good points tom, also the speech was still to fast, I never have my speech fast, in fact I still don't understand the miriani combat thing well though there is a good pack which I am getting, i probably should put it somewhere. At 02:24 p.m. 3/06/2008, you wrote: >Hi Tyler, >First, I'd like to say that the recording quality was ok. there is >nothing wrong with the recording quality. Saving as 128 KBPS mp3 format >is quite common for podcasts, and is cd quality audio. So no need to >worry about recording quality. >Second, I have a few suggestions or ways you can improve your podcasts >based on some experience with public speaking. While in college I had to >take some courses on communications, and there are actually a few things >you can do to better structure your thoughts, show off a game, and get >your points across clearer. >The first thing you can do is write up a text/braille outline of the >topics you want to cover in your podcast. This will help you layout your >show, remind you of what order each topic will be discussed, and include >reminders of key points. Most people who do public speaking use a >written outline for easy reference during their program. >For example, in your podcast I've often noticed you would start into a >subject, go um wait, start something else, come back to the earlier >subject, and then go I forgot to mention this, etc. If you had an >outline of your program brailled up and sitting on your desk in front of >you all you would need to do is look up your show notes and remember >what it is you wanted to talk about. >Second, you might want to remember to stay a foot or so away from your >microphone. A lot of newby podcasters make the mistake of getting right >up on their microphone, talk into it, and get a really distorted section >of the cast. The rule of thumb is to be at least 12 inches away from the >microphone in order to get a clean recording. it also will give your >podcast a level recording volume. >Third, if you are going to demonstrate something that you can't explain >while you re playing it would be a good idea to cover it to some degree >before actually letting the player hear it being played out. An example >of this is the combat portion of your podcast. You didn't really explain >the combat very well, and while I could hear you fighting the enemy >ships I simply had no idea how you were doing it. You may have avoided >some confusion by spending a minute or two before hand explaining step >by step how to combat enemies in the game. >Last, you might want to spend a minute or so before your podcast just >doing some basic setup for your show. An example is I noticed part way >into your show you launched the game, and then spent 30 seconds or so >fiddling around with the jaws speech rate, logging into the game, and so >on. You might want to set that up to start with, or pause the recording >while you fiddle around with this or that. If you do so your podcast >will come off a little more professionally done, and save on file size >as well. >Hth. > > >--- >Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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