Hiya! Thanks for the recommendation. I currently use a fair few studio mics,
which is why I really like the look of the H4n, which seems to basically be a H4
with a rubber body, slightly more features I will never use, better preamps and
another microphone setup. I'm not hugely sure about the 30V phantom power on the
H4 so I would likely bite the bullet and grab a H4n.

I would love to take you up on your offer, but that wouldn't leave me enough
time to get it in time for D*C. Maybe we might bump into eachother at one of the
panels anyway? I hope they do the Podcast Track.

Thanks again,
Cian.
--- In podcasters@yahoogroups.com, Calvin Powers <calvin@...> wrote:
>
> I first owned the Edirol R-09 (not the HR). I loved it. Very simple, very
> small and easy to take into the field for point and record situations.
> Despite being made of plastic, it was very sturdy. I used it for several
> year until I dropped it one too many times on the concrete and it finally
> died.
>
> I then bought the Zoom H4 (not H4n). It's got many more bells and whistles.
> I love the built in compressor and I love the XLR inputs. The downside of it
> is that it's bigger and more expensive and a little more precarious when
> taking it into the field. But at the same time, it's like having a mini
> mixer and compressor in your hand.
>
> I heartily recommend both just depends on which one fits your particular
> needs better. I am a hobbyist and don't have a sensitive ear to recording
> quality. But as far as I can tell, both do a good job recording voice and
> music suitable for podcasting. Both are great for going into panel
> discussions at places like dragon con and recording a panel discussion or
> interviewing someone in a noisy convention hall. So for basic podcast, I'd
> say you can't go wrong with either.
>
> If you forced me to choose one over the other, I'd go with the H4 because
> the XLR input gives you the possibility of using higher grade microphones
> with it. For my podcast, I am recording my talk sets using a Heil PR-40
> microphone going straight into the H4. I have the "mono mix" turned on that
> splits the microphone into both stereo channels and I have the vocal
> compression turned on. It sounds great.  So the H4 might be a better loing
> term investment if you are going to see yourself investing in professional
> or semi-professional level microphones down the road.
>
> I'll be bringing my H4 to dragon con and will be attending lots of the
> panels, so I'd be glad to let yu check it out if you want to.
>
> Calvin Powers
> Taproot Music Feed podcast
> www.taprootradio.com

Here is a deal on a portable recorder
http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/item/TAS-DR-07-BUNDLE

Sent from my iPhone

On May 9, 2010, at 2:24 PM, "cianmacmahon" <cianmm@...> wrote:

> Hiya! Thanks for the recommendation. I currently use a fair few studio mics,
which is why I really like the look of the H4n, which seems to basically be a H4
with a rubber body, slightly more features I will never use, better preamps and
another microphone setup. I'm not hugely sure about the 30V phantom power on the
H4 so I would likely bite the bullet and grab a H4n.
>
> I would love to take you up on your offer, but that wouldn't leave me enough
time to get it in time for D*C. Maybe we might bump into eachother at one of the
panels anyway? I hope they do the Podcast Track.
>
> Thanks again,
> Cian.
> --- In podcasters@yahoogroups.com, Calvin Powers <calvin@...> wrote:
> >
> > I first owned the Edirol R-09 (not the HR). I loved it. Very simple, very
> > small and easy to take into the field for point and record situations.
> > Despite being made of plastic, it was very sturdy. I used it for several
> > year until I dropped it one too many times on the concrete and it finally
> > died.
> >
> > I then bought the Zoom H4 (not H4n). It's got many more bells and whistles.
> > I love the built in compressor and I love the XLR inputs. The downside of it
> > is that it's bigger and more expensive and a little more precarious when
> > taking it into the field. But at the same time, it's like having a mini
> > mixer and compressor in your hand.
> >
> > I heartily recommend both just depends on which one fits your particular
> > needs better. I am a hobbyist and don't have a sensitive ear to recording
> > quality. But as far as I can tell, both do a good job recording voice and
> > music suitable for podcasting. Both are great for going into panel
> > discussions at places like dragon con and recording a panel discussion or
> > interviewing someone in a noisy convention hall. So for basic podcast, I'd
> > say you can't go wrong with either.
> >
> > If you forced me to choose one over the other, I'd go with the H4 because
> > the XLR input gives you the possibility of using higher grade microphones
> > with it. For my podcast, I am recording my talk sets using a Heil PR-40
> > microphone going straight into the H4. I have the "mono mix" turned on that
> > splits the microphone into both stereo channels and I have the vocal
> > compression turned on. It sounds great. So the H4 might be a better loing
> > term investment if you are going to see yourself investing in professional
> > or semi-professional level microphones down the road.
> >
> > I'll be bringing my H4 to dragon con and will be attending lots of the
> > panels, so I'd be glad to let yu check it out if you want to.
> >
> > Calvin Powers
> > Taproot Music Feed podcast
> > www.taprootradio.com
>
>


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Even cheaper here:
http://www.bswusa.com/proditem.asp?item=DR07

On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 15:30, Ramble Redhead <rambleredhead@...>wrote:

>
>
> Here is a deal on a portable recorder
> http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/item/TAS-DR-07-BUNDLE
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
> On May 9, 2010, at 2:24 PM, "cianmacmahon"
<cianmm@...<cianmm%40gmail.com>>
> wrote:
>
> > Hiya! Thanks for the recommendation. I currently use a fair few studio
> mics, which is why I really like the look of the H4n, which seems to
> basically be a H4 with a rubber body, slightly more features I will never
> use, better preamps and another microphone setup. I'm not hugely sure about
> the 30V phantom power on the H4 so I would likely bite the bullet and grab a
> H4n.
> >
> > I would love to take you up on your offer, but that wouldn't leave me
> enough time to get it in time for D*C. Maybe we might bump into eachother at
> one of the panels anyway? I hope they do the Podcast Track.
> >
> > Thanks again,
> > Cian.
> > --- In podcasters@yahoogroups.com <podcasters%40yahoogroups.com>, Calvin
> Powers <calvin@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > I first owned the Edirol R-09 (not the HR). I loved it. Very simple,
> very
> > > small and easy to take into the field for point and record situations.
> > > Despite being made of plastic, it was very sturdy. I used it for
> several
> > > year until I dropped it one too many times on the concrete and it
> finally
> > > died.
> > >
> > > I then bought the Zoom H4 (not H4n). It's got many more bells and
> whistles.
> > > I love the built in compressor and I love the XLR inputs. The downside
> of it
> > > is that it's bigger and more expensive and a little more precarious
> when
> > > taking it into the field. But at the same time, it's like having a mini
> > > mixer and compressor in your hand.
> > >
> > > I heartily recommend both just depends on which one fits your
> particular
> > > needs better. I am a hobbyist and don't have a sensitive ear to
> recording
> > > quality. But as far as I can tell, both do a good job recording voice
> and
> > > music suitable for podcasting. Both are great for going into panel
> > > discussions at places like dragon con and recording a panel discussion
> or
> > > interviewing someone in a noisy convention hall. So for basic podcast,
> I'd
> > > say you can't go wrong with either.
> > >
> > > If you forced me to choose one over the other, I'd go with the H4
> because
> > > the XLR input gives you the possibility of using higher grade
> microphones
> > > with it. For my podcast, I am recording my talk sets using a Heil PR-40
> > > microphone going straight into the H4. I have the "mono mix" turned on
> that
> > > splits the microphone into both stereo channels and I have the vocal
> > > compression turned on. It sounds great. So the H4 might be a better
> loing
> > > term investment if you are going to see yourself investing in
> professional
> > > or semi-professional level microphones down the road.
> > >
> > > I'll be bringing my H4 to dragon con and will be attending lots of the
> > > panels, so I'd be glad to let yu check it out if you want to.
> > >
> > > Calvin Powers
> > > Taproot Music Feed podcast
> > > www.taprootradio.com
> >
> >
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>



--
Waleed Ovase
Executive Producer
Giant Gnome Productions
http://www.giantgnome.com
http://www.waleedovase.com
Twitter @waleedovase


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

The price on my link included recorder and all accessorries for $199

Sent from my iPhone

On May 9, 2010, at 3:50 PM, Waleed Ovase <americanbookmoghuls@...> wrote:

> Even cheaper here:
> http://www.bswusa.com/proditem.asp?item=DR07
>
> On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 15:30, Ramble Redhead <rambleredhead@...>wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Here is a deal on a portable recorder
>> http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/item/TAS-DR-07-BUNDLE
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>
>> On May 9, 2010, at 2:24 PM, "cianmacmahon"
<cianmm@...<cianmm%40gmail.com>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hiya! Thanks for the recommendation. I currently use a fair few studio
>> mics, which is why I really like the look of the H4n, which seems to
>> basically be a H4 with a rubber body, slightly more features I will never
>> use, better preamps and another microphone setup. I'm not hugely sure about
>> the 30V phantom power on the H4 so I would likely bite the bullet and grab a
>> H4n.
>>>
>>> I would love to take you up on your offer, but that wouldn't leave me
>> enough time to get it in time for D*C. Maybe we might bump into eachother at
>> one of the panels anyway? I hope they do the Podcast Track.
>>>
>>> Thanks again,
>>> Cian.
>>> --- In podcasters@yahoogroups.com <podcasters%40yahoogroups.com>, Calvin
>> Powers <calvin@...> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I first owned the Edirol R-09 (not the HR). I loved it. Very simple,
>> very
>>>> small and easy to take into the field for point and record situations.
>>>> Despite being made of plastic, it was very sturdy. I used it for
>> several
>>>> year until I dropped it one too many times on the concrete and it
>> finally
>>>> died.
>>>>
>>>> I then bought the Zoom H4 (not H4n). It's got many more bells and
>> whistles.
>>>> I love the built in compressor and I love the XLR inputs. The downside
>> of it
>>>> is that it's bigger and more expensive and a little more precarious
>> when
>>>> taking it into the field. But at the same time, it's like having a mini
>>>> mixer and compressor in your hand.
>>>>
>>>> I heartily recommend both just depends on which one fits your
>> particular
>>>> needs better. I am a hobbyist and don't have a sensitive ear to
>> recording
>>>> quality. But as far as I can tell, both do a good job recording voice
>> and
>>>> music suitable for podcasting. Both are great for going into panel
>>>> discussions at places like dragon con and recording a panel discussion
>> or
>>>> interviewing someone in a noisy convention hall. So for basic podcast,
>> I'd
>>>> say you can't go wrong with either.
>>>>
>>>> If you forced me to choose one over the other, I'd go with the H4
>> because
>>>> the XLR input gives you the possibility of using higher grade
>> microphones
>>>> with it. For my podcast, I am recording my talk sets using a Heil PR-40
>>>> microphone going straight into the H4. I have the "mono mix" turned on
>> that
>>>> splits the microphone into both stereo channels and I have the vocal
>>>> compression turned on. It sounds great. So the H4 might be a better
>> loing
>>>> term investment if you are going to see yourself investing in
>> professional
>>>> or semi-professional level microphones down the road.
>>>>
>>>> I'll be bringing my H4 to dragon con and will be attending lots of the
>>>> panels, so I'd be glad to let yu check it out if you want to.
>>>>
>>>> Calvin Powers
>>>> Taproot Music Feed podcast
>>>> www.taprootradio.com
>>>
>>>
>>
>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Waleed Ovase
> Executive Producer
> Giant Gnome Productions
> http://www.giantgnome.com
> http://www.waleedovase.com
> Twitter @waleedovase
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> YahooGroups Podcasters Links
>
> ------------------------------------
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>
>
>

The one from my link comes with ". It also comes with a windscreen, tripod
stand mount and 2GB SD card so you can start recording right away."

The only difference is that the one from Sound Professionals comes with some
kind of unnamed Headphone.


waleed

On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 16:35, Ramble Redhead <rambleredhead@...>wrote:

>
>
> The price on my link included recorder and all accessorries for $199
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
> On May 9, 2010, at 3:50 PM, Waleed Ovase
<americanbookmoghuls@...<americanbookmoghuls%40gmail.com>>
> wrote:
>
> > Even cheaper here:
> > http://www.bswusa.com/proditem.asp?item=DR07
> >
> > On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 15:30, Ramble Redhead
<rambleredhead@...<rambleredhead%40gmail.com>
> >wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> Here is a deal on a portable recorder
> >> http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/item/TAS-DR-07-BUNDLE
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPhone
> >>
> >>
> >> On May 9, 2010, at 2:24 PM, "cianmacmahon"
<cianmm@...<cianmm%40gmail.com>
> <cianmm%40gmail.com>>
>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hiya! Thanks for the recommendation. I currently use a fair few studio
> >> mics, which is why I really like the look of the H4n, which seems to
> >> basically be a H4 with a rubber body, slightly more features I will
> never
> >> use, better preamps and another microphone setup. I'm not hugely sure
> about
> >> the 30V phantom power on the H4 so I would likely bite the bullet and
> grab a
> >> H4n.
> >>>
> >>> I would love to take you up on your offer, but that wouldn't leave me
> >> enough time to get it in time for D*C. Maybe we might bump into
> eachother at
> >> one of the panels anyway? I hope they do the Podcast Track.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks again,
> >>> Cian.
> >>> --- In podcasters@yahoogroups.com
<podcasters%40yahoogroups.com><podcasters%
> 40yahoogroups.com>, Calvin
>
> >> Powers <calvin@...> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> I first owned the Edirol R-09 (not the HR). I loved it. Very simple,
> >> very
> >>>> small and easy to take into the field for point and record situations.
> >>>> Despite being made of plastic, it was very sturdy. I used it for
> >> several
> >>>> year until I dropped it one too many times on the concrete and it
> >> finally
> >>>> died.
> >>>>
> >>>> I then bought the Zoom H4 (not H4n). It's got many more bells and
> >> whistles.
> >>>> I love the built in compressor and I love the XLR inputs. The downside
> >> of it
> >>>> is that it's bigger and more expensive and a little more precarious
> >> when
> >>>> taking it into the field. But at the same time, it's like having a
> mini
> >>>> mixer and compressor in your hand.
> >>>>
> >>>> I heartily recommend both just depends on which one fits your
> >> particular
> >>>> needs better. I am a hobbyist and don't have a sensitive ear to
> >> recording
> >>>> quality. But as far as I can tell, both do a good job recording voice
> >> and
> >>>> music suitable for podcasting. Both are great for going into panel
> >>>> discussions at places like dragon con and recording a panel discussion
> >> or
> >>>> interviewing someone in a noisy convention hall. So for basic podcast,
> >> I'd
> >>>> say you can't go wrong with either.
> >>>>
> >>>> If you forced me to choose one over the other, I'd go with the H4
> >> because
> >>>> the XLR input gives you the possibility of using higher grade
> >> microphones
> >>>> with it. For my podcast, I am recording my talk sets using a Heil
> PR-40
> >>>> microphone going straight into the H4. I have the "mono mix" turned on
> >> that
> >>>> splits the microphone into both stereo channels and I have the vocal
> >>>> compression turned on. It sounds great. So the H4 might be a better
> >> loing
> >>>> term investment if you are going to see yourself investing in
> >> professional
> >>>> or semi-professional level microphones down the road.
> >>>>
> >>>> I'll be bringing my H4 to dragon con and will be attending lots of the
> >>>> panels, so I'd be glad to let yu check it out if you want to.
> >>>>
> >>>> Calvin Powers
> >>>> Taproot Music Feed podcast
> >>>> www.taprootradio.com
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Waleed Ovase
> > Executive Producer
> > Giant Gnome Productions
> > http://www.giantgnome.com
> > http://www.waleedovase.com
> > Twitter @waleedovase
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > YahooGroups Podcasters Links
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>



--
Waleed Ovase
Executive Producer
Giant Gnome Productions
http://www.giantgnome.com
http://www.waleedovase.com
Twitter @waleedovase


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I decided to go for the Zoom H4n that I found on eBay. Will update with my
thoughts, and if the seller is a good one, will post the link in case anybody
else is considering one. Until I have a fully working recorder in my hands in
less then 7 days though, you will have to search for it.

Thanks again for the help!
Cian

They essentially seem to just be a fascade which uses Archive.org for the real
storage. There's no need to use them. It's easier just to use Archive.org
directly.

--- In podcasters@yahoogroups.com, Ben Straw <Nebula1183@...> wrote:
>
> From the look of it they use Archive.org as there partner and storage servers.
try looking there.
>
>  Benjamin Straw - CEO Qetuo Media

> From: Rick Garrett <IndyRick@...>
> To: podcasters@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tue, April 20, 2010 5:49:57 PM
> Subject: [podcasters] Question about OurMedia.org
>
>
> Hello, everyone!  BTW, thanks to the responses to my introduction.
>
> I found out about OurMedia.org, and thought it might be an option for me.  I
> uploaded a couple of test files  (music).  Upload went fine, and after a
> bit, I got the email notification that the files were published.
>
> I can't find the files using the link provided in the emails to find the
> files, nor can I find them by searching by the file name.
>
> Anyone out there using Ourmedia.org that can give me some tips?
>
> Thanks so much,
>
> Rick Garrett
>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

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First post and longtime subscriber.

Hello everyone! I currently run a podcast website.  I love it!!! My shows are
recording at 96 kHz/32-bit Stereo.  We want to make sure we have the BEST sound
quality for our shows.  I am currently putting out 3 versions of the shows: 320
VBR 48 kHz Joint Stereo, 128 VBR 44.1 kHz Stereo, and 64 VBR 22.05 kHz mono.  Is
there a way to use "lame" and have a .bat file to make each of the formats?  I
currently use iTunes for the rips, but an automated process would be great!!! 
If I could even get a flac rip for the other host that would be awesome as well!
I am open for suggestions as well!!!

Thanks everyone!!!

Here is my current setup:

Dell Inspiron 6000 recording using Audition 1.5
Dell XPS m1730 using Skype

Behringer AMP800, FCA202, and xenyx802

(I am not using but have: Shure - scm262)

How can I setup a mix minus for Skype?  I appreciate ANY help!!!

Thanks!

Don't use VBR.  Ever.  In many players, it comes out
"chipmunked"--that is, too fast, often incomprehensibly so.  ALWAYS
use a constant bit rate.  There are also players that will put mono
files in just one channel; you don't want this to happen, either, so
always post joint stereo files.

The best settings are 128Kbps, 44.1 Khz, *joint* stereo.  If you need
to make a more compressed version to save file size, go to 96Kbps or
64Kbps if you really must.  That way your resulting file will be
playable in every single mp3 playing device on Earth.

On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 10:19 PM, Andrew Hughes <boober86@...> wrote:
> First post and longtime subscriber.
>
> Hello everyone! I currently run a podcast website.  I love it!!! My shows are
recording at 96 kHz/32-bit Stereo.  We want to make sure we have the BEST sound
quality for our shows.  I am currently putting out 3 versions of the shows: 320
VBR 48 kHz Joint Stereo, 128 VBR 44.1 kHz Stereo, and 64 VBR 22.05 kHz mono.  Is
there a way to use "lame" and have a .bat file to make each of the formats?  I
currently use iTunes for the rips, but an automated process would be great!!!
 If I could even get a flac rip for the other host that would be awesome as
well!  I am open for suggestions as well!!!
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To Nobilis's excellent advice I would only add two-and-a-half things:

1.) Yes, you can use LAME from the command line.  Just do lame --help
to see the options available to you.  For a reference point, here's
the command line I always used to encode Escape Pod episodes on my OS
X machine:

lame -q 1 -m j -b 96 --resample 44.1 --tt "(Episode title)" --tl
"Escape Pod" --ta "(Author name)" --ty 2010 EPxxx.aiff EPxxx.mp3

Those options are:
  -q 1: quality setting
  -m j: joint stereo (which is *the* option to use, whether your source
is mono or stereo)
  -b 96: bitrate (my podcast was mostly narrative, not music, so I felt
I didn't need 128)
  --resample 44.1: sample rate (if I didn't pick this, LAME would set
the wrong sample rate for me)
  --tt: title tag
  --tl: album tag
  --ta: author tag
  --ty: year tag

The other tags, such as genre and album art, I'd set in iTunes right
after encoding because there's no good way to do them in LAME.


2.) You don't need three versions of your show.  It's extra work, it
confuses people as to which feed they should subscribe to, and most
people will be listening in the car in traffic anyway.  Pick the
middle-of-the-road option and stick with it.

2.5.) If you take my advice and have just one version, don't make it
the 320 kbps one.  That's massive overkill.  Even if you think your
music is Just That Good.  Don't believe me?  Try doing a blind
listening test of your podcast with a 128 kbps joint stereo file and a
320 kbps joint stereo file on your best headphones.  If you or anyone
you know can _reliably_ tell the difference, I'll eat my Sennheiser
HD280s.




On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 10:53 PM, Nobilis Reed <authornobilis@...> wrote:
> Don't use VBR.  Ever.  In many players, it comes out
> "chipmunked"--that is, too fast, often incomprehensibly so.  ALWAYS
> use a constant bit rate.  There are also players that will put mono
> files in just one channel; you don't want this to happen, either, so
> always post joint stereo files.
>
> The best settings are 128Kbps, 44.1 Khz, *joint* stereo.  If you need
> to make a more compressed version to save file size, go to 96Kbps or
> 64Kbps if you really must.  That way your resulting file will be
> playable in every single mp3 playing device on Earth.
>
> On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 10:19 PM, Andrew Hughes <boober86@...> wrote:
>> First post and longtime subscriber.
>>
>> Hello everyone! I currently run a podcast website.  I love it!!! My shows are
recording at 96 kHz/32-bit Stereo.  We want to make sure we have the BEST sound
quality for our shows.  I am currently putting out 3 versions of the shows: 320
VBR 48 kHz Joint Stereo, 128 VBR 44.1 kHz Stereo, and 64 VBR 22.05 kHz mono.  Is
there a way to use "lame" and have a .bat file to make each of the formats?  I
currently use iTunes for the rips, but an automated process would be great!!!
 If I could even get a flac rip for the other host that would be awesome as
well!  I am open for suggestions as well!!!
>>
>> Thanks everyone!!!
>>
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Here is a video to show you how it works.

http://www.everythingwithpodcasting.com/mix-minus-instructional-video/


On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 10:24 PM, Andrew Hughes <boober86@...> wrote:

>
>
> Here is my current setup:
>
> Dell Inspiron 6000 recording using Audition 1.5
> Dell XPS m1730 using Skype
>
> Behringer AMP800, FCA202, and xenyx802
>
> (I am not using but have: Shure - scm262)
>
> How can I setup a mix minus for Skype? I appreciate ANY help!!!
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>



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You can also take a look at the article I wrote on the subject
http://www.how2podcast.com/articles/software/record-skype-using-hardware-mixer-m\
ix-minus/

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Here is a video to show you how it works.

http://www.everythingwithpodcasting.com/mix-minus-instructional-video/

On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 10:24 PM, Andrew Hughes <boober86@...> wrote:

>
>
> Here is my current setup:
>
> Dell Inspiron 6000 recording using Audition 1.5
> Dell XPS m1730 using Skype
>
> Behringer AMP800, FCA202, and xenyx802
>
> (I am not using but have: Shure - scm262)
>
> How can I setup a mix minus for Skype? I appreciate ANY help!!!
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>

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Cross Driven Radio
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podcast: www.crossdrivenpodcast.com
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I've been using torrents as a way to distribute my podcasts and today I passed
the 1,000,000 mark for torrents downloaded. It's mainly a combination of two
podcasts, Podcast Ping and Blue Hot Gossip.

Most of the roughly 175 podcast episodes were distributed through Mininova's
Content Distribution service. It's free and provides free seeding so all I have
to do is to upload the episode (with a little info). I had torrented a few
before it started.

All episodes have at least 500 downloads each, with the majority having more
than a thousand downloads each. The highest download of a single file is over
53,000, although all but two are less than 30,000. I'm currently seeing between
2,000 and 3,000 downloads per day, although while I was doing Podcast Ping's
Christmas Calendar it did reach over 10,000 in one day.

I mentioned torrents a couple years ago as a alternative distribution system and
this proves it works. I've also found my torrents on sites other than Mininova
but I can't tell if Mininova has been counting those or not and most of the
sites don't give statistics, so I'm just counting the Mininova ones.

What's your source for the numbers? Does it count only torrent file
downloads, or is this tracking completed content transfers? Are bots
and crawlers excluded? Have you surveyed your listeners to ask how
many are using the torrent feeds, or have many of them have mentioned
it in feedback?

Yes, I'm skeptical. Not of the numbers, but of how many of them were
human beings actually downloading your content to listen to it. It
isn't a typical or convenient consumption pattern, for podcasts or any
other legal content that's available via traditional download.



Have Fun,
Steve Eley - sfeley@... - http://twitter.com/SFEley
http://escapepod.org - http://sfeley.com

On May 26, 2010, at 3:43 PM, "Patrick McNa..."
<writerpatrick@...> wrote:

> I've been using torrents as a way to distribute my podcasts and
> today I passed the 1,000,000 mark for torrents downloaded. It's
> mainly a combination of two podcasts, Podcast Ping and Blue Hot
> Gossip.
>
> Most of the roughly 175 podcast episodes were distributed through
> Mininova's Content Distribution service. It's free and provides free
> seeding so all I have to do is to upload the episode (with a little
> info). I had torrented a few before it started.
>
> All episodes have at least 500 downloads each, with the majority
> having more than a thousand downloads each. The highest download of
> a single file is over 53,000, although all but two are less than
> 30,000. I'm currently seeing between 2,000 and 3,000 downloads per
> day, although while I was doing Podcast Ping's Christmas Calendar it
> did reach over 10,000 in one day.
>
> I mentioned torrents a couple years ago as a alternative
> distribution system and this proves it works. I've also found my
> torrents on sites other than Mininova but I can't tell if Mininova
> has been counting those or not and most of the sites don't give
> statistics, so I'm just counting the Mininova ones.
>
>
>
>
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>
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>
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On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Stephen Eley <SFEley@...> wrote:

> Yes, I'm skeptical.

I'll add a few questions to Steve's.

How much feedback do you get from your listeners?  How many emails
does each show generate?  It's been my experience that each download
has a roughly 0.05% chance of generating some form of feedback.
According to Libsyn, my weekly podcast episodes get between 1000 and
2000 downloads, and I get 2 or 3 emails, blog comments, or
(occasionally) voicemails a month.  In talking to other podcasters,
this seems about average for those without an unusually dedicated and
active following, like Escape Pod. From what I can tell, Steve gets
something like 0.5% or more, if you count forum posts.

After a million downloads, how many emails have you received, in
total?  I would expect, at a bare minimum, that you'd have one per ten
thousand downloads, or something like a hundred emails from your
listeners.

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On May 26, 2010, at 6:19 PM, Nobilis Reed <authornobilis@...>
wrote:
> In talking to other podcasters,
> this seems about average for those without an unusually dedicated and
> active following, like Escape Pod. From what I can tell, Steve gets
> something like 0.5% or more, if you count forum posts.

You're very kind, Nobilis. But for the sake of public clarity: I can't
claim any such numbers now, as I'm no longer producing Escape Pod.
That feedback now belongs to Mur. >8->

Have Fun,
Steve Eley - sfeley@... - http://twitter.com/SFEley

>

True enough.  Change "gets" to "got".

On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 6:46 PM, Stephen Eley <SFEley@...> wrote:
> On May 26, 2010, at 6:19 PM, Nobilis Reed <authornobilis@...>
> wrote:
>> In talking to other podcasters,
>> this seems about average for those without an unusually dedicated and
>> active following, like Escape Pod. From what I can tell, Steve gets
>> something like 0.5% or more, if you count forum posts.
>
> You're very kind, Nobilis. But for the sake of public clarity: I can't
> claim any such numbers now, as I'm no longer producing Escape Pod.
> That feedback now belongs to Mur. >8->
>
> Have Fun,
> Steve Eley - sfeley@... - http://twitter.com/SFEley
>
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you re coming thru loud and clear

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--- In podcasters@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick McNa..." <writerpatrick@...> wrote:
>
> I've been using torrents as a way to distribute my podcasts and today I passed
the 1,000,000 mark for torrents downloaded. It's mainly a combination of two
podcasts, Podcast Ping and Blue Hot Gossip.
>
> Most of the roughly 175 podcast episodes were distributed through Mininova's
Content Distribution service. It's free and provides free seeding so all I have
to do is to upload the episode (with a little info). I had torrented a few
before it started.
>
> All episodes have at least 500 downloads each, with the majority having more
than a thousand downloads each. The highest download of a single file is over
53,000, although all but two are less than 30,000. I'm currently seeing between
2,000 and 3,000 downloads per day, although while I was doing Podcast Ping's
Christmas Calendar it did reach over 10,000 in one day.
>
> I mentioned torrents a couple years ago as a alternative distribution system
and this proves it works. I've also found my torrents on sites other than
Mininova but I can't tell if Mininova has been counting those or not and most of
the sites don't give statistics, so I'm just counting the Mininova ones.
>

I dont want to disillusion Patrick but I was told
that the  downloads figure on the  torrents sites is
not the actual downloads,... more the number of times
the file has been looked at  or  viewed.

why not get an account with rapidshare,  upload your audio
to there, then  put the link in  a doc file
and  torrent that .........

then the subsequent figures you get off  rapidshare downloads
will be  an exact figure.

Torrents are great because there are no boundaries,  you are
not posting to a limited club , group  or forum...
you are posting to the world.

Search engines pick up your file name and descriptions, its
brilliant .

--- In podcasters@yahoogroups.com, "silverstar" <lovetoloveyou@...> wrote:
>
> I dont want to disillusion Patrick but I was told
> that the  downloads figure on the  torrents sites is
> not the actual downloads,... more the number of times
> the file has been looked at  or  viewed.

Actually what's being counted, as best I can tell, is the downloads of the
.torrent file which are used to download the posted files. But the same issues
hold true with regular RSS podcasting; there's no way to tell who actually
listened even if they did download. And there's a lot of .torrent file downloads
on other sites which I didn't our couldn't count. So the best I can do is to
just get an approximation based upon those downloads.

This is a fascinating discussion; I never even thought about distributing Mr.
Media Radio files through torrents. Can anyone offer some how-to advice and
where-to?

Thanks!

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Host/Producer/Writer
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--- In podcasters@yahoogroups.com, Stephen Eley <SFEley@...> wrote:
>
> What's your source for the numbers? Does it count only torrent file
> downloads, or is this tracking completed content transfers? Are bots
> and crawlers excluded? Have you surveyed your listeners to ask how
> many are using the torrent feeds, or have many of them have mentioned
> it in feedback?
>
> Yes, I'm skeptical. Not of the numbers, but of how many of them were
> human beings actually downloading your content to listen to it. It
> isn't a typical or convenient consumption pattern, for podcasts or any
> other legal content that's available via traditional download.
>

I'm basically counting just the .torrent file downloads from Mininova alone.
There are others on other sites but I can't or don't have those numbers. So it's
possible that the numbers are higher but since I can't properly confirm them or
assure that they aren't also taken into account by Mininova I'm not including
them.

Also, this is for a couple of podcasts which I've distributed over about
two-and-a-half years. I started back when Mininova was a top 100 site, although
the download numbers seemed to pick up after they went all legit.

Downloading torrents isn't any more difficult than downloading from iTunes once
you get use to it. You use a torrent program which acts like a download manager.
And even though I did offer links to the direct download of the files in many of
the postings, people still chose to download the torrents instead.

You also have to remember that when I post a torrent on Mininova it shows up on
the front page so it's easier to find. That doesn't happen with iTunes.

--- In podcasters@yahoogroups.com, Nobilis Reed <authornobilis@...> wrote:
>
> On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Stephen Eley <SFEley@...> wrote:
>
> > Yes, I'm skeptical.
>
> I'll add a few questions to Steve's.
>
> How much feedback do you get from your listeners?  How many emails
> does each show generate?

Barely any, although I don't do the sort of podcasts that would generate
feedback. Talk podcasts are likely to generate a lot of feedback because they
get people excited about subjects but I tend to do more music and entertainment
oriented stuff.

Also, those who download torrents tend not to be highly talkative, even when
they're downloading something legal.

On Wed 2010-05-26 20:14:59 UTC-0000, silverstar (lovetoloveyou@...)
wrote:

> I dont want to disillusion Patrick but I was told that the downloads
> figure on the torrents sites is not the actual downloads,... more the
> number of times the file has been looked at or viewed.

That would depend very much on the BitTorrent tracker being used (and
to a lesser extent whether DHT was being by the downloaders), and also
how the web site interacts with the BitTorrent tracker.

DHT = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_hash_table

> why not get an account with rapidshare, upload your audio to there,
> then put the link in a doc file and torrent that .........
>
> then the subsequent figures you get off rapidshare downloads will be
> an exact figure.

Podcatchers like iTunes can't download from RapidShare.  RapidShare
doesn't allow it.  iTunes, etc will download from regular web sites
though.

"Put the link in a doc file" is a strange idea.  What is the point of
that?

> Torrents are great because there are no boundaries, you are not
> posting to a limited club , group or forum... you are posting to the
> world.

But that is also true for regular HTTP.

In the early days of podcasting I was a fan of BitTorrent being used
as a distribution method, but not so much these days.  Among other
things, Apple's iTunes has gone through several major releases but
still does not support BitTorrent.  Odds are that it's unlikely to
ever support it.  This is mostly due to its complexity, but probably
also due to the stigma of copyright infringement attached to the
protocol.

Web hosting is also considerably cheaper than when podcasting kicked
off in 2004, so there is less incentive for podcasters to need to
resort to P2P.  There are also content delivery services that may be
an option to some people.  Akamai is a popular one.

On the whole, web servers also have much higher capacity than they
used to.

For very popular podcasts with a lot of listeners BitTorrent may
still be useful, but the more popular podcasts probably have sponsors
or encourage listener donations via PayPal, etc.

One use for BitTorrent that may be worthwhile is for distributing
archives of old podcasts.  Note though that a particular torrent must
have a fixed size, which means you probably either have to have a
static archive, or one torrent per podcast.

Regards
Andrew

Does anyone have any good stats on what is the most popular
podcatching software?  Different podcasts probably have different
trends, but I assume with the popularity of iPods & iPhones, iTunes
would be at the top.

These days I just use Google Reader and download podcasts manually
under Firefox or Chrome, but I don't listen to as many podcasts as I
used to.

Now that I've switched from Windows to Ubuntu full-time I should
probably look into what podcatchers are available...

Regards
Andrew

On my site, iTunes is very much the top podcatcher, followed by the
browsers, all of which have RSS support these days.

The first specific podcatcher software is "Podtrapper" (which
evidently is popular for Blackberry) followed by Zune.  The first
non-device-specific one is Juice, which is funny because it was always
very buggy for me, and I switched to Ziepod.



On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 10:31 AM, andrew clarke <mail@...> wrote:
> Does anyone have any good stats on what is the most popular
> podcatching software?  Different podcasts probably have different
> trends, but I assume with the popularity of iPods & iPhones, iTunes
> would be at the top.
>
> These days I just use Google Reader and download podcasts manually
> under Firefox or Chrome, but I don't listen to as many podcasts as I
> used to.
>
> Now that I've switched from Windows to Ubuntu full-time I should
> probably look into what podcatchers are available...
>
> Regards
> Andrew
>
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