Comments for The Podcast Pedant http://www.podcastpedant.com Taking this crap too seriously since 2005 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:36:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 Comment on Firewire vs. USB by Tsepo Molelekoa http://www.podcastpedant.com/2006/05/10/firewire-vs-usb/#comment-4058 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 21:32:21 +0000 http://www.podcastpedant.com/2006/05/10/firewire-vs-usb/#comment-4058 <p>I have a Phonic HelixBoard 24 Firewire, I am not sure which is to blame my analogue mixer /soundcard /firewire interface or the Firewire port on my Accer Ferrari Laptop. I get electrical noise in the audio signal when recording or just playing stuff back from my laptop (it really unbearable). In fact i am almost convincent it's my laptop to blame. Are firewire ports made to the same standard on all PC's/MACS. Would buying a macbook pro probably eliminate this problem ? I can not figure out were this electrical interference is being generated from. I've been surfing the net for a while for some answers but none soo far. I spent alot on this gear and I expected professional results, unfortunately the electrical noise in my recordings have reduced my product to pure crap i could never charge anyone to use my facilities even though I spent top dollar. My best bet is to use the highest signal to noise ratio and noise reduction plugins but that's still a compromise to the so called prestine quality bosted by the product. Besides this it's a great piece of gear to mix gigs with, the only piece I could find with 4 sub groups, EFX and semi parametric EQ - I believe no other product boosts all of this in one.</p> I have a Phonic HelixBoard 24 Firewire, I am not sure which is to blame my analogue mixer /soundcard /firewire interface or the Firewire port on my Accer Ferrari Laptop. I get electrical noise in the audio signal when recording or just playing stuff back from my laptop (it really unbearable). In fact i am almost convincent it’s my laptop to blame. Are firewire ports made to the same standard on all PC’s/MACS. Would buying a macbook pro probably eliminate this problem ? I can not figure out were this electrical interference is being generated from. I’ve been surfing the net for a while for some answers but none soo far. I spent alot on this gear and I expected professional results, unfortunately the electrical noise in my recordings have reduced my product to pure crap i could never charge anyone to use my facilities even though I spent top dollar. My best bet is to use the highest signal to noise ratio and noise reduction plugins but that’s still a compromise to the so called prestine quality bosted by the product. Besides this it’s a great piece of gear to mix gigs with, the only piece I could find with 4 sub groups, EFX and semi parametric EQ - I believe no other product boosts all of this in one.

]]> Comment on Firewire vs. USB by All terrain http://www.podcastpedant.com/2006/05/10/firewire-vs-usb/#comment-3798 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 10:09:16 +0000 http://www.podcastpedant.com/2006/05/10/firewire-vs-usb/#comment-3798 <p>i googled for just this kind of info.I am a beginner at audio production, and this straightforward, easy to digest text has made up my mind between the two.thanks.</p> i googled for just this kind of info.I am a beginner at audio production, and this straightforward, easy to digest text has made up my mind between the two.thanks.

]]> Comment on Firewire vs. USB by reeses http://www.podcastpedant.com/2006/05/10/firewire-vs-usb/#comment-1821 Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:35:53 +0000 http://www.podcastpedant.com/2006/05/10/firewire-vs-usb/#comment-1821 <p>I had to answer a question from a friend regarding the same sort of thing -- is a mixed-mode fw/usb drive worth a) the cost and b) the difficulty in finding premium over a straight usb drive.</p> <p>I ran some basic benchmarks with the same drive connected via usb and firewire to show the differences.</p> <p>It doesn't address the "what happens if something massively computational happens in the middle of transfer," but it shows that 480mbps does not necessarily mean usb 2.0 is better than fw400.</p> I had to answer a question from a friend regarding the same sort of thing — is a mixed-mode fw/usb drive worth a) the cost and b) the difficulty in finding premium over a straight usb drive.

I ran some basic benchmarks with the same drive connected via usb and firewire to show the differences.

It doesn’t address the “what happens if something massively computational happens in the middle of transfer,” but it shows that 480mbps does not necessarily mean usb 2.0 is better than fw400.

]]> Comment on Observations from the Outskirts of the City of Angels by Chris Brogan... http://www.podcastpedant.com/2006/10/01/observations-from-the-outskirts-of-the-city-of-angels/#comment-670 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 15:13:04 +0000 http://www.podcastpedant.com/2006/10/01/observations-from-the-outskirts-of-the-city-of-angels/#comment-670 <p>We've got lots of PodCamps running, so maybe we can catch you next time round? : )</p> We’ve got lots of PodCamps running, so maybe we can catch you next time round? : )

]]> Comment on Observations from the Outskirts of the City of Angels by Mark Forman http://www.podcastpedant.com/2006/10/01/observations-from-the-outskirts-of-the-city-of-angels/#comment-669 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 11:09:20 +0000 http://www.podcastpedant.com/2006/10/01/observations-from-the-outskirts-of-the-city-of-angels/#comment-669 <p>Steve, Thx for being my seeing ear dog, er....well you know what I mean. Seriously-I appreciate your accute observations and cutting thru the dross. It confirmed a lot of my thoughts on many of the details you touched upon.</p> <p>Glad you admit to being a smartass-probably the main reason I like you. You know, birds of a feather and such...</p> Steve,
Thx for being my seeing ear dog, er….well you know what I mean. Seriously-I appreciate your accute observations and cutting thru the dross. It confirmed a lot of my thoughts on many of the details you touched upon.

Glad you admit to being a smartass-probably the main reason I like you. You know, birds of a feather and such…

]]> Comment on Observations from the Outskirts of the City of Angels by Paul Puri http://www.podcastpedant.com/2006/10/01/observations-from-the-outskirts-of-the-city-of-angels/#comment-668 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 05:15:54 +0000 http://www.podcastpedant.com/2006/10/01/observations-from-the-outskirts-of-the-city-of-angels/#comment-668 <p>It was great meeting you finally, Steve. The Guild meeting was very productive, and I will take revenge for you killing my Sumo and his crotch rocket.</p> It was great meeting you finally, Steve. The Guild meeting was very productive, and I will take revenge for you killing my Sumo and his crotch rocket.

]]> Comment on Effects 101 by walter http://www.podcastpedant.com/2006/04/25/effects-101/#comment-623 Tue, 12 Sep 2006 08:18:33 +0000 http://www.podcastpedant.com/2006/04/25/effects-101/#comment-623 <p>Hi, thanks for your infos, very interesting. The link to the Compression 101 does not seems to work. Try this instead: ftp://ftp.dbxpro.com/pub/PDFs/WhitePapers/Compression 101.pdf</p> <p>bye Walter</p> Hi, thanks for your infos, very interesting. The link to the Compression 101 does not seems to work. Try this instead: ftp://ftp.dbxpro.com/pub/PDFs/WhitePapers/Compression 101.pdf

bye
Walter

]]> Comment on Firewire vs. USB by Chiron http://www.podcastpedant.com/2006/05/10/firewire-vs-usb/#comment-579 Tue, 29 Aug 2006 09:55:54 +0000 http://www.podcastpedant.com/2006/05/10/firewire-vs-usb/#comment-579 <p>I disagree when you say that firewire has no glitches, I have an M-Audio Firewire connected to my ASUS A6VA and it produces glithes will all sound applications. I heard from other sound producers that firewire causes this problem and most people are staying away from it.</p> I disagree when you say that firewire has no glitches, I have an M-Audio Firewire connected to my ASUS A6VA and it produces glithes will all sound applications. I heard from other sound producers that firewire causes this problem and most people are staying away from it.

]]> Comment on My Promo for the Podcast Awards by Ezra http://www.podcastpedant.com/2006/06/20/my-promo-for-the-podcast-awards/#comment-368 Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:27:23 +0000 http://www.podcastpedant.com/2006/06/20/my-promo-for-the-podcast-awards/#comment-368 <p>The reverb setting you used makes you sound like you're in a bathroom. The voice is promoting to podcasters not listeners. Shouldn't it be talking directly to the listener? Something like "The podcast awards are coming, you can vote now for this pocast by going to..." Lastly if you want a decent bang and a glass crash let me know.</p> The reverb setting you used makes you sound like you’re in a bathroom. The voice is promoting to podcasters not listeners. Shouldn’t it be talking directly to the listener? Something like “The podcast awards are coming, you can vote now for this pocast by going to…” Lastly if you want a decent bang and a glass crash let me know.

]]> Comment on My Promo for the Podcast Awards by Todd http://www.podcastpedant.com/2006/06/20/my-promo-for-the-podcast-awards/#comment-359 Wed, 21 Jun 2006 06:37:12 +0000 http://www.podcastpedant.com/2006/06/20/my-promo-for-the-podcast-awards/#comment-359 <p>As was evident last year the shows with the biggest audiences did not win and those that won major awards are not elgible this year.</p> As was evident last year the shows with the biggest audiences did not win and those that won major awards are not elgible this year.

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