So after being the first (I just like saying it, doesn’t mean much) emerging church podcast, you’d think all the technical bugs would be worked out. Not so much.
Today I recorded an excellent conversation I had with Scot McKnight for a part of the discussion series I’ve been promising. I thought the software I was using (Audio Hijack Pro) would just record us when I had it set to “ichat” and it turns out… it only recorded Scot. Fortunately, I was mostly asking questions and he wasn’t using a headset so there’s the faint rumor of my voice… so I’ll be able to dub me back in and have a pretty good finished product when it’s all said and done. Probably actually better than what it would’ve been with the echo, but a lot more time to get the finished product to you all. The convo is definitely worth it. There’s a reason his blog has become so popular…. he says a lot of great, thought-provoking stuff.
Then I also had a convo with John O’Keefe of Ginkworld. We also had a great conversation, but another technical gaffe using skype. This time I made sure both of us were recorded. This is more of a hardware problem, and it is only a minor annoyance. Using the internal mic works fine for me when I’m just recording myself using other software, but evidently Audio Hijack Pro paired with Skype kicks up the hard drive… and the internal mic picks it up as an annoying buzz… I have a couple more convos lined up this week (yep, I’m getting ahead on podcasts for a change), and I’m hoping to be getting another mic to use. Then all the tech problems will be solved…
Gizmo’s tolerable for this sort of thing, and it has one-button record. I’m not going to sing its praises, it has its own problems, but recording is a wrapped solution for Gizmo so that makes it easier.
Zeke
March 7th, 2006