Doug was one of the founding forces behind podcasting (his podcast was the second one created!) He founded The Conversations Network in 2002 with the intent of coordinating a global team of volunteer podcasters to capture and publish lectures, seminars, and other significant events that would otherwise go unrecorded. Out of The Conversations Network came […]
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The Levelator – It’s Baaaack!
Before and After The Levelator In the earliest days of podcasting, a company called The Conversations Network had a show that used volunteers to record segments for the show. An unfortunate side effect of having all these different contributors was that the volume of the recordings was very uneven. At the Podcast Expo in 2005, […]
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I used to have a mixer back in my earliest days of podcasting (circa 2007) but I got rid of it because I didn’t really understand it. When I gave up my mixer I started using Audio Hijack from Rogue Amoeba to do everything I needed. I asked Anthony Lemos of Audio Aperture Media to […]
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CES 2020: Shure MV88+ Video Kit for Portable Recording
Allison interviews Laura Clapp Davidson from Shure about their MV88+ Video Kit. This kit is designed for portable audio and video recording for podcasting, vlogging, and content creation and is centered around the portable MV88+ stereo condenser microphone. The kit includes a Manfrotto PIXI tripod, mobile phone clamp and mount as well as iOS and […]
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Macstock 2019: Creativity – Make Your Own Adventure Game
When Mike Potter said the theme of Macstock 2019 would be “Create!” Allison was disappointed because she believed she was not at all artistic or musical so she didn’t think she was creative. Then she realized that there are all kinds of creativity, and creating a podcast each week is a form of creativity. In […]
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CES 2019: Blue Ember XLR Microphone
Allison interviews Hillary Money Lyle from Blue about their new Ember XLR condenser microphone. The Ember mic is ideal for live-streaming and for recording podcasts, music for online distribution, and sound for YouTube videos. Featuring a hand-tuned condenser capsule and a consistent frequency response with ultra-low noise, Ember captures a rich, smooth vocal sound. Ember’s […]
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This week I’m joined by Darren Carr, host of the Mac Quadcast. Darren is an Apple blogger and podcaster and he’s also paralyzed from the neck down. We spend a bit of time talking about how on earth he does all of this. Just learning how he types 20-30 words per minute using only his […]
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This week Tom Merritt, host of the Daily Tech News Show, (and co-host of Cordkillers, Sword & Laser and Current Geek) joins us to talk about the importance of the community to his podcast. We’ll explore how he created such a thriving and participative community, what it means to him, what it would be like […]
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NC #679 NosillaCast Turns 13, Doorbell Tells on UPS, mimoLive, Airplane Noise Solved with Audio Hijack, Array Reference in Excel, Snapthread
We celebrate 13 years of podcasting (on the 13th), I tell the story of how my doorbell informed us that our UPS had died. We hear the interview with Boinx from NAB, and I’ll explain how Rogue Amoeba’s Audio Hijack solved two problems on an airplane. I get my Excel geek on when I solve […]
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Why Not Overcast?
I knew this would happen. As soon as I started answering Rush’s Dumb Question last week about why I was using Downcast when I said I used Pocket Casts as my podcatcher of choice, I knew someone would come back with, “but what about Overcast?” What I didn’t foresee though was how many of you […]
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