Everything you want to know about microphones
Posted Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 6:11 pm by Dave Moyer
Podcasting News linking to a site with absolutely everything you need to know about microphones, Coutant.org, the site of Professor S.O. Coutant.
Not only does it let you listen to piano music, but The Microphone Home Page has information on frequencies, pick-up patterns, and all sorts of other information about TONS of different microphones commonly used in the broadcasting industry. The site also includes biographies of many important figures and personalities.
This website is an excellent resource for anyone looking for a new “professional” microphone.
Easy (free) Skype recording with Call Graph
Posted Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 1:55 pm by Dave Moyer
Call Graph is a brand-new plugin for Skype that can easily record calls, and it’s free. However, it’s only available to Windows users, making it less than appealing for a large chunk of the podcasting community.
Call Graph is a simple and good plugin for Skype as far as recording calls is concerned. It can be pretty handy for creating podcasts, as it directly stores the audio in 128 Kbps Bit rate in MP3, which is considered ideal for podcasts.
- Call Recording: record your calls in an mp3 file, automatically.
- Full Skype Support: record Skype to Skype, SkypeIn, SkypeOut calls.
- Completely Free: no limits or restrictions of any kind.
- Manage Records: use tags to mark your records.
- Integrated Search: use tags to search through your calls records.
- Simple and Un-intrusive: minimal interface, easy to use, un-annoying.
Veronica Belmont to leave Mahalo
Posted Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 1:22 pm by Dave Moyer
Quickly becoming a video podcast icon, Veronica Belmont is soon making her second move in a year, this time leaving Mahalo where she hosted the Mahalo Daily video podcast (she left her previous job as a producer and host at CNET late last year).
The news was first released today by George Ruiz on Twitter, linking to a very recent blog post that Veronica had put up on the topic, entitled Moving on to new projects. Jason Calacanis, CEO of Mahalo and “Craft Services” for Mahalo Daily posted on Twitter later today, saying:
good luck to @Veronica … sad day at Mahalo, but we’re all excited about your big news. who should be the next host?!
So far, Veronica has not released what her future plans are, but we can be sure she’ll be moving on to something great.
