Comments on: The Official Film Junk Podcast Equipment Guide and Tips for Podcasting

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:12:43 +0000

The popping is hard to fix in post… you can reduce the intensity of it, but you can’t remove it completely. A windshield is probably fine though. Your other option is to just stay a bit farther away from the mic.

By: Malik

Malik — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:15:28 +0000

Thanks dude another question if you dont mind is that do you think a windshield would suffice for a pop filter. And lets say if it doesnt can levelator cure the popping problem?

Thanks

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:06:29 +0000

It all depends on the quality of the mic. If it’s a decent USB condenser mic then it should be no problem to bypass the mixer.

By: Malik

Malik — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 12:49:58 +0000

Hey Sean thanks for the tip but I was wondering about one thing that is what if I just hook up a usb mic to the computer and use audacity will there be a problem with the sound quality cos I have a low budget and cant find a mixer that is any good.

Thanks

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:10:57 +0000

Great tips mate!

I’m just starting my first own podcast on movies here in Belgium, and was looking how to go about this in a professional way. I will have to tie some knots here and there because for one i don’t have a professional mic yet. It’s now 2 PM here and it should be ready by 6 / 6:30 PM Guess i still have a lot of work to do.

Again, thanks for the tips and if this works out, i’ll be sure to give you the URL to the accompanied website.

Cheers! And keep it up! Great sounding pc you guys have!

By: Goon

Goon — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:58:43 +0000

Macs are good, Mac fanatics are annoying as shit.

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:39:41 +0000

dayna: The mixer to PC connector is just a 1/8″ headphone cable.

Billy: Jay uses a Mac, I don’t. Tried one, had a bad experience and concluded that it’s probably not for me.

By: Billy Boyd Cape

Billy Boyd Cape — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:35:47 +0000

I’m thoroughly disappointed to see FilmJunk using a PC =)

By: dayna

dayna — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:26:02 +0000

Excellent Article Sean! Question – What type of connector do you use from the Mixer to the PC? Any experience with Mixer to Computer using a USB connector?

Thanks in Advance.

By: TorstarSydney

TorstarSydney — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:36:09 +0000

The absurd situation has turned

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:17:00 +0000

That is true. He has a detailed explanation of the TWiT set up here, although it might be a bit outdated now:

http://www.twit.tv/podcastequipment.

“For five or fewer participants with sufficient upstream bandwidth on the host side (the Leoville Labs have a 5mbps down/768kbps up DSL line) Skype actually offers pretty darn good results – very little latency and surprisingly high vocal quality. Per Steve Gibson’s suggestion I use a dedicated port for Skype (any port above 1024 will do), and open that port for UDP connections on my router. This eliminates the need for Skype Supernode support and seems to reduce latency.”

Obviously it depends on having a reliable network set up. Also Leo tends to do most of the talking, and his own voice is recorded crystal clear, which adds to the perceived quality of his podcasts.

Thorsten’s suggestion above would work, although it’s a bit more work.

By: Doug

Doug — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:45:51 +0000

Leo Laporte brings people in over Skype all the time, and Leo’s podcasts are top notch audio quality. Consistently the best I listen to.
(http://twit.tv)

The determining factor for quality, again, is the microphone that person is using. I’ve also heard Leo mention that he devotes a machine to the skype connection, and records on another. There may be more to it than that, but the microphone is key.

So it *is* possible to get excellent audio quality over Skype.