Welcome to Pocket-Sized Podcasting, brought to you by Alitu: The Podcast Maker. And on this episode, we’re talking about your recording environment. It’s easy to think that your audio quality is determined by your equipment - and, to an extent, that’s true. But the room or place you record in has a much bigger impact on how your content’s going to sound. There are 2 main factors when it comes to your environment affecting your audio. Firstly, there’s the “sound” of the room itself. Echo or reverb can be a real problem for podcasters, and we’re going to take a look at it in more depth in the next episode - including - a tip to kill it in *any* room, for less than $15. The other factor is noise. Now, we’re not saying for a minute that you should have complete and utter silence when you record - very few people have that luxury - and, in the right context, a bit of gentle background noise can add ambience and atmosphere. We’ll talk more about this in an upcoming episode, too. The key is, though, that background noise should never be distracting, or compete with your actual voice. Your listeners should always be able to hear and focus on the content and message they’ve turned up for. If they can’t do that, after all, then the whole thing’s going to fall apart. For a more detailed look at podcast recording environments, go to http://thepodcasthost.com/homestudio