*Open Source Typical Mac User Live

 

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INTRO

 

Welcome to the Typical Mac User Live show. My name is Victor Cajiao and I am your host this evening. My regular Podcast Typical Mac User Podcast can be found at www.typicalmacuser.com and that shows is released weekly on Tuesday nights.

 

If you are listening to the Talkshoe stream and want to be an interactive part of the show. All you have to do is sign up for Talkshoe at www.talkshoe.com (It's free) and get an ID

 

The you can Call Phone Number: (724) 444-7444

Talkcast ID: 3097 you will be asked top put in your talkcast ID and then you can put in the number you choose for your talkcast ID.

 

Victor introduced Tee Morris is known for many things but for todays we will focus on him as the co-authro of Podcasting for Dummies with Evo Terra. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0471748986/ref=pd_bxgy_img_a?_encoding=UTF8

 

Tee is also a very well know author of novels,short stories, and Anthologies, including MOREVI: The Chronicles of Rafe & Askana,and Billibub Baddings and The Case of The Singing Sword which is now his latest podcast.

 

As a writter of Podcasting for Dummies, Tee also has the Survival Guide to Writting fantasy all of these works and more can be found at teemorris.com http://teemorris.com/

 

Welcome to the show Tee!!!!

 

 

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AGENDA

 

 

Podcasting for Mac Users (there are not Mac Dummies)

 

• Review podcasting basics for those who want to start one

Ask what comments or Questions the live audience has?

 

Review equipment choices (beginner, intermediately and advanced)

 

Here is a basic set up I (Victor) recommends

 

Path 1 USB based podcasting

 

This is everthying you need for a basic set up.

 

1. Mic = Samson C03 USB Mic http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/C03usb/

This will connect directly into your macbook and act as a soundcard (as an imput to your mac). With this kind of set up you do NOT need an imic at all just plug in the mic to a USB port

$130.00

 

2. Desk Boom Mic Stand http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MicStdDeskBm/

That one is nice cause it has a boom and is much more confortable $24.95

 

3. Pop filter http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/PopFilter6/

This is all you need (nothing fancy) $27

 

That's it for this set up Total is about 190 + tax and shipping

Path 2 Regular Analog Mic using iMic (the little switch needs to be set to mic not line)

 

1, Shure SM58 Mic http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/SM58/

An old standard for more than 40 years. Good rugged all around mic. Can't go wrong here $100

 

1.1 A Heil PR20 (not as big as the PR40 but very nice) Cost is $150.00 If I had the choice and the extra $50 I'd go with this instead of the Shure

 

2. XLR to 1/8 (to the iMic) Mic Cord http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/XVM115/

$11.00 This cord goes from the mic to the iMic to your mac

 

3. Mic Stand http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MicStdDeskBm/

That one is nice cause it has a boom and is much more confortable $24.95

 

4. Pop filter http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/PopFilter6/

This is all you need (nothing fancy) $27

 

5. Griffin iMic http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/iMic/ $35.00

 

Total Cost

with Shure = about $170 plus shipping and taxes

with Heil = About $260 plus shipping and taxes

 

****Ask what comments or Questions the live audience has?

 

 

RSS feed, hosting providers and alike, What the hell does a MacUser do?

 

• Well you can certainly do it all for Free. Check out Rob Walch's Podcast 411 Tutorial on totally free podcasting at http://podcast411.com/free/ He gives a step by step tutorial on how to do it for free.

 

• You can also use talkshoe.com and tell them I (victor) sent you. You can do live podcasting on talkshoe or you can just upload regular studio shows as well. You can choose to just do it as a hobby or get paid. Again contact them at talkshoe.com or contact me at typicalmacuser@gmail.com and I'll point you in the right direction.

 

• You can also do limited podcasting using your .mac account if you have one. again you can publish right from Garageband or from iWeb right to a custom podcasting page on your .mac, however since your download bandwith is limited on dot mac you won't be able to grow a substantial audience.

 

• You can also use something like Libsyn http://www.libsyn.com/index.php?&mode=logout&message=

they have packages ranging from $5.00 for 100MB per month upload and unlimited downloads to $30 for 800MB per month uploads and unlimited downloads.

 

• Podshow.com also offers some free packages but there are conditions which you should read about before you sign up.

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• Review recording applications (Audacity (I know nothing about), Garage Band, Soundtrack Pro, Audio Hijack Pro)

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For Free

 

 

• Audacity – For Recording and Editing http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

 

• Levelator – For Fixing Levels http://gigavox.com/levelator/

 

• iTunes – For Encoding to MP3 format and editing ID3 tags http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

 

• Audio Hijack Pro

 

• Garage Band

 

• Freevers Sound Studio. I have found this application to be excellent for the price $79.95 US

http://freeverse.com/soundstudio/

 

 

 

 

 

What about those RSS feeds

 

There are Feedservices for free like

 

Feedburner.com

 

rss.scripting.com

 

feedvalidator.org

 

 

Recording Skype

 

• Rouge Amoeba makes Audio Hijack pro which we talked about last week. It is one of the easiest ways to record Skype on a Mac

because it sets up the mix minus parameters so you don't get the dreaded echo.

 

• There is also a great tutorial on how to record what's called a Double ender (where both people are recording their own part of the conversatins) over at Sneaker.fm and I'll put links in the show notes. It's a video tutorial http://sneaker.fm/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/skype_double_ender_w_ahp.mov

 

• Lastly Leo Laporte has two great posts on recording Skype. One was a quetioned ask on the techguys show and he posted a very detailed diagram ( I'll put it in the show notes)over at the techgulabs.com http://techguylabs.com/radio/ShowNotes/Show230

The other was is a blog entry on Leo's recording equipment over at twit.tv again I'll put the link in the show notes. http://www.twit.tv/podcastequipment

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Victor's Current Set up.

 

I have not normally talked about this on the show and I want to say here and now that I'm a total audio junkie so this is total overkill for 95% of everyone wanting to do a podcast. I simply love audio and so I go for it.

 

 

Mic: Heil PR40 very good dynamic broadcast quality Mic:

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Heil-Sound-PR40-Dynamic-Studio-Recording-Microphone?sku=271012&src=3SOSWXXA

$325

 

Mixer: Mackie Onyx 1220 with the firewire interface it's a 12 channel mixer which I connect via the analog (1/8 mini) cables to and from my Mac Pro) http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Onyx1220

$900 with the firewire, $529 without

 

Recorder: I record outside of my mac, another words it's an external recorder. It's a TASCAM HD-P2 Flash based recorder

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/HDP2/

$1,000

 

Outboard

 

DBX 266XL Compressor Limiter: Use this only on the live podcast $149

 

Software:

 

I mix using Sound Track Pro it's part of the Final Cut Studio suite. When I bought it it was about $200 but now you hae to buy Final Cut Studio to get it so it's $1,5000

http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/soundtrackpro/

 

To Master I use PEAK Pro 5.2 $499 Peak Pro is the Music industry standard for mastering. Way overkill for what I do, but the main reason I use this is because it has a RMS Leveler that makes levels all the sounds of anything I do so nothing sounds harsh and all of you don't have to play with your volume in your car. Levelator does very well for free now too. There is also PEAK LE for $99.00 which is awesome http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Bias-Peak-LE-5?sku=705802

 

Headphones: I use Sony MDR-7506 $99.97. Very comfortable and true sounding headphones. http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MDR7506/

 

 

****Ask what comments or Questions the live audience has?****

 

Time for the Plugs Tee

• Podcasting for Dummies the book and the Podcast
• Tee Morris Website
• Current book Billibud Baddings
• Past books
• Touch upon software you use to author books on a mac

 

****Ask what comments or Questions the live audience has?****

Open like with Tee Morris (time to have some fun)

SHOW ENDING:

 

Well I want to thank Teem Morris form teemorris.com for being here tonight. I want to remind you guys that next Sunday Steve Stanger from the MacAttack podcast will be joining me in our April Mac Maintenance Sunday, where Steve and I will talk all about Mac Maintenance and you can bring your issues to us to discuss.

 

 

For now this is your Host Victor Cajiao saying, enjoy the rest of your Sunday