{"id":36618,"date":"2026-09-13T17:57:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T00:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/?p=36618"},"modified":"2026-09-13T17:57:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T00:57:25","slug":"nc-1114","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/nc-1114\/","title":{"rendered":"NC #1114 EQ for Audiobooks, Goodbye Mac mini, Hello Desk Space, Security Bits"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, September 13, 2026, and this is show number 1114.<\/p>\n

Before we get started, I want to tell everyone there will be no live show next week on 20 September<\/em><\/strong>. We’re off to Canada for the weekend to see Lindsay the Daughter, who is temporarily working up there, and we get to hang out with friend of the show and friend of ours, Steven Goetz! We’re super excited, but this means I’m going to try to get the show out on Wednesday the 16th of September, which will be a bit of a challenge!<\/p>\n

mp3 download<\/a><\/p>\n

Articles<\/h3>\n

Audiobook Audio (V3) Part 10: EQ for Audiobooks<\/a><\/h4>\n

We’re going to start out with Eddie Tonkoi’s final installment (for a while at least) of his wonderful series on how to record and produce an audiobook. I wanted to explain two things. He’s going to be talking about EQ, but he doesn’t define that term. EQ is short for equalization; the process of adjusting the volume of specific frequency ranges within an audio signal.<\/p>\n

The other thing I wanted to explain is that you’ll hear him describe three test versions of how he applies EQ. But then you’ll hear him describe the three tests again, and then a third time. He’s using his description of the tests as the audio tests themselves, which confused me until I heard the third of the tests, which sounded very different from the first two.<\/p>\n

The tests very likely won’t survive the processing I send the audio through, so I’ll put the original clips into his blog post so you can hear the difference. With that, let’s let Eddie explain how he’s using EQ.<\/p>\n

Goodbye Mac mini, Hello Desk Space<\/a><\/h4>\n

Support the Show<\/a><\/h3>\n

One way you can support the show is by using one of my referral links. Just last month, a kind and anonymous NosillaCastaway remembered to do just that when they signed up for Setapp. They got a free month, and so did I!<\/p>\n

You might wonder how they found the Setapp referral link and what other referral links I may have available. There’s a whole bunch of ways you can find out. On podfeet.com, one of the big red buttons says “support the show”. This button simply scrolls the page down till you see all of the different options. One of them is a cute icon I got from The Noun Project of someone handing someone else a bag of money, and it says Referral Links.<\/p>\n

Too hard? Every single podcast episode has embedded shownotes for your podcatcher, and the referral links are all listed there. Still too hard? The chapter link for this very panhandling segment goes to the same referral links page.<\/p>\n

Thank you so much to whoever bought Setapp and helped me save some money!<\/p>\n

Security Bits \u2014 12 September 2026<\/a><\/h4>\n

Transcript of NC_2026_09_13<\/a><\/h4>\n

That’s going to wind this up for this week. Did you know you can email me at allison@podfeet.com<\/a> any time you like? If you have a question or a suggestion, just send it on over. Remember, everything good starts with podfeet.com. You can follow me on Mastodon at podfeet.com\/mastodon<\/a>. If you want to actually see Steve and my podcast work on YouTube, you can go to podfeet.com\/youtube<\/a>. If you want to join the conversation, you can join our Slack community at podfeet.com\/slack<\/a> where you can talk to me and all of the other lovely NosillaCastaways. You can support the show at podfeet.com\/patreon<\/a> or with a one-time donation at podfeet.com\/donate<\/a> with Apple Pay or any credit card, or through podfeet.com\/paypal<\/a> or using one of my referral links like our lovely anonymous NosillaCastaway.\u00a0 And if you want to join in the fun of the live show, you’ll have to wait until 27 September to head on over to podfeet.com\/live<\/a> on Sunday nights at 5 PM Pacific Time and join the friendly and enthusiastic NosillaCastaways.\u00a0\u00a0Thanks for listening, and stay subscribed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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