OK, #1: I really wouldn't stress about the accent thing. As long as you speak English well enough to be understandable (and from that compliment, it sounds like you probably do) then having it come out with an accent doesn't seem to be a problem in podfic-land. (And besides, accents are sexy. ;) )
Re: Equipment: All I use is a headphone-mic, so go ahead and try that first, imo. It will probably work fine. You might need to fiddle with how to position it to get the best sound without too many "pops" from P's and stuff. (I haven't worked that out very well, myself. I seem to have a lot of trouble with words ending in "TH", especially. ^_^)
For noise reduction, I think everyone will have slightly different issues. Needless to say, you ideally want a place/time when there isn't a lot of background noise. I live alone in a fairly quiet neighborhood, so I don't have too much trouble with this. (Except for the cats. :P)
My main problem I can't do anything about is this low-level hum that I think is line noise from the mic or the computer. Right now, I use the noise reduction tool in a program called "Goldwave" to eliminate that, but I'm not sure if that's the best way. It's just the best I've found so far. (Are you on Apple or PC? I'm afraid I don't know the Apple tools very well.)
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Re: Equipment: All I use is a headphone-mic, so go ahead and try that first, imo. It will probably work fine. You might need to fiddle with how to position it to get the best sound without too many "pops" from P's and stuff. (I haven't worked that out very well, myself. I seem to have a lot of trouble with words ending in "TH", especially. ^_^)
For noise reduction, I think everyone will have slightly different issues. Needless to say, you ideally want a place/time when there isn't a lot of background noise. I live alone in a fairly quiet neighborhood, so I don't have too much trouble with this. (Except for the cats. :P)
My main problem I can't do anything about is this low-level hum that I think is line noise from the mic or the computer. Right now, I use the noise reduction tool in a program called "Goldwave" to eliminate that, but I'm not sure if that's the best way. It's just the best I've found so far. (Are you on Apple or PC? I'm afraid I don't know the Apple tools very well.)