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Has anybody ever done a podcast "on location"?

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soundsandsports

So now that I've done a couple of months of webcasting from home, I want to start doing shows from other locations.

I'm mainly interested in doing play-by-play of high school basketball games, if I got permission from a school to do so. I may be able to do this sooner than later, as my hometown's "actual" radio station (where I've moonlighted at during high school football season) hasn't aired our town's high school basketball games the past two seasons, and I'm pretty sure the brass at my alma mater would want somebody to carry AT LEAST the home games. The only bad news is I'm not gonna be "DOING IT LIVE!" like O'Reilly...

I don't stream, I upload MP3 files of my shows to http://www.chirbit.com and then people go to my personal page http://www.chribit.com/ThompsonAudioNetwork to listen to my shows.

I need to know if just a regular ol' computer headset (or two if I interview coaches) would work with a laptop, and how old of a laptop would work with Audacity 1.3 to record the games...
 
soundsandsports said:
So now that I've done a couple of months of webcasting from home, I want to start doing shows from other locations.

I'm mainly interested in doing play-by-play of high school basketball games, if I got permission from a school to do so. I may be able to do this sooner than later, as my hometown's "actual" radio station (where I've moonlighted at during high school football season) hasn't aired our town's high school basketball games the past two seasons, and I'm pretty sure the brass at my alma mater would want somebody to carry AT LEAST the home games. The only bad news is I'm not gonna be "DOING IT LIVE!" like O'Reilly...

I don't stream, I upload MP3 files of my shows to http://www.chirbit.com and then people go to my personal page http://www.chribit.com/ThompsonAudioNetwork to listen to my shows.

I need to know if just a regular ol' computer headset (or two if I interview coaches) would work with a laptop, and how old of a laptop would work with Audacity 1.3 to record the games...
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Since I've posted this, I still don't have the laptop yet, but I know what I want. Also, I'm using a new upload site: Podomatic. To listen to my show, Five Minutes To Go, head over to http://fiveminutestogo.podomatic.com and click on one of the gray "play" buttons beside my show titles to listen!
 
I've done podcasts with my iRiver while out taking care of business before. Before the iRiver & Digital Voice Recorders & even PODCASTING ITSELF came along, I once did a sound-seeing tour of a local cultural arts event using little more than a portable tape recorder & a cheap microphone & streamed it over one of my Live365 accounts after I put the whole thing on the computer when I got home

Suffice to say, I wouldn't do a podcast while on the go without an iRiver ;)

Cheers :D
 
If the location has wifi, you can go live with a laptop and a USB mic. If you want multiple mics, you can go live with mics, a mixer, and a laptop. You can simultaneously record the broadcast on the computer. It's all a trivial process. Some local guys are setting up to do a podcast from a popular local restaurant tonight. They're going to have a laptop, a Mackie 1402VLZ mixer (purchased used for $100), and four SM58 mics. I'm going to go over and set it up and explain it to them. It should take 10 minutes.

You can record on location with mics, a mixer, and a portable digital recorder, like a Sony PCM-M10 or an Edirol R-9. If you can live with two mics, and if you get the correct cables, you don't need a mixer. The recorders have two mic inputs. Some new laptops have stereo mic inputs. Again, with the proper cabling, you can record with two mics and a laptop. Problem solved.

There are many ways to solve the problem. If you have an iPhone, you can use Skype to connect with your home computer, record on your home computer, and use the Skype mic as your primary mic (pass it between you and the coach or color guy). You might be amazed at the quality.

If all else fails, you can use two or more cell phones to call into TalkShoe to create a conference call that records automatically. When you get home, the recording can be downloaded. It's telephone quality, but it's instant, simple, and free.
 
I do location podcasts often for a client, and the HHB FlashMics are awesome. If you're doing interviews, you have better control physically pointing the mic when the guest answers anyway. The FlashMic is expensive, but it records in either .wav, which works great if you need to do post-production in an editor vbefore conversion to MP3, or straight to MP3 if you're just going to dump it out as straight voice.

Any of the little pocket recorders that can take external mics will also work well. If you're doing PBP, it would make sense to get a decent sports headset.

If you're doing PBP, I would stream if you can. Sponsors will pay for live HS sports if you're reliable, and there are coaches shows, pre/post-game and other things you can sell, too!
 
Paul_Warren said:
If you're doing PBP, I would stream if you can. Sponsors will pay for live HS sports if you're reliable, and there are coaches shows, pre/post-game and other things you can sell, too!
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People don't seem to mind hearing my "recordings"...Since I last posted, I've retooled my Thompson Audio Network into a part-time "station" called Radio Free Cedar City. The first day that I put material on Podomatic, I was ranked in the 13,000s. Now I've closed in on the top 2,000 in just over a month!

Radio Free Cedar City can be found at http://radiofreecedarcity.podomatic.com

I record and upload on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and starting this week, on Saturdays. I don't do Sundays because of church, and I've recorded on Tuesdays & Thursdays every now and then, but at the end of the month I'll be going to college, and my classes are on Tuesdays & Thursdays, so I'm not going to record on those days until I get the laptop, then I can record when I have a break from classes. Plus, all I have to do is put the ball games on Podomatic when I do get the laptop, and people will find them and listen.
 
soundsandsports said:
Paul_Warren said:
If you're doing PBP, I would stream if you can. Sponsors will pay for live HS sports if you're reliable, and there are coaches shows, pre/post-game and other things you can sell, too!
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People don't seem to mind hearing my "recordings"...Since I last posted, I've retooled my Thompson Audio Network into a part-time "station" called Radio Free Cedar City. The first day that I put material on Podomatic, I was ranked in the 13,000s. Now I've closed in on the top 2,000 in just over a month!

Radio Free Cedar City can be found at http://radiofreecedarcity.podomatic.com
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The problem with your setup is you have multiple shows on one feed. This is a HUGE turn-off for not only listeners BUT TO THE DIRECTORIES AS WELL (In fact, some directories will even go so far as to not even list you because it's so confusing)

Each show MUST have ITS OWN podcast feed
Plus, all I have to do is put the ball games on Podomatic when I do get the laptop, and people will find them and listen.
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That's ASSUMING we CAN find them that is.....

Cheers :D
 
I get what you're saying, but I do things the way I do for certain reasons...

1) My Radio Free Cedar City audience doesn't have to remember several web addresses, just http://radiofreecedarcity.podomatic.com

2) My audience has different tastes: some like music, some like sports, some like music & sports, some like news & entertainment updates and some like a little bit of everything. That's why there's several shows on Radio Free Cedar City. Just like with actual "stations", you have different shows that people can listen to instead of alienating certain demographics.

3) Each "new show" automatically gets put at the top of the website by Podomatic, and older episodes are put further down the page. Eventually, because of storage limits, my oldest shows will get dumped to make room for new ones. Besides, my oldest shows are not even relavant now, they're from July.

Now I will give you some credit...ball games will probably take up a lot of space. Whenever I do get around to broadcasting games, I'll start another "station" like "Radio Free Cedar City Sports" or another name and put the games there. I also might record a new "sports-only" show and have it on that "station" as well.

So you see, it's not a bunch of random podcasts, they each have a purpose, and are "fairly" easy to locate. If it's not your cup of tea, fine...but you may know someone that likes everything all in one place...send them to me at http://radiofreecedarcity.podomatic.com
 
Well if you are just looking for a great way to RECORD your podcast while you are out in the field and have the ability to have multiple microphones at things I would suggest getting something like the ZOOM R8 - R16 - R24 digital recorders...

Personally I have the ZOOM R16 and it records everything to SD memory and has the ability to run plugged in to AC or in a bind it can sustain itself off 6 AA batteries and the neat feature is if your Mics need Phantom Power this little unit will still power them while running off batteries....

They are loaded with special effects and editing features, and will act as a DAW Interface if you use the imcluded CuBase LE software for editing on your PC...

Lightweight and about the same profile as a laptop this unit is easy to pack along to any location...

And depending on which of the three models you choose from price isn't bad for providing you with a mobile recording studio... $299 - $499 I got my R16 for $349 on sale...

What makes it great is you can take your podcast (s) recorded in the field and edit them easily on your computer via the USB interface... And if you use included Cubase LE it is that much easier...

Two Thumbs Way Up and ***** 5 stars...
 
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