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Post by DMC on Oct 15, 2015 16:08:15 GMT
Hey all!
I'll keep this brief. You may (or may not) have heard of those whacky, zany people that lined up for the Star Wars prequels for 6-weeks for charity outside the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, CA. back in 1999, 2002, and 2005. We raised tens of thousands of dollars during each line for the Starlight Children's Foundation (www.starlight.org), and, you guessed it, we're doing it again for Episode VII!
That being said, our group wants to start up a podcast about lining up. Is Podbean the best out there for this? The Unlimited Audio for $8 a month ($96 a year) seems do-able, and since I know that's what you fine fellows use for the DMB, figured I'd ask!
Our cast would probably be around the 30 minute mark, so I'm not sure how large a file that would be. The lowest plan is limited to $36 a year, but only 100MB a month. Would that be an option to start out with, and upgrade only if we need to? We've no idea if the cast will take off and be successful, so my initial thought is to start small, and upgrade when needed.
Thoughts? Thanks!
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Post by joatmoniac on Oct 15, 2015 21:59:39 GMT
That is a good way to start, and easily scalable. How often would you be posting an episode. You can get the file size relatively low at the cost of quality, but if it is an mp3 and done decently well you could probably get a weekly 30min podcast to come in under the 100mb mark. However if it is bigger or if it is more frequent you will very likely go over the limit pretty easily. I think podbean is a great way to go, but we would need DM Chris and DM Mitch to be the official say on that, haha. As for getting it on iTunes as well I believe that is more work, but not too crazy. Side note: that is a cool idea all around and hope that you guys get it off the ground and raise a ton of money! |
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Post by DM Mitch on Oct 16, 2015 5:17:57 GMT
1) I think you could definitely do a 30 minute pod, even every week, and get it under the 100mb mark.
2) Podbean makes it super easy to get your pod on iTunes, it's built into the settings.
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Post by DMC on Oct 16, 2015 14:02:20 GMT
Thanks Neil and Mitch!
We were thinking about once a week, but that might kick up to daily once the line starts. But right now, the plan is weekly, with the foresight to realize it might be more, depending on what happens come December.
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Post by DM Chris on Oct 16, 2015 18:03:50 GMT
I would say Podbean is pretty good. They have everything pretty much streamlined. You just have to follow the instructions from Itunes on how to submit your podcast. Not to terribly hard. They walk you through it pretty well.
I would say just keep looking around. Most of the big name podcast hosting sites are great. We just decided to go with Podbean, but everyone has their preference.
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Post by DMC on Nov 12, 2015 22:06:27 GMT
Secondary question. Do you guys use an audio mixer, or just do it through your computer and the Stereo Mix settings?
I got a Blue Yeti Studio USB mic a week or two ago. The audio is excellent!
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Post by dmmadmaxi on Nov 13, 2015 1:41:30 GMT
Blue Yeti is the STUFF man. I bought one as well for when I do streaming later of my video games and dnd games later on in life when I upgrade my outdated computer!
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Post by frohtastic on Nov 20, 2015 5:41:02 GMT
Secondary question. Do you guys use an audio mixer, or just do it through your computer and the Stereo Mix settings? I got a Blue Yeti Studio USB mic a week or two ago. The audio is excellent! A question here, from someone who kinda wants to start livestreaming and such.
Is getting a blue yeti / a proper mic a neccessity?
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Post by joatmoniac on Nov 20, 2015 6:41:49 GMT
The yeti is not necessary, but something half way decent doesn't hurt. What are you livestreaming? I would place creating a good place to record in term of acoustics as more important than a mic. You can always make up for the mic quality if you have a place that doesn't echo and doesn't have unwanted noise. It also make editing easier if you are going to edit anything.
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Post by frohtastic on Nov 20, 2015 7:00:49 GMT
The yeti is not necessary, but something half way decent doesn't hurt. What are you livestreaming? I would place creating a good place to record in term of acoustics as more important than a mic. You can always make up for the mic quality if you have a place that doesn't echo and doesn't have unwanted noise. It also make editing easier if you are going to edit anything. Would mostly be me playing games, currently got one of those logitech headsets. I record in my basement living room so the "only" sound would be the everything outside would be the problem, and there arent really many other places I can record in my apartement.
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Post by lasersniper on Nov 20, 2015 9:39:16 GMT
The yeti is not necessary, but something half way decent doesn't hurt. What are you livestreaming? I would place creating a good place to record in term of acoustics as more important than a mic. You can always make up for the mic quality if you have a place that doesn't echo and doesn't have unwanted noise. It also make editing easier if you are going to edit anything. Would mostly be me playing games, currently got one of those logitech headsets. I record in my basement living room so the "only" sound would be the everything outside would be the problem, and there arent really many other places I can record in my apartement.
Whatever you do, I will always recommend against using a headset mic for recording. Personally, I have run into so many problems with breakage, sounds bleeding into my mic, or wires crossing. What you want is good condenser mic. One of those can really help cut noise out, and give you nice audio that you can work with even if it does have some noise. Blue has some of the best mics, and a good cheap one is a Blue Snowball ICE. They range about $50-$60. |
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