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UnderDiscussion gets about 120 unique downloads per episode, but we're an unfocused niche podcast that regularly goes off topic. Our sister show Preferred Enemies gets something like 3000 unique downloads an episode but they've proven that their listeners really don't like them going off topic (40k discussion) because when they do those episodes drop about a third. At this point I've accepted that UnderDiscussion will never have a large audience, but the fans we do have are dedicated. Last GenCon I met a couple who drove about 12 hours to get to the con and they said they listed to episodes the entire way.
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I've been taking a podcasting class this semester and have fallen in love with it. I just spent $500 on a set of gear for working on my podcast. I hope I do not regret this.
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How "not technical"? If they can manage Skype, that probably the best audio you are going to get without investing big in hardware. If they can't do any more than the phone, just tap the line with something like this: http://www.amazon.com/Telephone-Rec...=phone+recorder You'll have to mix that together, or your voice also sounds like it is coming in off of a telephone line. There are some really cheap digital recorders that toss that adapter in as an extra, you could go that route if you only have one recording device. http://www.amazon.com/AQURE-Digital...r+phone+adapter I made a couple of effort posts about more or less this same thing a while ago, here they are so you don't have to go looking Antifreeze Head posted:In that case you may as well just record a second waveform on the computer using if Skype or just through the line-in port if by phone. To tap your cell phone, you'll need a cable like this: Antifreeze Head posted:None of that goes directly to the computer, but signal gets to one eventually. Follow this somewhat lengthily guide for a cheap and inelegant solution for what you are trying to do with audio considerably better than putting someone on speakerphone. Antifreeze Head fucked around with this message at 02:53 on Mar 19, 2016 |
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So a few of my friends started a tabletop gaming (i.e. mostly 40K) podcast about called Rolling the Dice a few months ago, and while I wouldn't really call it good I've been enjoying it, but I'm obviously a bit biased. Would anyone mind providing feedback? My friends are all podcast novices and would appreciate any advice they could get.
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blue squares posted:I've been taking a podcasting class this semester and have fallen in love with it. I just spent $500 on a set of gear for working on my podcast. I hope I do not regret this. Mind if I ask what gear you got? I'm really wanting to start a podcast, but I'm torn between either buying a Tascam DR-40 or dropping the big bux for a DR-680.
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Iron Crowned posted:Mind if I ask what gear you got? I got nice headphones, a Zoom H4N digital recorder, and an ATR-2100 microphone. I also bought the Reaper software after disliking Audacity.
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blue squares posted:I got nice headphones, a Zoom H4N digital recorder, and an ATR-2100 microphone. I also bought the Reaper software after disliking Audacity. I just discovered and bought Reaper as well. Holy crap did that save me time in editing. 
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hey guys, I got the Danger Zone Podcast that I've been releasing every Tuesday. I'm currently using a Samson and Blue Snowball usb mic but I'm thinking of upgrading my setup. I'm pretty lost when it comes to sound equipment, or at least what is required for a non usb mic recording setup. Advice is appreciated.
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What are you wanting to spend?
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I have just discovered how fantastic an iPhone voice memo recording can sound after you bung it in Audition, stick a multiband broadcast preset compressor on it, and EQ some bass into it. Edit: put some top end on too I mean, if you listen carefully it's not like it's comparable to my SM58s or anything, but I'm stunned at what I was able to figure out. Sometimes I don't have my podcast gear as one of my co-hosts is off doing an interview somewhere, so this way I can actually record a voiceover or a link with just what I have in the house. Don't get too close to the mic (6-12 inches is good), but don't stay far back from it either or it'll sound echoey. Don't talk too loud, fix that in post, the mic is pretty sensitive to pops. So yeah, don't rule out equipment like that if it's all you have to hand. Also, are we allowed to repost our podcast information, if it's been a while since we posted it? Want to give my show a listener bump and some potential new subscribers, but don't want to spam it. thehustler fucked around with this message at 16:10 on Apr 14, 2016 |
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8one6 posted:What are you wanting to spend? maybe like around 500-1000 ish
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Hi! I make a video podcast about everyday life in Japan called "Yokohama Station". I'm not entirely sure who might be interested in such a thing, but if any of you are, here is the link: https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/yokohama-station/id1046377136?mt=2 (No web page yet, but videos are also on YouTube if you search for Yokohama Station ddblue0)
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So it feels like, unlike with writing, there is almost no avenue to be a "freelance podcaster." As a writer, I can cover almost any topic and pitch it to a magazine, but as a podcaster, I pretty much have to build my own show and put out regular episodes. I can't just do one-off productions and send them to somewhere that is the podcast equivalent of a magazine, especially not if I want to make money for my work.
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There are lots of podcasts that accept submissions. The Pod Delusion for one, I think. Big market there for anyone who wants to start that. It'd be like Storyville on BBC tv
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Podcasts are going live on Google Play. Heard a lot of people having problems with episodes missing or some of their descriptions being incomplete. Ours seems fine, though.
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I have a vague recollection of filling in some form or other to get on that but it was ages ago. What's the story? Can we just submit like with iTunes and it'll go through a submission process?
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Yeah, there's a site you can use to submit your podcasts. https://play.google.com/music/podcasts/publish
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psychopomp posted:Yeah, there's a site you can use to submit your podcasts. https://play.google.com/music/podcasts/publish Not in the UK, there isn't 
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Took a few weeks but Lou Reads is available in the Google Play thing now. https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Izk43puqf7rq3kcxsz6mef3iazi
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King Lou posted:Took a few weeks but Lou Reads is available in the Google Play thing now. I JUST NOW got the pun in your podcast title. After all this time. Sigh.
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Anybody here know of any film commentary podcasts? We're thinking of doing a skeptical film podcast (since we're the Edinburgh Skeptics) where we watch a film and just talk over it about the science and tech and whether it's plausible or not. Wondering how to go about it, do I want the audio of the film very low in the BG, or is that going to be a copyright issue? Like, I'm sure it will get picked up incidentally in the background anyway while we're recording, but I use SM58s so the sound won't get picked up very much.
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thehustler posted:Anybody here know of any film commentary podcasts? We're thinking of doing a skeptical film podcast (since we're the Edinburgh Skeptics) where we watch a film and just talk over it about the science and tech and whether it's plausible or not. My friends and I do something like that. We have the film audio fed into the interface so we can hear it on our headsets but we don't add it as a channel to the recording so it doesn't show up on the commentary. We tried just keeping the sound low on the first couple of episodes and after light compression you can make out the film. If it was a movie anyone gave a gently caress about we could be in trouble. If you want it to be a track people listen to while watching the film you just need an obvious sync point. We usually have the listener pause the commentary and hit play once the production company logos fade completely to black. Here's an example of what we do.
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8one6 posted:My friends and I do something like that. We have the film audio fed into the interface so we can hear it on our headsets but we don't add it as a channel to the recording so it doesn't show up on the commentary. We tried just keeping the sound low on the first couple of episodes and after light compression you can make out the film. If it was a movie anyone gave a gently caress about we could be in trouble. This is excellent, thanks a lot and I'll go and listen to your work Headphones looks like the way to go I think, really don't want any audio bleedover to torpedo the whole thing.
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thehustler posted:This is excellent, thanks a lot and I'll go and listen to your work
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8one6 posted:Keep in mind the forced filmography episodes are as low effort as possible, at least one of us is drinking during a recording, and I don't include them in the podcasts rss feed because they are some of the most self indulgent poo poo we do. To be honest I'm doing this as a pilot and it'll be self indulgent for us too. It'll be an interesting topic and we just want to see if it has legs and if our regular podcast downloaders are interested in that kinda thing.
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 Continuity and Change Available on: LibSyn | iTunes | Social Media: Facebook Genre: Australian Politics, analysis and satire Release Schedule: once a week Goons: Just myself (BOAT SHOWBOAT) with two non-goons Description: Three postgraduate students dissect and lampoon the week in Australian politics with a mix of irreverence and genuine insight. Across the three of us we sit at different ends of the political spectrum but the discourse cuts across both humorous, informative and argumentative. We aim for a health balance of letting the conversation flow naturally without going too off-topic. The episodes do assume some familiarity with Auspol but we would love to get the input of people not from Australia as well and try and make it accesible more broadly. Most recent episode: Episode 2: Bishop, Libertarianism and Aly In our second episode, we discuss the ends of MPs Brownwyn Bishop (for Choppergate) and Dennis Densen (for publishing erotic novels), make fun of libertarians and discuss whether broadcaster Waleed Aly's appeal is due to "tokenism". Sound quality is considerably improved since our last episode. Next episode: Negative Gearing, Asylum Seekers, the Plibersek Handshake
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 The XX Files Available on: iTunes / Libsyn Social Media: Facebook / Twitter / Tumblr Genre: TV/Entertainment Release Schedule: Tuesdays @ Noon Goons: Hosted by myself and PezMaster. Description: Our official description is "Join Alison and Courtney on a spooky adventure as they re-watch and recap all 9 seasons of the cult TV classic The X-Files. This female-fronted podcast provides episodic commentary, cryptid news, and updates on all things unexplained." but in reality we're a comedy podcast that talk about as much about dicks and poops as we do about the X-Files. We're critics at heart, and we're not interested in sucking Chris Carter's ween. (Metaphorically speaking, but also literally speaking) We're local to Vancouver BC so we also talk a bit about shooting locations, and we run some local charity events in the community as well. Most Recent Episode: S02E08 - One Breath Topics covered: J.O. Crystals, testicles, high school science class dissection stories, Sting's tantric edging abilities, and some very fake facts about Reiki. Oh, and Scully's hot sister. Next Episode: S02E09 - Firewalker: Throat dicks, how to know if you were a barf child or a poop child, and Bradley Whitford as Volcano Rambo. Oh, Also!: We have a $7/month Snail Mail perk on our podcast network's Patreon where we send people something fun in the mail each month. For June, July and Sept we're doing a three-part curated Season 2 mixtape. Scooty Puff Jr. fucked around with this message at 05:22 on May 14, 2016 |
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Oh god does anybody know why Audition CC, when you ripple delete on one track, will completely remove the envelope keyframes on a totally different track? It is the most frustrating poo poo.
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What is everyone using to record skype calls? It seems to be getting worse and worse lately. I have Pamela call recorder and Mp3 skype recorder but neither seems to work well.
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clockworkjoe posted:What is everyone using to record skype calls? It seems to be getting worse and worse lately. I have Pamela call recorder and Mp3 skype recorder but neither seems to work well. We do it the hard way. I have a separate laptop just for skype that we connect into our soundboard/interface (it's an old hand me down with a half broken screen) and all of that gets piped into Studio One. If you have everyone on separate channels it might be worth it to try to pick up an old $100 laptop so you're not having to fight with different recording software.
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Other way is to get the other side to record their audio locally and send it on. Better quality if they have the kit to do it. Even a decent smartphone will be better than Skype compression.
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thehustler posted:Other way is to get the other side to record their audio locally and send it on. Better quality if they have the kit to do it. Even a decent smartphone will be better than Skype compression. This is what I've done whenever I've guested on a podcast like F Plus or whatever. Just launch Audacity & skype or hangouts and record. It isn't too hard to match the audio together.
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I've been gone for some time, but I wanted to post that my show, The Wedge Radio Show, is hitting the 1,000th episode next week. Almost 10 years.
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Congrats, keeping something going in your spare time for that long is an amazing achievement. I'm starting to burn out after a year of weekly episodes and I'm only getting just over 100 downloads per episode. It's soul crushing sometimes. How do I promote my show better?
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clockworkjoe posted:What is everyone using to record skype calls? It seems to be getting worse and worse lately. I have Pamela call recorder and Mp3 skype recorder but neither seems to work well. I've been using https://zencastr.com/ lately. VOIP in browser. It looks like it records everyone locally and uploads their tracks separately. There have been some glitches and it's not 100% perfect, but it works well enough and if you want a guest to come in, all you have to do is provide them a link.
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I finally did it you guys. Episode the first: https://soundcloud.com/witnesstofitness/witness-to-fitness-e01-liz-montalbano Zoom h4n, 2 lovely rear end stagg mic's, audacity for post. Not super hot with editing in post yet, and while it sounds decent on my headphones people have already complained that it's super loud with quiet audio. Also I should probably do an outro but 
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The easiest way to fix the uneven volume is what my friends and I refer to as the ABCs of podcasting: Always Be Compressin! Human speech doesn't need a lot of dynamic range so some light compression (I use a 4:1 ratio on my podcasts speech tracks) will work magic on this.
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