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External factors to ensure noiseless podcasts
I’ve talked about how to minimize noise in your podcasts by using different equipment and tweakingthe usage of these equipment. But one factor that also plays a big part in the production of noise in recordings is the environment itself. Look around the room where you record your podcasts. Most likely you will identify things […]
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Amateur mistakes: Too general
Amateur podcasters understandably make rookie mistakes. They still don’t know the “lay of the land”, so to speak, and because of this, will often commit errors that immediately show that they’re still wet behind the ears. I’ll try to help amateur podcasters by pointing out common mistakes that they make. One of the biggest and […]
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Amateur mistakes: Edit overload
Editing software is one of the tools that podcasters usually use when preparing their podcasts. This software can give great benefits to podcasts by giving it a professional sheen because of the professional sounding editing. Unfortunately, being amateurs, some beginner podcasters get a little crazy with editing software. These podcasters act like children in a […]
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Audacity 1.3.7 Beta Released
The version was released to address some of the errors/bugs found with the previous release which was 1.2.6 which reached stable release status. Addressing issues such as cross-platform bugs that had muting/soloing that resulted in incorrect channel results in exported stereo files, the missing progress bar in NyQuist (effect programming language) and the nasty truncation […]
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Marantz PMD620 – Wave or Mp3
Want MP3 Podcasts without much work, then why not try using the Marantz PMD-620, which records straight to MP3, no conversions necessary. this has been a common problem with podcasts, wav files are too large yet are the easiest ones to edit for they contain very detailed sound information. Mp3’s however are easier to transport […]