I don't know what they're using now, but multi-tracking the recording with a mono track for each person speaking would make it much easier to balance levels of the participants and noise-reduce and EQ separately, then output a stereo final track for consumption.

Tom could capture his audio locally as well while he's live with you, then send you the wav file and you could sync his non-faded, perfect source copy to the bad version you got to make the better version.

Dennis will love the new Stern puzzle!!

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Glad to hear the podcaat is back!

Then plan "B" and have the host record them in isolation on the receiving end so you can put them on another track and adjust their levels in post independently. Use the mixed live output as the guide and place the isolated tracks in later so you can level adjust everyone in isolation.

Yes, that is what I was advocating.

You can mix them together at the end or simultaneously, but each track is recorded independently. I've done this for years and recorded my bands for years before that.

Yeah, if you're interviewing folks without computers or want to ensure a level playing field, you'll need to hit lowest common denominator, which is telephone. $3/month is your outlay for the ability to do it (which you can cancel at any time), with a one-time fee for the software if you don't want to have to babysit it while recording (otherwise it's free). Telephones are engineered to have a guaranteed sound quality, and it's higher than what you usually perceive when using a phone yourself due to other factors. Software automatically records participants in separate and a combined track. Very efficient for editing purposes.

I've interviewed operators and designers that do not regularly use a computer - their stories are unique and interesting and I would never have been able to capture them without using the telephone.

Again, happy to PM about it - I've been recording interviews about pinball since 2015... and I've experimented with just about everything on the planet. Not saying my way is the only way, but thought I'd chime in one last time and provide more context for my suggestions. Zencastr, like hangouts, or skype or just about any other online service requires that the other participant has a computer and a good internet connection.

If the interviewer doing the recording doesn't have a reliable connection, then things get a little more complicated. All depends on your workflow.

Do you have any experience with cleanfeed? Looks pretty attractive as a multitrack tool for internet audio recording. https://cleanfeed.net/

Not with this tool specifically, but it has the same downsides of any internet-based recording software.

1) both/all parties need good/stable connections
2) all parties must have headsets and internet access.
3) while the bullet point shows high quality, most use dynamic bitrates which scale up/down based on available bandwidth. When conditions are perfect, people sound great, when they degrade, people start sounding like robots at the bottom of the well. If not, they just drop out entirely.

The advantage is that it exports each track independently, as many other software recorders do.

Another note is to practice closing out stuff you don't need while recording . Running video and voice simultaneously is unnecessary in most instances. If using a browser based recorder, close other tabs, unless you pause or kill processing in other tabs (browser-dependent).

Question - Bruce’s new podcast, I could hardly hear him at all. Kathie was loud. Sounded like Bruce was in in the next room with his mike off.

Was that the same for everyone? Or are my iPhone speakers jacked up? (Was listening on my phone speakers while doing pin repairs)

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Not sure which version that I listened to, but for what it's worth it sounded good to me. Could easily hear the podcast on my phone's external speaker, not always true of a lot of podcasts I like to listen to. You sounded a bit quieter than Tom, but still perfectly listenable. And if I have the choice between the two, I'd much rather have the guest be the loudest and clearest person on the podcast. Which he was. Afterall, hopefully the interviewee/guest is doing most of the talking.

So it was good for me.

Yeah, their levels were a little different. They did mention that they recorded in different rooms. The only issue I had was that the overall audio-level was little quiet for my listening device. I had the volume maxed on my phone and had trouble catching everything at times. That being said, it was still an enjoyable listen and I hope that they do more.

I think too much heavy metal has blown out one of my speakers. Kathy was loud AF but Bruce could hardly be heard.

I noticed today while listening to some Maiden that I couldn’t hear one of the solos - presumably one side of my phones stereo speakers is busted.

I enjoyed the podcast BTW.

Carry on!

rd

Bruce and Kat were fun to listen to. I look forward to their semi-regular podcast. Is it Pinball+ or Pinball Plus?

This drives me crazy. WHY do podcasts in stereo? Mix them to mono and they play on everything as long as one speaker works. Same head-scratching for user posted youtube videos where the poster has the sound in the video panned hard left or right. Sounds fine unless you have a speaker out in which case there's no sound at all.

I can answer this... I think it was a beginners' error. I did the same thing on the first episode of Chronicles, its easily fixed.

When you use Skype Recorder it outputs each person on a different channel L/R. Unless you split the stereo into mono in your editing software, you get the 'split ear' effect. You can edit each channel without even noticing they're in stereo.

If you're just using desktop/laptop speakers to edit its tough to catch, the speakers aren't as far apart as car speakers or headphones. In fact, I didn't notice while listening on my cell phone making supper, but I noticed right away when I jumped in my car.

That's why they call it a pilot. Live and learn.

Thinkin' you'd get a kick out of this; bai, bai, bai !

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16 large for the WhirlWind is amazing!

16 large for the Whirlwind is ludicrous!

15 k US for a Elvira LE ....the new norm as is 30 k plus for pirates ce

Dude, that is awesome!

BTW, the Batman TDK for $10,500 CAD is sold pending pickup

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Wow, I can't wait to hear this one. I need to play Space Shuttle again sometime. I've only played it once for like 5 minutes, and it didn't wow me. But that was a long time ago, and my tastes have probably matured!

Pinball Show still in the oven?

The worst thing about Puppet Palz is that I couldn't vote for them in the TWIPYs.

Molesting produce ha ha

Such a great contest

I'm sorry for breaking your heart... the next Oursler episode will have Space Shuttle...

Im only 20 minutes in, and eagerly awaiting traveling to/from work tomorrow so I can continue listening. However, the mention of "hidden back glass art" made me think of Pharaoh.

I really enjoyed this episode guys! Well done!

Bobbie and Cosner are a good combo, put them in the rotation.

The Shake and Bake Podcast?