Testing Testing

We just ran a short test on Talkshoe in preparation for the launch of our new TWiTcast: net@nite with Amber MacArthur. I was very impressed by the sound quality and interactivity. This is going to be fun!

Talkshoe

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This is the user interface. You can listen to the show and chat with other listeners live from the Talkshoe site, or call in (a long distance call unless you live in Pittsburgh) to participate. The stream and resulting recording on the Talkshoe site will be telephone quality. I am also recording locally and that high-quality recording will be available on the net@nite podcast feed (http://leo.am/podcasts/itn) the following Tuesday.

Talkshoe Test

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Just so you can hear the difference, you can hear the local Talkshoe recording (identical to the stream) on the net@nite talkshoe page. The local version that will go onto the podcast is here:

So Long Suckah

My last reason for using Windows might just have been eliminated.

I use Adobe Audition for all my netcast recording and editing. It's a Windows program but there's no Mac version. Paul Figgiani just tipped me that Adobe has announced a new audio editing program for Windows and... ta da OS X. (Intel Macs only, though - that's the first Intel only program for OS X I've seen and that doesn't bode well for PowerPC owners.)

Adobe Soundbooth

The free beta of Soundbooth is available now. Soundbooth has the familiar Audition interface, but it looks like they're positioning it as the "easy to use" Audition. One key feature missing from the beta is multitrack recording and mixing. I really need that, but there are many folks who don't. The "remove a sound" feature pictured above is a simple interface to Audition's powerful spectral analysis tool. You'll find simplified versions of other sound tools like reverb and compression, too. I'd guess this is really "Audition Elements" by another name, but it will probably be a good choice for quick editing and single track recording. The kind of thing most podcasters need. If Adobe can price it under $100 it will do very well indeed.Of course I knew this would happen because I just spent $1000 on Bias Peak Pro a couple of weeks ago.

Podcast Kommen Auch Ohne iPod Aus

One of the things I like best about netcasting is its global reach. Thanks to Markus Gruetter for this clip from today's edition of the Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger. I can't read German but I think the gist of it is netcasting doesn't require an iPod! (Update: Kyle Goetz has posted a translation on his blog.) And thanks to Cedric Ingrand, the French TV journalist and host of Plein Ecran on LCI-TV for his story on podcasting featuring both Kevin Rose and me. There's an English version on his blog. You can also subscribe to the French version on iTunes. I've posted a copy on the English version on Cachefly. It's a 116MB WMV file but well worth the download. I think it's the best story I've ever seen about TWiT and this new medium. (There's some good stuff about Revision3, too, including footage from the Rev3 party.)And I'll be appearing on Mexican radio at 8:20 Central tonight with Ricardo Zamora López on DOMMO, his technology radio show on W Radio 96.9 F.M. Mexico City. (If you speak Spanish the audio is here.)And you know what everyone wants to talk about? Netcast vs Podcast!

iTunes Subversion

Thanks to Nik who is taking my campaign to rename "podcasts" to "netcast" right to the source: iTunes. Nik explains how to modify iTunes so it says "Netcasts" instead of the hated "Podcasts."

He warns that you can screw up your iTunes, but it's really pretty straightforward. You're just replacing the localized strings - a feature Apple has designed into all its programs for easy translation. The screen shot at left comes from iTunes 7.0.1.

Thanks, Nik!

Podcaster Feed is Up

I got an email just a short while ago from Matthew Bischoff asking me to set up a podcaster feed of the radio show. Never having heard of podcasting I did a little research and discovered a wonderful idea. Apparently the brainstorm of former MTV VJ and net guru Adam Curry, podcasting is a way to automatically feed content to your iPod. For some it's a way of creating their own radio show. For me, it's a way to feed my radio show to those who want it automatically. Subscribe to my feed using iPodder and you'll automatically get the new shows the minute they're posted. UPDATE: Adam will join me on the radio show at 1p on Saturday to talk about podcasting and the future of Internet broadcasting. For a list of podcaster feeds visit podcasting.net My podcast feed is http://leoville.tv/podcasts/kfi For podcast software for Mac, Windows, and Linux visit http://www.ipodder.org/ Matt's podcasting FAQ explains more.