Show #66: Sound check

Podcasters and prospective podcasters often ask me about microphones and recorders. In this 17-minute podcast, I play audio samples so that you can hear the difference between a condenser microphone, a built-in microphone, a recorded phone call and everything in between. We also continue the conversation about presentations that started in the previous episode.

Please listen and let me know what you think! You can download the show right here or  subscribe through iTunes.

Here are the show notes:
Comment line: 206-338-4200

00:01 Intro and welcome
01:00 Sound check!
02:12 Thank you to Luke Armour of Blog Talk Radio, unwitting volunteer for my recorded Skype call; check out Luke's Observations of Public Relations blog
02:48 Recording on a MacBook using the built-in microphone
03:17 Recording of a phone call captured with a Telecom Audio VoicePort
03:39 Recording on an Edirol R1 with built-in microphone
04:04 Recording on an Edirol R1 using an Audio Technica microphone
04:40 Recording on a Samsung Zoom H4 with built-in microphone
05:05 Recording on a Samsung Zoom H4 with Electrovoice ND367s microphone
05:25 Recording using Logitech headset
06:06 Recording of Skype call; Logitech headset (NOTE: When I record Skype calls for my podcast, I usually hook up my condenser mic)
07:14 Recording with Apex condenser microphone and Art pre-amp; this is how the Trafcom News Podcast is usually recorded
07:38 Reminder to listen to interview with Joe Cipriano in the Trafcom News Podcast from December 2006; Joe is voiceover pro who talked with me about microphones and getting the most from your voice
07:55 Talk is Cheap recap
08:50 My Podcasting Inside the Organization presentation from Talk is Cheap will be on Slideshare SOON
09:11 Using mostly visuals in my presentation; I had to, after the topic of conversation in Trafcom News Podcast 65!
09:45 Comment from speechwriter John Watkis
11:43 Comment from Bryan Person of NewComm Road
12:10 Comment from Dave Williams of vLinkLive and Webinar Wisdom
15:45 Answer to from Andrea Vascellari, who commented last time
16:42 Where to send comments: email to  donna AT trafcom DOT com, call the comment line at 206-338-4200 or post a message to the Trafcom News Podcast blog
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Theme music is "Beneath Your Surface" by the Elisabeth Lohninger Quartet from the  Podsafe Music Network