Sorry it has been so slow but I am totally swamped with work. We’ve got some pretty slick stuff planned for the next episode, but getting all of that setup is really slowing things down.

Hopefully within the next two weeks we’ll be back on track.

Ken

Thanks for the compliments.

I don’t know of a good Audition book, but I can definately suggest my online tutorial! I’m reworking my website right now http://www.walkerstudiopro.com so the sales page isn’t up, but you can pick it up on eBay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120287237019

I’ve been at a seminar the last week, so sorry for the delay here.

I’ll get with you via email.

Ken

Thanks again for such an excellent lesson.

Juliet

Let me know if you have any questions.

Ken

John

I don’t use Audacity that much, and I’ve NEVER tried to use it to archive an LP. But I do know that Audition 3.0 has some great tools for LP archival. At least download the demo and give it a try. If it works, you can use it for 30 days for free.

Just wanted to let you know I’m looking into this. I’m not sure where they went, I’ll try to track them down asap.

Ken

Thanks.

I follow the rule that anything you can do to ‘get it right’ before it hits the computer, do it! My 528E beats any of the compression that I’ve seen in software apps. That’s not to say there isn’t anything that can do a good job. Plus, I don’t want to sit there and watch my computer compress a 45 minute audio clip.

Let’s say you record for an hour and then you’re going to edit. You either compress the whole thing so that you can hear it corrected while you edit, or you edit first and listen to it raw, then compress. I don’t like either scenario.

I also like the real-time adjustment of hardware so that I can visually see, as I record, what is going on.

Ken
P.S. Your site looks good.

Thanks.

I think I have things figured out. Some stuff you didn’t mention, that I think I figured out.
- Getting itunes feedid
- What is the RSS feed URL
- Submitting to itunes
- Submitting to the other 4 sites
- The settings used when adding the podcast to your post.

Thanks for the great info.
Check out what we have done by listening to your tutorials.
http://www.handyguyspodcast.com/
We have several more episodes “in the can” and they are much improved, audio wise, thanks to some of your other broadcast.

In regard to your attempt to play/download the Wisdom demo program I noticed that all the links were broken – the host must have done something because they were all working – I fixed them now. Please try again and give me any comments. Thanks!!

http://www.wisdom-radio.com

Paul

Thanks for reminding me! I’ll try to put that on the schedule for next week.

I just discovered your site – thanks for all the wonderful information. I’m hoping to launch my own blog first of 2008 and your site is a BIG help.

-Dean

For awhile now I have been experimenting with different encoders and formats. The primary concern is compatibility with iTunes, and secondly I’m trying to get a resonable file size. Of course, it also depends on if the file is audio only, or if it is a screencast.

Now aside from that, I will say that I’ve been having problems with my video encoder and I’ve gone through some different apps experimenting with them to see what produces the best results. As of late I’ve tried QuickTime Pro (which is terribly slow). I think something is botched on my sysem though (as far as QT is concerned) because I’m having problems viewing QT files online, some type of plugin error.

I encoded this episode with MediaCoder which is an OpenSource encoder that allows for batches of video to be encoded. There appears, however, to be a problem with the settings there as well. I uploaded this file as a test to see if it would play on the web.

I am re-encoding right now with an application that only lets me encode at 320×240 (formatted for the iPod) and I’ll reupload shortly.

Long answer, I know, but its a very tricky topic. I think I’ll have to wipe my system out and start over to be sure its not an issue on my end.

Ken

I really like your podcast, but I have some questions.
Why are you switching between diffrent types of file formats? Some are in Mp3, some in mp4 and some are in m4a.
You are often refering to other pods later on when you having some problems, when are you producing those pods?
This latest pod, the one that I’m commenting, seems not to be working. Tried to download it two times but I just get this error message: “Error -50: unknown error”.

Keep up the good work and tnx for this excellent blog/pod.

Jesper from Sweden.

I tried to check out your demo and none of the links seem to work (play in popup, download).

Ken

Thanks for the show.

P.S. I notice that I had the same problem with podpress when I first installed it. But later it ran without a problem. I also notice with podpress that it doesn’t alway give you the download option or the play in pop up option. I also wished the Icon was bigger some people click the headline of the title instead of the MP3 icon and wonder why it does play….I have added instructions on the end of the post to clarify.

Extreme apologies for the delay in responding.

I listened to the podcast, from a technical standpoint, very nice, sounds like NPR. Great job.

As far as the clouds, that is done with ‘Tag Clouds Settings’ which you can find at http://snipurl.com/i7oj

The subtitles are actually done by an inhouse plugin that Bob made, I’m not sure what he’s wanting to do with it, but I’ll ask him.

We actually don’t use it to its fullest yet because honestly I’m having a hard time just getting the podcast posted!

Now, with the header, I believe what you want is the alt tag. In header.php, find where the image is (probably towards the bottom) and add:

alt=”Your keyword text here.”

and that should do it for you, we do the same in our header, if you hover over the image, you’ll see the alt text.

I hope that helps, if I find out anything from Bob on the subtitle plugin, I’ll let you know.

Ken

When you talk about feedback, I’m assuming you’re talking about through the headphones. In that case, you might want to get a set of closed headphones like AKG K240s.

Thanks for answering my questions in advance.

Could you do a program on recording off the phone.

Anyway, I was delighted to get this review and to hear that you have nothing but positive things to say about our show. Unlike the CNN type stuff we’ve definitely not been in the business for years, but we’ve been thoroughly enjoying creating Coffee Break Spanish and our other podcasts (http://www.radiolingua.com) since October last year.

iTunes link: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=20159 8403

¡Muchas gracias!

Thanks for the kind comments about the show. We’ve got some more great ideas for the Sketchup Show, and will be releasing a new show in the next couple of months that will be shot in HD (The Sketchup Show is moving in that direction also).

Thanks again!

Matt