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Re: TalkShoe as Live Audio Platform

randulo — Thu, 31 May 2007 03:48:45 -0000

Talkshoe is excellent when you use it properly as a tool. For podcasts with good audio, one needs to record locally. The people calling in by phone on any show will always be variable. So to do a show like TWIT there needs to be a local recording that can be uploaded.

Hats off to the the Talkshoe people who do a great job.

Re: TalkShoe as Live Audio Platform

michaelsorg — Wed, 30 May 2007 23:53:42 -0000

We switched the Wrestling Mayhem Show to Talkshoe back in October, I think. We use it much like Leo uses it, as a live feed and interactivity/call in tool, but record our casts locally and upload/edit them later that same night. The quality is of course due to transmitting your show over conventional phone, but for someone just starting in this podcast thing, it's really a great thing. And I'm' sure we sounded just as bad with our standard PC mics and room noise back when we started.

I consider Talkshoe as the Mac of podcasting tools. Easy to use and you don't have to tinker that much.

Now the chat room is another matter...

Re: TalkShoe as Live Audio Platform

Steve — Wed, 30 May 2007 16:57:23 -0000

I actually just unsubscribed from a podcast I used to enjoy quite a bit because they switched from recording a four-way Skype call to using TalkShoe. Their sound quality dropped significantly, and there's nothing to help keep the participants' levels consistent; one participant was significantly louder than the rest and he blew out my ears whenever he started to talk. And this wasn't a fly-by-night podcast, either; this is a podcast done by several people who know how to make a podcast sound good, normally.

I think it's fine if you're doing a one-off thing or a live-only show, then they might be OK, but I think they need to improve their sound quality before I'd consider them a legitimate option.