Re:Ask HN: Have you ever tried to start a podcast? What did ...
by Philomath on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @08:27PM
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Couldn't agree more with the: just publish the darned thing.
That's it.
Re:Ask HN: Have you ever tried to start a podcast? What did ...
by viraptor on Wednesday January 18, 2017 @05:19AM
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There's a balance really. Don't overthink it, but don't just ignore the main issues. For example I unsubscribed from a few podcasts just because they had a lot of static, or completely unbalanced speakers' volumes. You don't need the latest and greatest software/hardware to deal with that, but do go with Audacity at least.
There's a very low threshold where whatever the content is, you can't concentrate on it. Do the minimum to not sound terrible at the beginning.
* What's the best microphone to use? (There goes at least 20 hours of research and reading and listening to comparisons, etc.)
* What should I use to record the podcast? Audacity? Logic Pro X? Reaper (which I haven't upgraded to 5.43 yet)?
* What about intro music? (More weeks pass as I reinstall and upgrade my digital audio workstation, the synth and drum plugins, my guitar interface, which oh, needs a driver upgrade...)
* How should I clean up the noise? (More time passes installing and upgrading my compression plugins. Do I need to buy the latest Waves plugins? Didn't I buy that set years ago, maybe I can upgrade? Check out KVR Audio for freeware plugins...)
* Where should I store the podcast? Which service? Is libsyn still good? What about podbean?
* Oh, now I need a website. Spend time resurrecting an old blog. Think: maybe I should convert over to one of those newer static sites (Hugo, et al)? Hey, maybe I'll write something in Go, which I've been trying to learn! (Weeks later...)
So, it's months later and I've clearly shaved far too many yaks. I don't have a podcast, but I've learned that I should just record one with whatever mic I've got, using Audacity, or whatever, and just publish the darned thing.