Yesterday's recording session went really well. I had one friend come by and record the lead female, and another friend come by and record the male date guy and the friend. As I still have no one wanting to record, I am going to risk the lispiness and record the other female voice myself today. As soon as my sore throat goes away. I must have been snoring in my sleep last night. :) Allergies are a bitch, and mine are coming out full force right now. Welcome spring.
My recording set up looks like this:
My recording set up looks like this:
That's my MXL 990 USB mic with shockmount. That little round thing in the corner is my attempt and making a pop filter. I bought those when I was doing my podcast. It works very well. When I was in college I took a few classes to learn how to use it properly. This room has high ceilings and has wood floors, so it is a bit echoey for recording. We reduced that by making them put thier mouths really close to the mic, so that the direct noise would overpower any echoey noise. If there is any in there, I can filter it out much easier. I had a blast.
Now I am feeling nostalgic for my podcast. Not that one in particular, but I do want to podcast again. It was SO fun! My old podcast was the Pacific Northwest Celtic Music Podcast. Unfortunately I will not be able to do that one again. I think there are still episodes archived on the web. Some are pretty bad, as my learning curve was pretty large. The newest ones are the best, but I haven't found any of those.
So now my head is stirring around the idea of doing another podcast. When my friend was here to read the Date lines, the internal mic, which I have not gotten to work since I replaced the hard drive in this computer, kicked in, and you can hear me as loud as him when I am giving him instructions between lines. Which means, if I want to do another podcast I can have 2 people talking at the same time. If I can find someone to do it with I can record us both talking in the podcast. that is so cool. I couldn't get it to do it before either. My computer either would read one mic or the other, not both at the same time. Of course now I have widows 7 on this machine. It is less buggy than Vista (ptui ptui). Might be able to do more. Even if the processor on this thing is slower than molasses in January. Now I am channeling my inner Grandma.
OK, I am going go record some more dialog now and start working with the audio. I am SO EXCITED!!! This is so fun.
Before I leave, here is another link for the Douglas Adams Tribute Video I did for the contest. Clicky clicky and votey votey. The end is nigh (for the contest) and it is the best video up there as of now. :)
Now I am feeling nostalgic for my podcast. Not that one in particular, but I do want to podcast again. It was SO fun! My old podcast was the Pacific Northwest Celtic Music Podcast. Unfortunately I will not be able to do that one again. I think there are still episodes archived on the web. Some are pretty bad, as my learning curve was pretty large. The newest ones are the best, but I haven't found any of those.
So now my head is stirring around the idea of doing another podcast. When my friend was here to read the Date lines, the internal mic, which I have not gotten to work since I replaced the hard drive in this computer, kicked in, and you can hear me as loud as him when I am giving him instructions between lines. Which means, if I want to do another podcast I can have 2 people talking at the same time. If I can find someone to do it with I can record us both talking in the podcast. that is so cool. I couldn't get it to do it before either. My computer either would read one mic or the other, not both at the same time. Of course now I have widows 7 on this machine. It is less buggy than Vista (ptui ptui). Might be able to do more. Even if the processor on this thing is slower than molasses in January. Now I am channeling my inner Grandma.
OK, I am going go record some more dialog now and start working with the audio. I am SO EXCITED!!! This is so fun.
Before I leave, here is another link for the Douglas Adams Tribute Video I did for the contest. Clicky clicky and votey votey. The end is nigh (for the contest) and it is the best video up there as of now. :)
RSS Feed
