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Posted by Christopher    United States   on 02/17/2011 at 04:49 PM   
 
  1. Go ahead and look into it and let us know what’s required. Not sure that anyone would want to hear my voice or see me in a video. I saw a small bit of video that Peiper did; he sounds pretty good.

    The drive for me would be to turn out Pat Condell style rants, but the challenge would be in not trying to actually be Pat Condell.

    Posted by Drew458    United States   02/18/2011  at  08:22 AM  

  2. I would love it. smile

    Posted by Fenway2112    United States   02/18/2011  at  10:03 AM  

  3. Christopher ..
    Wow ... that’s a bolt outta the blue. Also sounds very interesting but as you and Drew know, I’m zero on tech stuff unless guided.  Flattered that Drew thinks I have the voice for it altho to be honest, I hate the sound of my own voice. But hey ... It still seem interesting.

    I’m not too sure about my ugly mug on video. Maybe if I could wear a bowler hat and a mask?lol.

    What sort of format did you have in mind? Gee ... it could work. Ya think?

    Why not?

    Posted by peiper    United Kingdom   02/18/2011  at  01:58 PM  

  4. Hey! I’m so NOT doing a video podcast. The bandwidth required to upload/download would be prohibitive. And expensive. Audio only.

    I do get these ‘bolt outta the blue’ moments peiper. I think it’s related to the incipient Alzheimer’s that is creeping up on me. Get the good ideas out before I become a vegetable.

    I’ve not actually heard the voices of Drew or peiper. I’ve heard mine, and I can’t believe it’s me. I’ve got this Mid-Western drawl/accent that I’m unaware of when speaking.

    I start the researching the tech part. I already have software that will produce a decent podcast. It will allow me to edit the farts out. No problem.

    Getting me, Drew, and peiper on the phone over the internet at the same mutually inconvenient time is the problem.

    Speaking of the time difference; Peiper, you’re at what? GMT 0? I’m at GMT -5, I think, depending on Daylight Savings Time. Drew? Are you at -5? or -4? (and if either of you does’t know what that means, look it up!)

    Format? Up for discussion. I advise that we run tests. Say one topic, keep the total time to about 15 minutes.

    So, Drew and peiper are open to the idea. I only see Fenway supporting it. Would any other BMEWS members be interested?

    (did anyone catch the Monty Python reference?)

    Posted by Christopher    United States   02/18/2011  at  04:26 PM  

  5. I think you are GMT -6 Chris, Drew is -5, and Peiper is 0, if my math is correct.
    Podcasts aren’t hard, it’s just the coordination between so many time zones. It is best done with an engineer separate from the talkers, as that can get distracting.
    I know you can handle the work Peiper, you are more intelligent than 3/4 of the people who run podcasts as are Drew and Chris.
    As far as the timezones, doing a prerecording would be an option, or a weekend, say at 1 for Chris, 2 for Drew and 7 for Peiper. A big question.. Would Drew’s model-T computer handle the software? I don’t know the specs for Peiper’s or Chris’ either.
    (can you tell I am bucking for engineer?)
    Speed is important too.. too low of a latency could make artifacts. Microphone is also important, as is Absolute Time, bumper music, You may want earphones so the feedback is low.
    A jingle would be nice too. Do we have a delay (if live)… Lots of questions.

    Voluntary participation from the principals would be nice as well…

    Just a few thoughts..

    Posted by Doctor DETH    United States   02/18/2011  at  09:58 PM  

  6. Oh, are we talking a podcast conversations? Individual rants could just be recorded and displayed. I’ve got some sound software on this old boat anchor somewhere, and I think there’s a boom mic hunting dust bunnies somewhere underneath the desk here. Haven’t seen it in half a decade.

    Posted by Drew458    United States   02/18/2011  at  11:51 PM  

  7. Actually, I think just random conversations edited for length (get rid of the dead air) would be good too, that way it could be done when it is done with music / bumpers added later. Not specifically a real talk show, but an info show.
    Talks about politics, guns, girls, cooking, freedom and books plus whatever crosses the neurons.
    As far as how you sound, I used to worry until I heard Michael Savage on the radio…

    Posted by Doctor DETH    United States   02/19/2011  at  05:01 AM  

  8. Hi DD

    System Info. Not that I have a clue what all it means. Some I do.

    OS Version: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Service Pack 3, 32 bit
    Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz, x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 3
    Processor Count: 2
    RAM: 3710 Mb
    Graphics Card: RADEON X300 SE 128MB HyperMemory, 128 Mb
    Hard Drives: C: Total - 73163 MB, Free - 52828 MB;
    Motherboard: Dell Inc.  , 0WG261, , ..CN698615CP01D3.

    Posted by peiper    United Kingdom   02/19/2011  at  05:54 AM  

  9. Actually, that’s exactly what I mean.
    You are well equipped for it, depending on bandwidth. I won’t even laugh at it’s Dellness smile
    Seems to be a fairly recent system, maybe 2 years old or so at most, seeing that it’s a dual core with plenty of memory and X300 video.
    Do you have a microphone and maybe some headphones? Preferably both?

    Posted by Doctor DETH    United States   02/19/2011  at  07:06 AM  

  10. DD:

    Podcasts aren’t hard, it’s just the coordination between so many time zones. It is best done with an engineer separate from the talkers, as that can get distracting.
    I know you can handle the work Peiper, you are more intelligent than 3/4 of the people who run podcasts as are Drew and Chris.

    Just speaking for myself, I think you err in the wrong direction. I’ll only say that I’ve (usually) shown a fairly quick learning curve. Which fails me with marriage/wife/etc…

    As for engineers, that’s obviously something in the future. Who would volunteer to do that for nothing? Other than the idiot who had the ‘bolt out of the blue’ idea? Closest I ever came to being an ‘engineer’ was in the Navy. I qualified RO/SRO/EO/SEO/Throttleman. Was working on EWS when I was Honorably discharged.

    As far as the timezones, doing a prerecording would be an option, or a weekend, say at 1 for Chris, 2 for Drew and 7 for Peiper. A big question.. Would Drew’s model-T computer handle the software? I don’t know the specs for Peiper’s or Chris’ either.

    I think I follow, as I considered just doing a ‘pre-recording’. (at least as a test.) IE; I ask questions, via email. Drew and peiper record audio replies. Could do it three-way. Each of them send the others questions and we all reply.

    I don’t know anything about Drew’s software. My iMac can handle it. I’ve also got a fairly decent microphone. And headphones. (if only so I don’t disturb the wife when I’m watching movies late at night.) I’m not using the built-in condenser mic. All Drew and peiper would need would be decent mics and the ability to record mp3 audio and send it to me. GarageBand can handle the splicing/editing.

    If nothing else, it’ll be another learning experience.

    Jingles? Let’s tackle the production problems first. Adding a jingle is easy. Agreeing on one might be hard… grin

    One other thing: I’m relying on the BMEWS community to participate! At least send in questions. As we get the hang of this we can add more…

    I don’t want to think about what I ultimately want yet. I want to get the basics going. Sure, I’d like Mr. Christian to show up and comment. But that’s for later.

    Posted by Christopher    United States   02/19/2011  at  10:01 AM  

  11. I prefer Audacity for my mixing needs… I can open multiple streams and sync and mix them seamlessly. Haven’t tried GarageBand, may have to try it as most of my mixing tends to be multitrack stuff, since it is nigh impossible to play drums, bass and keyboard at the same time, unless you are Blue Oyster Cult…

    Posted by Doctor DETH    United States   02/19/2011  at  10:43 AM  

  12. Audacity has the advantage of being freeware. I have that too, I just almost never use it.

    The last time I ever used any such software was Sound Studio. My old iMac 700SE, running MacOS 9, was being used to digitize my 400+ vinyl album collection. (I never finished the job, btw) Sound Studio was nice; I could separate the tracks, and I even got fairly proficient at cutting down the snap, crackle, and pops from playing vinyl albums.

    GarageBand comes preloaded on Macs these days. I even have a pdf on how to use GarageBand to edit podcasts. I think it was a how-to article on Lifehacker that I saved as a pdf. The only time I’ve actually used it was when I was trying to digitize some old VHS home movies. The digitizing went well, but the soundtracks were slightly off. I used GarageBand to rip the soundtracks, then reloaded everything into iMovie. Synched the video and sound there, and burned the results via iDVD. Complicated? Probably, but all the software came with my iMac. I didn’t have to pay extra for software.

    You sound much more knowledgeable about this than me. I’ve never tried multi-track stuff. Never had a need to. Mind if I pick your brains in the future? Just nibble a bit of brain here and there. I keep my zombie brain habit under strict control.

    Posted by Christopher    United States   02/19/2011  at  12:36 PM  

  13. As long as I don’t turn into a zombie, I don’t mind.
    I wouldn’t mind doing the engineering/sync stuff.. All it involves is giving everyone a cue, then adding a click track. If done right, I can make 3 different people sound like they are conversing in the same room. All it takes is 2 pass-throughs. One for original statements and one for rebuttals and any comments that the person wants to add.
    A lot of it is a lack of ambient noise, An echo free room, and a natural speaking voice.
    A minimum ability to act helps too. Make a question for another person sound like a question. For this there may be a few back and forths, for which may necessitate a live dialogue. I’m for using TeamSpeak. It may not have the best audio quality depending on the server, but for non-profit, it is free and a dynamic conversation would be more natural.
    TeamSpeak, for those not in the know, is a utility that allows people in games speak to each other while playing. It has low latency, can use servers other than their own, and has a recording mode.

    Posted by Doctor DETH    United States   02/19/2011  at  07:55 PM  

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