I was asked to be a guest on a podcast that is filming this coming Friday. I’m excited, but being familiar with the podcast already I’m worried I may not look professional enough. Typically the podcast is filmed in studio, but I will be remote via Fireside. I am the only guest so it will be the host and me only. Any tips on how I can make my end look professional and not like I am calling in via my MacBook ?(news flash, I’ll be calling in from my MacBook).

I have some cheap lighting from Walmart I bought for no reason but they don’t seem to do a whole lot. I have some Nanoleaf decorative lights in my office I was thinking about playing with. Currently my backdrop is a basic bookshelf/cabinet.

I’ve toyed with using my iPhone as the camera because the quality is pretty good.

Appreciate any input you pros might have!

Hi, I’d like to start a podcast at school, but I’m not really sure what equipment I need. Keep in mind that there would be a maximum of 8 people speaking at once; I’m not sure where to begin when it comes to microphones, software, cables, etc. Could someone help me out?

Hey everyone! I'm trying to come up with a concept for a new podcast I'd like to start. Two ideas I had are both movie review shows with multiple hosts. One would be focused on post apocalyptic movies and the other would be trying to determine the scariest movie ever, where we would watch the top films on lists curated from the internet. I'd really like a couple more concepts along those same lines though. Any ideas would be appreciated!

Hello everyone! I have been busy working on wildlife podcast ideas all this past spring and summer, trying to figure out the proper format for how I want to do this podcast.

I would love to incorporate my conservation education experience into this podcast, because I want to get back to what I loved doing. Teaching people about the incredible wildlife we share our planet with.

Since most recommend a three-episode start, I wanted to ask the community which 3 species they would like to learn more about first.

I’m specifically looking at the Sony ICD-IX570. It seems so cheap!

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Hey everyone,

Like a lot of audio-first podcasters, I've been trying to grow on YouTube. For months, I was uploading static cover art with a basic animated waveform. Unsurprisingly, the retention graphs were terriblle - viewers would click and drop off within 15 seconds.

I didn't have the time to manually edit multi-track video in Premiere for every episode, so I put together a pipeline that parses the episode transcript, generates dynamic keyframes based on the current topic, and syncs kinetic subtitles over a light movement effect.

I'd love to get genuine feedback from other creators here:

• Does this style hold your attention better than static audiograms?
• Is the caption timing too fast or about right?
• How many visual cuts feel natural for a podcast setting without being distracting?

Here is a full episode generated by the engine: https://youtu.be/eumJpmtyCpc

This is driving me a bit nuts and can't seem to find an answer. I have a mono WAV audio file that I sync to my mp4. When I export my wav and mp4, they both come out -3db less than the source.

Even if I just create a new project, new sequence, set sequence so all tracks are mono... and then export as mono... still losing -3db. Always the same amount lost.

Guessing this has something to do with Premiere's mixing engine always wanting and dealing with stereo? Is there a way to bypass this or do I need to apply 3db gain prior to exporting?

I use Reaper to edit. I have been using EQ and two different compressions that I set up in my template years ago. But a friend just turned me on to Izotope and I am trying out their VEA plug-in. You just let it hear a sample of the track and it performs a little background clean-up, EQ and Compression. Honestly, sounds way better than what I had set up, and you can play around with the settings to get it where you want it. It is pretty dang easy, and for only $29 bucks I'm really happy with it. We are lucky enough to record in a great environment so I never have much in the way of clean up to do, but sometimes I record with guests remotely and those tracks get a little tinny or garbled. I am wondering if there is a similar tool to help out with that? I was eyeballing Velvet by Izotope as well. I have realized that as much as I like editing I really need to take advantage of tools to speed up my process, because what I lack mostly is time.

Hello everyone. I am currently in the process of opening a podcast studio. I have found pretty good place for that, but when I came to check in person, there was a very small noise from the outside from cars.

The microphones I will be using will be Shure MV7X. These will be connected to rodecaster pro 2. The room was without any furniture when I went there so the acoustics were bad but I will be treating that.

There was also no curtain on the windows that could block the noise further.

I know that it's hard to do a proper analysis with this description but let's say the noise was on the level of AC being turned on in the room.

Do you think it will be a big issue or will it be basically non existent when we will use dynamic mics? I know in postproduction you can isolate it and correct but I don't want to provide a service that will be having a noise big enough to be a worry.

Say one host has known the guest for years, while the other is meeting them for the first time. The familiar host can bring up good stories, but 'remember that disastrous Tuesday?' doesn't give the second host, or the listener, much to work with.

I'd be tempted to give the less-familiar host the basic timeline beforehand, but leave the actual stories for the recording. They could ask the obvious questions without having to pretend they don't already know the answers. On the other hand, too little preparation could turn them into a permanent interruption machine.

If you work with that uneven familiarity, what do you share before recording, and what do you deliberately leave unexplained?