RP News Podcast

[Zesiro Ghalib]

Mason, I just did a little hunting around and I found an incredibly easy way to set up the podcast. Totally free. Bonus is that we can also easily get it on iTunes from that.

 

If you want to PM me some contact info so we can get in touch more easily and talk about this I'd be more than game.

[Zesiro Ghalib]

I performed some small tests and it works. Easy as pie. I didn't upload my test to iTunes because it takes a few days for them to review and approve the podcast.

[Smiling River]

 

hehe

 

Alright I sent you an email reply... who ever else is interested PM/email us. We'll put up updates here for now, I guess

[Merri]

As far as editing is concerned, I have a bit of experience on that front from the Audio Engineering course I took. We worked with Pro Tools, ACID, FL Studio, etc.

 

I could also work with FL Studios and create opening and closing themes. For example, if you wanted a certain song remixed a bit, introductions added in, or whatever else, I could sit down and work on that some evening if time permits.

 

Audio-wise? I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but most mainstream podcasts (Limit Break Radio, for example) have very expensive equipment. I haven't done much research into what's on the market these days, but, you most likely won't be able to get even close to that quality of audio using a USB based microphone / recording system unless you're willing to shell out a lot of money.

 

For high quality audio, you're going to need a studio microphone, not some computer microphone. USB-based computer microphones were not designed with professional audio recording in mind. The majority of professional recording equipment uses XLR these days. A decent microphone will run anywhere from $200-$1000+. As stated earlier, most high quality microphones will use an XLR cable, so you will have to plan ahead for that. You'll also want some form of a digital recorder outside of your computer, and a solid digital recorder will also run you a couple hundred bucks. With a digital recorder, you'll be able to record with high quality audio off your computer, and simply pop in a flash drive to transfer the audio file from the recorder, to your computer for editing.

 

Unless, of course, you want to shell out anywhere from $100-400 for an Audio Interface device with a USB out so you can go directly from your microphone, to the device, to your computer.

 

Yet another option in that regard would be to get a straight XLR to USB adapter to thread the microphone to the computer. Which by doing that, you would cut out having to use a digital recording device.

 

Of course, that would also mean shelling out anywhere from $70-250 for professional audio recording software, as you won't be able to get the highest quality audio out of your equipment without software that's designed for that purpose.

 

I would just take this advice with a grain of salt, as I can't back everything up 100%.

 

But, sadly, I think I can safely say you won't have anything close to the audio quality of most mainstream podcasts without shelling out a couple hundred bucks, if not over a thousand. Most podcasts aiming to be mainstream will start out with equipment running a couple hundred bucks, and if they're as successful as they plan, there are ways to get money to upgrade equipment over time.

 

Which I think would be really important for a Roleplay based podcast. We're already small in numbers as it is, and it would be hard to be taken seriously unless we have quality audio for the podcast (At least the main hosts).

 

Now, with all of that aside, if we were to sit down and figure out equipment to go the route of aiming to be a mainstream sort of deal, i'de be willing to help with finding good equipment for a decent price. I may also be willing to shell out a couple hundred bucks for a studio microphone to help host, as i've actually been meaning to pick some equipment up anyways for some projects I have planned in the future.

[ramdragn]

I say if you want to go high quality you can always alliance with one of the big podcasts in ffxi and make a proposal for a small segment of 10-20 minutes to start with. They can offer the equipment most of us can't pay and we offer the topics, hosts, etc. (like the small shows from FFXI)

 

Make it convincing! Do declare how big our community is and can be and how much publicity they can gather just by a small segment of 10min :lol:

 

I believe a low quality audio guests can be acceptable as long as the host and segments are well done, so a simple skype call when talking with more than one is enough, no need for everyone to be high quality.

[Zesiro Ghalib]

Well as far as my audio quality is concerned, My MacBook comes with a Microphone built in, and I have done some fiddling around with it and I think my audio has always been pretty crisp.

 

But these things will happen in due time. I still need to talk with Mason a bit more. Anyone that is truly interested should shoot me an email. That's the best way to get in contact with me.

 

We haven't decided on a name so... anyone out there that is fairly creative post some ideas if you please. I believe that it should sound official while still maintaining a bit of fancy-free to it. I would rather it not explicitly be name "The Podcast of the RPC." Anyways thanks for all of your continued interest.

[Tyriont]

As somebody with a charming English accent and a tendency towards very dry, sarcastic humor I'm quite interested in getting involved with this. Hey, it worked for Yahtzee.

 

As for a name...perhaps that's something that might be best not to settle 100% until more information about the game itself is known. For example, I always loved the name "The Mog House" for an FFXI podcast - once we can figure out something similarly inspired that's FFXIV-themed that may be a good way to go.

[Zesiro Ghalib]

I like that name for a XI podcast. And you are probably right about the naming business.

 

If you would like to get in contact with me about the show you can either email me at [email protected] or IM me on AIM at [email protected].

[Renaise]

How is this progressing? Im off of uni for the summer now so I can devote more time to getting this thing going unless ive been left behind of course

[Smiling River]

Was going to ask the same thing. I know that emails were supposed to go out (one of them to you, Ren) to start figuring out the time when we're free to record.

[Menoe Valkyria]

I think it's a great idea, but i agree it be best to wait and let the game go live first

[Renaise]

I think we can probably cover a few interesting topics for a podcast now really. Once the game goes live of course we could do it more frequently but as it stands now I think we could get a decent discussion going.

[Sunny Dove]

Shot an email to Lysander. I'm very interested and willing to co-host. I know of a number of podcasts that began with simply recording a skype call and hosted for free. Hey, it's a starting place. You can always upgrade as you move forward.

[Zesiro Ghalib]

Hey sorry that I had utterly disappeared for a while there, life was getting pretty hectic and things had to be put on hold. I'm on skype as inari1010, shoot me a call whenever is good for you all. Or email me or whatever works. So far the only people that have tried to get in touch with me concerning the podcast are Mason and Sunny. My brother is also interested in participating if at all possible. Again I try to check forums regularly but I neglect them a lot, best way to reach me is at my personal email at [email protected] Thanks again.