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Shippou-Sensei

Shippou-Sensei

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So I currently teach creative media (from an IT background) and as part of this I have been experimenting in areas in which I don't usually venture.

Although I worked for a long while in place that specialised in teaching music and sound engineering I ran tech support and taught web design so while being adjacent to audio tech I never really used it.

Fast forward to now and as part of a program to upgrade my home studio to enable me to make content form home I decided to up my audio game.
Despite my camera having decent audio whenever i had to record stuff on my computer I ended up sounding like a dalek trapped in a well.
I messed about for a while but the decided to go all in. This comprises of the RØDE NT1-A Vocal Pack and the Focusrite Scarlett Solo 3rd Gen USB Audio Interface.

It has dramatically improved my computer recordings (and my online games of D&D ) and has inspired me to experiment with the podcast format.

I am kinda curious what people think are the best ways to go about this. (in terms of software/hardware setup) I have a basic understanding but would be interested in hearing about others experience.

I recorded the first half of a pilot episode yesterday with Bond using audacity but then remembered I have Adobe Audition as part of the adobe suite so I should probably try using that for the second half.

I will probably be plagued by background noise (my main desktop is a decade old) but I at least have distant walls and high ceilings.


Also if anyone has any topic ideas for demo reels you can pop those here too. The pilot is predominantly a movie review but I'm trying to think of some one man topics to do.
 
editor said:
These folks seem pretty well informed

www.podcastinsights.com

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That kinda covers the stuff I already have done. I'll take a look at the rest of the site but I was more asking about what people personally found useful.

I will say that their recommendation to get an interface with multiple inputs is a very good bit of advice. I got the one with only one XLR interface and i'm already kinda regretting it.
At the moment it doesn't really matter that much as my secondary mic isn't XLR but I can see it being an annoyance it i upgrade.

Currently I think i'd probably be OK for myself but I do wonder how I'd managed recording myself and a guest.




Me now
 
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A pal has roped me into participating with another mate on a podcast.
We all bought snowball mics and record through zoom. The zoom account owner records each person on a separate file and sends it to the other who cleans it up and edits it.

None of us know what we are doing and this seems a logical way of doing it.

Are we making any errors here?
 
D'wards said:
A pal has roped me into participating with another mate on a podcast.
We all bought snowball mics and record through zoom. The zoom account owner records each person on a separate file and sends it to the other who cleans it up and edits it.

None of us know what we are doing and this seems a logical way of doing it.

Are we making any errors here?
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That does seem to be the standard method (maybe not zoom but some form of chat system is used if your not in the same location) I take it you are doing a clap at the start to synch recordings?
 
danski said:
Something like this could help for general mic ‘cleanliness’
This is as cheap as they come.
www.gear4music.com

OFFLINE SubZero Portable Vocal Booth Isolation Ball at Gear4music

OFFLINE SubZero Portable Vocal Booth Isolation Ball at Gear4music
www.gear4music.com www.gear4music.com
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Not bad. unfortunately looks like it wouldn't fit with my shock mount.

Thankfully my mic doesn't seem to catch that much background noise from what I can hear (I am a bit deaf). It at least seems clear enough for podcasting.
 
Shippou-Sensei said:
That does seem to be the standard method (maybe not zoom but some form of chat system is used if your not in the same location) I take it you are doing a clap at the start to synch recordings?
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I think when you hit record it starts on all three channels simultaneously.

I think we are going to host it on acast which costs about £150 for the mid range option.
 
D'wards said:
Yeah zoom seems to work well.

Are there free hosting services? I'm not really involved in that bit
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There are a bunch of diffrent solutions to hosting.

Personally I'm starting out by sticking it on YouTube but that is mainly because this is just an experiment.

I guess if you are confident you can jump straight in.
 
Shippou-Sensei said:
There are a bunch of diffrent solutions to hosting.

Personally I'm starting out by sticking it on YouTube but that is mainly because this is just an experiment.

I guess if you are confident you can jump straight in.
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My pal who is producing it is confident. I'm not so much, as there are a million podcasts out there now. I can't see how we will get listeners as it's a general chat anecdote podcast and isn't really in a genre that will make it searchable
 
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