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subego
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Apr 10, 2016, 12:15 PM
 
Yeah... I'm that desperate for new podcasts.

I like this week's episode so far. Enjoyable hearing MacNN history.

It's odd to hear people say MacNN. I'm used to it being purely written.

I'll hopefully have more commentary once I've finished the episode.


Episode title should have been: Hey, Flock of Seagulls.
     
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Apr 10, 2016, 12:40 PM
 
We do two a week. The Monday-one is Charles and I. William and Malcolm do MacNN UK on Wednesday or Thursday.

Fun fact? Both Charles and I did radio in the eighties and nineties, and multiple other podcasts other than just MacNN. William did a DVD review podcast for AGES in the aughts.
     
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Apr 10, 2016, 12:53 PM
 
You can tell. There's a "relaxed" thing which only happens with people who know what they're doing.

However... one of you either needs a better mic, or something cushy to cut down on the boom.

It may be you.

I can hook you up with a Heil or an RE20 if that would help.
     
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Apr 10, 2016, 03:51 PM
 
It's probably me, and there's multiple issues going on with that. Kids screwed up my sock, and I haven't had a chance to replace it.

I've got a Blue Snowball at the moment.
     
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Apr 10, 2016, 06:15 PM
 
Sock?
     
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Apr 10, 2016, 07:31 PM
 


Sock. I don't know why we called it that at the radio station, but it's all I call it. Just stuck.
     
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Apr 10, 2016, 08:00 PM
 
Img is busted...
     
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Apr 10, 2016, 08:32 PM
 
Ah... gotcha. I'll reboot my phone and see if that clears the image cache (edit: it didn't... weird).

That shouldn't have an effect either way on the boomy sound, and you weren't popping at all.

Annoying-ass, but required question: could it have been accidentally knocked off of cardioid into omni?
     
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Apr 10, 2016, 09:34 PM
 
Originally Posted by subego View Post
Ah... gotcha. I'll reboot my phone and see if that clears the image cache (edit: it didn't... weird).

That shouldn't have an effect either way on the boomy sound, and you weren't popping at all.

Annoying-ass, but required question: could it have been accidentally knocked off of cardioid into omni?
That's model that the kids destroyed is actually a plosion screen, less a sibilance one. I find it helps, but with all the other fires, this one isn't burning hot enough to kill me yet.

Re: settings. The kids like switches, so I check before every recording.
     
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Apr 10, 2016, 09:52 PM
 
Everybody likes switches.
     
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Apr 11, 2016, 05:04 AM
 
Originally Posted by Mike Wuerthele View Post


Sock. I don't know why we called it that at the radio station, but it's all I call it. Just stuck.
IIRC, it used to be a real sock - a big, woolly sock, thread over the microphone itself - that was used for the same purpose. It developed over time into that thing in the picture but the name stuck.

This podcast does sound interesting. Will have to give it a try.
The new Mac Pro has up to 30 MB of cache inside the processor itself. That's more than the HD in my first Mac. Somehow I'm still running out of space.
     
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Apr 11, 2016, 08:44 AM
 
Well, that explains why the station called it a sock, then.
     
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Apr 11, 2016, 03:07 PM
 
Originally Posted by Mike Wuerthele View Post
That's model that the kids destroyed is actually a plosion screen, less a sibilance one. I find it helps, but with all the other fires, this one isn't burning hot enough to kill me yet.

Re: settings. The kids like switches, so I check before every recording.
Well, should you want to audition some different gear, I'd be glad to hook you up!

Post some pics of your podcasting setup!

And... there's a conspicuous absence in this thread of your partner in crime. Does he always snub his fans like this?
     
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Apr 11, 2016, 03:14 PM
 
I just don't think he's found the thread yet.

Regarding podcasting setups. Ask Malcolm about the Podcast Bucket®
     
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Apr 11, 2016, 03:27 PM
 
Malcolm... tell us about the Podcast Bucket®!
     
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Apr 11, 2016, 06:00 PM
 
Oh hello! Thanks kindly to those who have been listening. For the record, I used a Snowball for the longest time, but then graduated (ie got a budget for) the Yeti, which is what I use now. My "sock" is more the traditional kind, a snug over-mic round thing of black foam (but I also have a spit/pop screen -- the proper name for the pictured item Mike posted -- though I'm not using it, as I have a sock).

Subego, you are totally correct: that episode should have been called "Hey, Flock of Seagulls!"
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Apr 11, 2016, 06:06 PM
 
The Podcast Bucket is based on an idea I found online for a miniature recording booth but on the cheap. My previous office space was tiny and with no soft furnishings, making it one heck of an echo chamber and making the audio for earlier recordings funkier than James Brown eating brie.
My own version, which cost less than £20, consists of a plastic storage tub and some mutilated mattress topper foam, stuck on with spray glue. The plastic tub is more than large enough to hold the mic, stand, and other cabling when on the move, and I kept the lid so the cats don't use it as a bed.
I'm sure I can get hold of a similar shield of sorts through The Amazons, but this works pretty well for my needs.
     
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Apr 11, 2016, 06:35 PM
 
And lo, the bucket in action...

Clarification: The bucket, with a Blue Snowball on a cheap mic stand and with a cheap pop filter. Audio back to me is fed through an ancient because the Mac mini's wiring is a mess (I have to disconnect the external drive to stop it from backing up during recordings because of interference...) and won't be sorted until I move to a new home instead of this temporary office. Stories are put on that screen, while another screen to the right monitors the Skype call, work chatroom, and Audacity. The iPad Pro on display has yet to be used for podcast recordings...
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Apr 13, 2016, 02:09 PM
 
If it works, that's what counts. Doesn't matter if it has a "face for radio".

I listened to the most recent UK podcast before I listened to the US one, and felt like I came in right as crazy shit was blowing up. If it wouldn't be too annoying and/or complicated to give a quick explanation, just WTH is going on?
     
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Apr 13, 2016, 05:17 PM
 
Which crazy shit, the MacBundler saga?
     
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Apr 13, 2016, 05:28 PM
 
Yes!
     
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Apr 13, 2016, 06:22 PM
 
Yeah, there's too much to recap in one 30 minute episode, I'm afraid. We did pretty well in this week's main episode with a recap.
     
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Apr 14, 2016, 12:57 PM
 
Was that the anniversary episode, or has there been one since?
     
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Apr 14, 2016, 02:51 PM
 
? The one on this last Monday?

One More Thing, with Malcolm and William: Thursday morning.
Main MacNN Podcast, generally with Mike and Charles: Monday early evening.
     
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Apr 14, 2016, 03:00 PM
 
I was hoping you would post the schedule.

I started my MacNN podcast experience last Saturday, when the most recent episode was the anniversary two-fer (Apple and MacNN), "Hey, Flock of Seagulls" episode.

I hadn't finished it, so I thought maybe the recap was in that episode.
     
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Apr 14, 2016, 04:12 PM
 
The recap is in this week's Monday's episode, from the 11th.
     
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Apr 14, 2016, 04:14 PM
 
I gotcha from the last post.

I was only trying to explain where my question came from.
     
   
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