Comments on: I’ve got podcast studio envy

By: Ed Driscoll.com

Ed Driscoll.com — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:57:36 +0000

Podcast Studios: Taking The Middle Ground…

Eying the vacationing Glenn Reynolds’ slick Insta-studio, Neo-Neocon writes that she’s got “podcast studio envy”, and posts a photo of her more minimalist rig. My setup? Somewhere between the two, I’d say. Here is a triptych to give you an……

By: douglas

douglas — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 08:44:36 +0000

Wow, looked at the site that provided the panels to Reynolds- at $260 PER PANEL, I think your studio looks BEAUTIFUL, Neo.

By: Mike Sierra

Mike Sierra — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:58:50 +0000

I was also wondering if your desk was unnaturally short. So I guess Jefferson never suffered from RSI or deep vein thrombosis.

By: neo-neocon

neo-neocon — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 18:14:26 +0000

Greg Staples: I do have trouble with the quality of Hot Recorder–not just the volume levels, but lots of interference (clicks, metallic sounds, all sorts of things). Sometimes Hot Recorder has even failed to record on one track (mine) and yet has recorded just fine on the other track, leaving big gaping audio holes I have to fill in.

I record with three other people regularly, and I’ve been told the more people you add on Skype the more the signal can degrade. However, so far it’s still worked well enough to be pretty intelligible for the podcasts. As for their intelligence–well, that’s the Sanity Squad’s responsibility.

rivlax: you are a shrewd observer. I stand and sit, both. But I probably stand more than sit. Like Jefferson .

Jim–the microphone is off-camera; it was feeling shy that day. It’s just a regular headset with a mic that you plug into the computer.

By: Greg Staples

Greg Staples — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:46:18 +0000

I do a podcast using Skype and I have a really hard time keeping the volume levels constant. I see that Hot Recorder has two channels. Have you recorded with more than two people? Any suggestions for keeping the audio levels balanced?

By: rivlax

rivlax — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:27:49 +0000

Do you stand up when you type? Everything’s elevated on books.

By: Steve Rosenbach

Steve Rosenbach — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:19:07 +0000

Hi Neo,

I love the books-cum-monitor stand!

I just bought a pair of 17″ Samsung LCD monitors – very cheap after rebate and very nice video, but with stands that have absolutely no adjustment.

I only wish I could say my books-as-monitor-adjustment were as elegant as yours. I used several “previous version” programming books.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:28:43 +0000

Where is the microphone? Is it built into the computer?

By: Ennuipundit

Ennuipundit — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:01:02 +0000

Hi Neo,
I enjoy Glenn and Helen’s podcasts, quite a bit in fact. And I always look forward to Austin Bay’s week in review. But the low-tech Sanity Squad is the highest quality in podcast. The content is the key and the discussions never fail to enlighten and entertain. Keep it simple, and keep it going!

By: neo-neocon

neo-neocon — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 04:29:29 +0000

Well, guy in pajamas, just my light verse.

Underneath the Poet’s Market, by the way, is The Western Tradition: From the Renaissance to the Atomic Age.