LRRcast for Fun with Microwaves 2

Talk about this week's LRRcast and what you'd like to see in future ones.
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LRRcast for Fun with Microwaves 2

Postby Graham » 01 Mar 2009, 00:00

Yay!

So, what do you all think of it, sound wise?

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Postby Vaughn » 01 Mar 2009, 00:05

I love how its much more balanced now.

And matt doesnt have a reason to yell anymore!
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Postby Godzpunchingbag » 01 Mar 2009, 00:10

I do like how much more balance it is and you guys are much easier to hear. my only compliant was Matt and Tim seem a little quiet. It sounds like Graham and Paul are using different microphones then everyone else.

Edit: I would love to see pictures of the new podcast setup.
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Postby Matt » 01 Mar 2009, 00:50

pictures are up on the bloooog.

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Postby Tim » 01 Mar 2009, 01:00

Graham and Paul didn't have to share mics, so they were able to be closer to them.
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Postby Kdz » 01 Mar 2009, 01:35

I said it in the blog, but to reiterate:

Condensor mics, for reals. You no longer have the problems of being too far away to be heard (I've picked up ridiculous amounts of noise from so far away on those things).

You might be able to get away with just one in the center of a table. This way everyone is the same distance away, so the sound stays even, but you don't have the other problems you've got right now.

The vocal quality is a tad worse than before, but the evening of sound makes this more than acceptable.
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Postby Tank_girl » 01 Mar 2009, 01:39

I found things quite quiet.
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Postby Graham » 01 Mar 2009, 02:12

Kdz wrote:Condensor mics, for reals.

We keep trying different condensor mics, and none of them are anywhere near as loud as the one on the laptop. Which blows our mind.
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Postby forkbomb! » 01 Mar 2009, 02:25

Hmmm... it's kind of a step sideways. The balance is better, but the tone is muddier. Graham's got a real sexy proximity-effect going on there; dipping the 80hz band on the Eurorack will help that. I really don't think a bunch of dynamic mics is the best solution for a group podcast. Now that you've got a mixer with phantom power, I should really just give you one of my omnidirectional mics (your built-in laptop mic was probably omnidirectional). Like, seriously, want it?

The other thing is that dropping the encoding rate to 40kbps CBR really hurts the quality. I highly recommend using LAME -V6 or -V7, which will yield an mp3 that's only about 40% bigger, but will sound about 10 times better.
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Postby Doctor Insanovic » 01 Mar 2009, 02:26

Yeah, I thought it was a bit too quiet myself. I had to put my speakers to max power to get a decent volume. Still, apart from that it was good. It was very even, as ohers have already mentioned.
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Postby Unlucky » 01 Mar 2009, 02:48

Graham wrote:We keep trying different condensor mics, and none of them are anywhere near as loud as the one on the laptop. Which blows our mind.

I have the same problem. Bloody hell, my headset mic is louder than my tv mic. There's something terribly screwed up there. >.> At least for my computer. On my camera it works a beaut.
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Postby Graham » 01 Mar 2009, 03:21

forkbomb! wrote:The other thing is that dropping the encoding rate to 40kbps CBR really hurts the quality.

Yikes!
That was a mistake. We usually encode the podcasts at 64kbps.

And... I'll gladly take one of those mics if you're for serious...



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Postby Joshua » 01 Mar 2009, 03:35

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Postby Emperor Gum » 01 Mar 2009, 05:13

I appreciate that you're trying to improve the audio quality of the LRRcasts, but all it really needs is to be doubled in volume in wavepad or something. Besides, it seems you've spent alot of money on it, wouldn't it be better spent on something else? Having said that, this week sounded better to me.

Also Matt, I've been collecting the Runners pics, so you can download them all (including some not in the thread) here, in case you haven't got round to it yet.
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Postby tak197 » 01 Mar 2009, 06:25

Graham wrote:As we slowly build a sound studio from donated parts.


You just need a room with eggcrate foam mattress toppers and stuff, then you have your booth.

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Postby iamafish » 01 Mar 2009, 07:34

can someone link me to the 'how to become a runner' vid they mentioned in the podcast, which was awesome btw
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Postby Emperor Gum » 01 Mar 2009, 08:24

iamafish wrote:can someone link me to the 'how to become a runner' vid they mentioned in the podcast, which was awesome btw

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Postby iamafish » 01 Mar 2009, 08:30

thank you
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Postby concupiscentcrustacean » 01 Mar 2009, 08:58

if all shows get worse when they go into space, then wouldn't a prequel to star trek, before they were in space, be the best show ever.
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Postby Master Gunner » 01 Mar 2009, 09:20

....What everybody else said about the sound quality.
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Postby Cake » 01 Mar 2009, 09:56

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Postby Master Gunner » 01 Mar 2009, 10:15

Also, Paul is correct, there was in fact such a thing as Metric Time instituted after the French Revolution, but it ended up been too confusing.
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Postby Lyinginbedmon » 01 Mar 2009, 10:27

Well smeg.
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Postby Emperor Gum » 01 Mar 2009, 11:25

Having the heart and soul of a true Runner: priceless. For the rest of that outfit, there's mastercard.
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Postby Doctor Insanovic » 01 Mar 2009, 12:31

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