I spent most of last night trying to record an audio comment for Adam Christianson’s Maccast podcast. Hrmm. I guess I still haven’t talked about podcasting yet. Oh well.

Anyhow, I spent hours recording what turned out to be a 9-minute audio comment, not because I was having problems with the equipment (Rode NT2 mic through a cheap Behringer MIC100 tube preamp and then into the PowerBook, using Garageband to record), but because I was sucking. Rambling off topic, losing my train of thought, slurring words, talking off-mic, the lot. Eventually I got something I was reasonably happy with - I didn’t sound like a total prat and the recording quality was pretty good, except for a couple of utterly revolting sounds caused by swallowing too close to the mic (large diaphragm condensor mics pick up everything, including the stuff you really wish they hadn’t).

I edited out the worst fumbles with a trial version of Amadeus II, did some noise reduction to cover the hum coming from the dimmer circuit for the lights, and converted to a 96kbit AAC file which I emailed off. Maybe you’ll hear my prattling on Adam’s next podcast!

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