile podcasting, guitar recording and guitar lesson setup:
It consists of:
- RME Babyface Pro FS
- Manfrotto Magic Arm
- Triad-Orbit IO-C
- Triad-Orbit M2
- Shure Beta 58 A
- Sony MDR 7506
- XLR Cable (Sommercable SC Club + Neutrik NC3)
- Guitar / Instrument Cable (Sommer Cable The Spirit)
(^ the above are affiliate links to Thomann)
I could definitely save some weight and space by using a headset again but there isn’t currently a model that I feel like investing money in. Therefore I went with a slightly more involved but also more flexible setup. Looking forward to try it out.