I'd like to sit in on that call... Great stuff.
peace, Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://discdogradio.com http://pawsitivevybe.com On Nov 15, 2008, at 8:15 AM, Jan McLaughlin wrote: > Hi, > > Brainstorming a bit. > > Seems to me that you might - via a desktop sharing application and > Audacity > (or whatever you're using to record audio on your computer) - be > able to > approach both 'live recording' and 'quality' together. Don't know > if desktop > sharing would have the same kind of audio compression / latency as > Skype. > Might be interesting to find out. > > Tried Gmail's audio / video chat recently and the audio quality was > pretty > darned good. None of the Skype echo or weird digital hash > hesitations. If > may be that Verdi and I both have good connections. I have FIOS. > > Maybe iChat or any other video conference app in combination with > CamTwist > (Google it), playing back the pre-recorded video in the chat window > so you > can sync the audio performance to the vid. > > What OS do each of you have? > > If the double-ender strategy appeals and you're bound and > determined to use > better-quality mics, I should think you wouldn't need 'recorders', > but only > a free recording application like Audacity, and a preamp or other > bit of > hardware to put between the mics and the computer, in order to get > the mic > signal where it needs to be to be 'heard' by the computer. > > Because of your post, I broke out a Shure FP-11 mic to line amp > (new from > Ebay for $135) and hooked it up with a dynamic headset mic and it's > working > okay - with a bit more hiss than I'd prefer - but still much better > than the > on-board MacBook Pro mic and associated computer noise well in the > foreground of the background. > > Podcasters would be well placed to tell you which USB mics would > get you the > quality you need. I'm certain there are 'good' USB mics out there > for well > less than $100 a piece. > > You can certainly pick up a Shure SM57 or two used for less than > $100 each. > The Shure mic you later mention - the SM7B - for sure isn't in the > budget > you describe. The SM57's should be plenty good enough for the web, > with the > added benefit of rejecting most ambient room noise (like echo, > refrigerators, air conditioners, traffic and the neighbors' argument). > > Another idea is that one or both of you may have a video camera > handy to use > as a mic, attached and recorded to the computer via fireware or > USB. There > IS the some time problem of camera noise associated with recording > audio > with inboard mics on video cameras, but it's usually not THAT much > of a > problem for lo-budge web purposes. > > Toward the lo-budget side, you can always write the story so that > one (or > both) of the characer's voice(s) are supposed to be 'futzed' - > e.g., EQ'd so > they sound as if they're on a telephone. > > Call me if you want, and I'll walk you through some more ideas. > 862-571-5334 > Better these discussions held in real time. Texting possibilities > without > knowing precisely what you have / want is not an efficient use of > our time > :) > > Jan > > On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 9:11 PM, Richard Amirault > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dom" > > (snip) > > > The video portion will utilize voice-over while our content plays > > > beneath. We may also use animation or puppets along with our > voices. > > > Anyway, you can see that it would be less than ideal to have the > > > voices at different qualities. Are there any tools for > recording two > > > audio streams live from two separate locations that don't involve > > > thousands of dollars of audio equipment? Thanks folks! > > > > > As suggested a "double ender" will work just fine. How "low cost" > it is > > depends on what your definition of "cost" is. You will need quality > > recorders. A pair of Zoom H-2s will work great. Do not use > anything like a > > "digital voice recorder" from Olympus or Sony. > > > > I'm not sure about the video aspect of this. Will you both need > to see the > > video to comment on it? I would think that this may be a problem. > You both > > need to see the same thing at the same time. > > > > Richard Amirault > > Boston, MA, USA > > http://n1jdu.org > > http://bostonfandom.org > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > -- > Jan McLaughlin > Production Sound Mixer > air = 862-571-5334 > aim = janofsound > skype = janmclaughlin > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
