Podholes #08: P.A.P. Smear - The Riverbend Rock Show [28:08m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (455)

P.A.P. Smear #3: We critique Episode 43 of The Riverbend Rock Show.

Mike Wills does a lot of music podcasts. In our detailed critical analysis, we conclude that this is one of them. Listen and hear what the Podholes think!

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 Podholes #07: Question Authority [31:07m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (434)

An all-question episode! (Mostly.)

• Mike breaks the all-question concept immediately by telling us about his new mixer
• Voice comment from Kevin Bachelder (of The Scapecast): sometimes first episodes can win awards (just rub it in, Kevin)
• Voice question from Sam Chupp (of The Bear’s Grove): what do these software controls on the Samson C01 USB mic do?
• Question from Tim Callahan (of the podiobook Ida): how do you get the word out about your podcast, and how do you get interviewed?
• Question from Jason Muirhead: can we recommend a podcast rig for traveling?

P.A.P. Smear #3: We’ll be critiquing Episode 43 of The Riverbend Rock Show. Listen first, then hear us talk about it next week..

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 Podholes #06: P.A.P. Smear - GuitarCastOnline [26:42m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (446)

P.A.P. Smear #2: We critique Episode 4 of GuitarCastOnline.

Greg Summers sure knows his guitar. Does he know Web design and podcast presentation? Listen and find out!

Plus: Guest appearance by Evo Terra to talk about building a great podcast Web site.

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 Podholes #05: Compressors, Expanders, and Gates, Oh My! [34:44m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (493)

The compression episode you’ve all been waiting for! (Or not.)

• Mike’s a smellfungus and a humbug
• Thank Steve when the new iPod models come out next week
• We like BSW
• Steve demos the BBE Sonic Maximizer
• The RNC compressor vs. the dbx 266XL
• Question (from Jim Van Verth): “Looking forward to more technical discussion about compression. Is Audacity’s compression bad?”
• Compressors vs. limiters vs. expanders vs. gates
• Mike’s Rant: Cheap compressors suck, and podcasters shouldn’t rely on them
• Mike says gates are more important
• Hard knee vs. soft knee
• Mike’s Tech Tip: record your noise floor so you can paste it in when you need it
• Hardware’s more convenient but riskier; software’s cheaper and gives you do-overs

P.A.P. Smear #2: We’ll be critiquing Episode 4 of GuitarCastOnline. This is a video podcast, so watch it first and then listen to us talk about it next week.

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