Archive for June, 2005
Watch your podcast?
There are quite a few ways, some you may have heard about, to listen to your podcast. The iPod, imagine that listening to a podcast on an iPod, listening on your computer, burning to CD and listening on your stereo, watch your podcast on your TV.
What?? Podcasting has been called Tivo for radio, why not [...]
Basic Equipment - The Mixer
This is the fourth post in this series, Basic Equipment. In this series, I’ll assemble a podcast rig from scratch. Last time I recommended a set of headphones, the Sennheiser HD-280, in my opinion, the best headphones for the money. In this post we’re going to discuss an addition to your podcast rig that will [...]
New iPodder!
I just downloaded the latest version of iPodder, version 2.1. Point your browser to the iPodder site at Sourceforge to get your hands on the latest version before they run out.
Here’s a list of the newest features:
“Version 2.1 offers numerous new improvements:
In response to user voting on the ipodder-dev mailinglist, one-click subscription support has [...]
Sell Your Gear!
No, I’m not suggesting you sell your podcast gear, that would be fool hardy. I’m talking about merchandise like t-shirts, mouse pads, mugs, sweatshirts, stickers, etc. Wouldn’t you like to be walking down the street and see a woman busting out of a t-shirt with the name of your podcast on it.
Don’t laugh, it could [...]
Play your podcast from your web site
There is a great player, that has an unfortunate name, that will play your podcast feed from your website. It’s called PuPuPlayer. From their site you can create a link to their player with your podcast feed as the content. No downloading, no aggregators, no nothin’, just a click and people will be listening [...]
Podcasting On The Go
You’re in your car stuck in traffic, and some jerk cuts you off. His bumper sticker, that you now have to stare at, sets off some neurons arcing and you feel the need to podcast. What are you going to do?
Enter the iRiver. I once heard it called the “Podcasters Best Friend”. The iRiver 700 [...]
Basic Equipment - The Headphone
This is the third post in this series, Basic Equipment. In this series, I’ll assemble a podcast rig from scratch. Last time I recommended a Computer Audio Interface, the Tascam US-122 USB, a great little device with a lot of flexibility. In the last Basic Equipment post, I mentioned monitoring your sound with the US-122, [...]
Basic Equipment - The Computer Audio Interface
This is the second post in this series, Basic Equipment. In this series, I’ll assemble a podcast rig from scratch. Last time I recommended a microphone, the Behringer XM8500, a good no frills microphone. Now we need something to connect our microphone to and get the sound into the computer.
The Computer Audio Interface is fairly [...]
How can I get feedback?
If you’d like to take audio feedback and stick it into your podcast, check out K7 Unifed Messaging Service. Voicemails received on your FREE voicemail line are sent to your e-mail box as an MP3 file. You can then import them into your podcast and respond to user comments as part of your show.
Another way [...]
Basic Equipment - The Microphone
Starting in this series, Basic Equipment, I’ll assemble a podcast rig from scratch. The things I’ll mention will be, in no particular order, microphone, microphone stands, cables, headphones, computer audio interface, recording software, live caller software, hand-held recorders, encoders, etc.
So let’s start things off at the mouth, the microphone. Everywhere I read people recommend the [...]
