New microphone for recording lessons

Samson C03U.

Since I've joined LingQ as a Spanish tutor, I've started creating lessons for students to share in the LingQ library. I'm really enjoying it! I write my own things, or try to find some interesting short and long articles about Science & Technology, Environment, Health, etc. Then I record them in two versions, the first one in normal/natural native speed for advanced learners, and the other in a slower speed for intermediate learners.
So, what's the matter with the microphone? Well, I tried to record my first lesson with a Logitech headsets with microphone, the one I use for conversations through Skype, but I hated the sound quality and the noise created! Then, for the first 10 or 12 lessons I used the built-in webcam microphone. The sound was better (there was less noise), but I was really disappointed with the sound quality!
Of course I'm not a sound expert, but I'm quite picky about sound & image quality. So after some research, I decided to buy a studio quality condenser microphone with its mic stand, shockmount unit, antipop filter and so on! It's really great! I've just recorded my last 4 or 5 lessons with it and I'm delighted!! Now I'm just trying to learn a bit of sound processing with Audacity and Sound Forge just to make the best of it!! I hope you'll enjoy my Spanish lessons, especially the new ones recorded with this great microphone!!

Spanish tutor at LingQ

Hi Everybody! I'm very excited because I've recently joined LingQ also as a Spanish tutor. But, hold a moment, what's LingQ?
Well, it's an online global language learning community in which you can learn one or more foreign languages (there are several to choose from) in a natural way. Forget about classic language learning (that is, boring textbooks, grammar rules...), and just enjoy real interesting material. Surround yourself with meaningful input that matters to you. Well, that's more or less the concept!
I discovered it some months ago because I wanted to improve my English fluency and I've been really addicted to LingQ since then. I've recently started to review my French also.
And now, I'll have a more active role in this community, because a part from keeping emproving my English and French, I'll be tutoring Spanish and helping Spanish learners to improve their skills!

That's the reason why from now on I'll also write some post here in Spanish, or at least, in both English and Spanish!

So, I hope to talk to you soon!