Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."
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Sorry bonny, I wasn't meaning to hijack, I was just putting that out there as I know I had loads of problems identifying a good 'outside broadcast' podcasting solution.
Oh, gracious. I didn't take it that way at all. I appreciate all suggestions. And I really DO want to eventually get an outside recording device. So, your post is duly filed.
You'll find my posts almost never contain sarcasm...and I say almost because after 4 years, I suppose I might have gotten shirty once or twice.
The fact is, I'm so grateful to have this resource, I can hardly articulate it...so recommend ON!
I cut out some of the ssssing using a silk scarf over the handset
Expand your sound nerd vocabulary time:
The "ssssing" is called sibilance. "P" sounds are called plosives.
Your solution, by the way, is rather similar to how they cut down on sibilance in the studio. They basically stretch a bit of pantyhose in between the person being recorded and the microphone. I've also used a cap made of pantyhose over live radio mics to cut down on sibilance and wind noise.
So, yesterday I had a scary bluescreen shut down incident, and then later IE randomly closed itself down. It seems to be working fine now. Is this the beginning of the end?
do a clean restart and see what happens.
The "ssssing" is called sibilance. "P" sounds are called plosives.
Sean, you caught me not knowing how to spell sibilance, but I have to confess that I did not know about plosives. I just love saying that word out loud. Plosive. As in, "I was so stressed, I nearly went 'plosive!'
I will try the pantyhose (do I even have any?) option too. The scarf helped to a degree, but I think it contributed to the 'thickness' of the phone sounds.
Since I have the snowball coming, the one-person shows will be less of an issue. On the waiver I send to phone guests, I'll recommend the pantyhose!
do a clean restart and see what happens.
All appears well after restarting, so I'm not going to borrow trouble.
omnis, I doubt you are around this morning, but if you are...genius!
Aw shucks. You are making me blush.
I'm buying the snowball and wonder if you have an account with full compass, or in any way can get credit for the buy
ND beat me to it. I buy so seldom from them, that I don't have any great pull. ND is the power user in that case, and he's already hooked you up.
buffistas, by definition, rock.
O ya. I agree with you on this one! Love this place!
TB, I don't know how much useful information there is to be given here about buying phones in a market as different as Japan's.
Typo Boy, just an fyi, but GSM technology is not used in Japan. [link]
Most Japanese cell phones can only be used in Japan. Even though they use W-CDMA, they won't work in many other countries that use CDMA because the spectrum is different. And U.S. cell phones won't work there, unless they have Verizon Wireless, a special phone, and a lot of money.
If you read the entire page I linked to (a friend who lived in Japan says it's accurate), your friend is going to have to jump through some hoops to get a cell phone. IMHO, I'd get the cheapest phone possible since it will turn into a brick once he leaves the country.
