Yes! The solution is to record multi-track if at all possible: one track for you, one for them, and one track combined. You can do this either through certain video conferencing providers directly...
Does anybody have any tips for when your podcast partner doesn’t live in the same state? He recently moved to Las Vegas, but I’m still in Tucson. We were going to try Zoom.
Yes! The solution is to record multi-track if at all possible: one track for you, one for them, and one track combined. You can do this either through certain video conferencing providers directly (Zoom had a "record separately" function last time I used them a few years back, and IIRC Jitsi does this natively as well), or else use the tried-and-true method of having the remote host record their own track locally and then send it to you afterward.
Then in your editing app (I use Reaper), line them up based on the combined track's wave forms (and make sure the combined track is muted!), and while listen-editing you can insert spaces where needed to fix time-delay overtalking problems. With practice you can make it sound as if it was an entirely natural conversation.
That "most of the time" is the big problem. My experience with pretty much every such add-on out there is that they are fantastic and wonderful until they fail at the worst possible moment, and...
...that worked decently, most of the time.
That "most of the time" is the big problem. My experience with pretty much every such add-on out there is that they are fantastic and wonderful until they fail at the worst possible moment, and then they are disastrous. Even the video chat clients that allow separate track recordings are unreliable, often resulting in tracks that are either garbled, corrupted, weirdly out of sync, poor quality, or any combination of the above.
You will never go wrong by also having your remote person self-record. Even if you use an auto-recording tool from your platform, you should still always have them do their own recording as a backup, and trust me, you will need that backup at some point, because tech is often unreliable.
A few things might trip you up though:
You are your guest both need to record at the same audio frequency, either 48000 or 44100. Which is best is up to you, it's an ancient argument and all that really matters is your own preferences. Either way, all need to use the same frequency for an easier time in editing sync. Differing frequencies isn't the end of the world, but sometimes can cause issues so it's best to confirm freq sync at the start.
Always record an "everything" combined track too. It's main purpose is just to use as a waveform reference when lining up the other tracks. But sometimes if your individual tracks fail for some reason, you can fall back to the combined track and just do your best from there.
Always do a clap sync ("3... 2... 1... clap") at the beginning and end of every recording with someone remote. Your clap is not supposed to line up with theirs, that's fine, it's just a really handy way of finding the wave spikes later on when editing and getting things lined up.
I listened to the Hekate episode. I found it humourous. Not laugh out loud funny but it kept me engaged and I listened to the whole thing. It's a wierd topic. On the one hand, the way you tell the...
I listened to the Hekate episode. I found it humourous. Not laugh out loud funny but it kept me engaged and I listened to the whole thing. It's a wierd topic. On the one hand, the way you tell the story is funny and an interesting take on a taboo subject. On the other hand at the end I felt kinda icky. like I was taking pleasure in someone else's damaged view of what a relationship should be.
Perhaps it just hit a little close to home for me.
Yeah man , all good . No need to take it to heart. It was just an observation I had and I thought Id give you some feedback. I'm just a random dude on the internet. If I may be candid, I think you...
Yeah man , all good . No need to take it to heart. It was just an observation I had and I thought Id give you some feedback. I'm just a random dude on the internet.
If I may be candid, I think you and I are around the same age and that story is one I would have definitely laughed a lot harder at 10/15 years ago. Maybe cause I was younger and a lot more on the "ho's be tripping, bro" part of my life. Having been through half a lifetime of experience now I tend to view things with a lot more nuance (hopefully) than when I was younger.
Anyway it definitely resonated with this fellow 40 year old.
Cheers
Yes! The solution is to record multi-track if at all possible: one track for you, one for them, and one track combined. You can do this either through certain video conferencing providers directly (Zoom had a "record separately" function last time I used them a few years back, and IIRC Jitsi does this natively as well), or else use the tried-and-true method of having the remote host record their own track locally and then send it to you afterward.
Then in your editing app (I use Reaper), line them up based on the combined track's wave forms (and make sure the combined track is muted!), and while listen-editing you can insert spaces where needed to fix time-delay overtalking problems. With practice you can make it sound as if it was an entirely natural conversation.
That "most of the time" is the big problem. My experience with pretty much every such add-on out there is that they are fantastic and wonderful until they fail at the worst possible moment, and then they are disastrous. Even the video chat clients that allow separate track recordings are unreliable, often resulting in tracks that are either garbled, corrupted, weirdly out of sync, poor quality, or any combination of the above.
You will never go wrong by also having your remote person self-record. Even if you use an auto-recording tool from your platform, you should still always have them do their own recording as a backup, and trust me, you will need that backup at some point, because tech is often unreliable.
A few things might trip you up though:
I can 100% relate to this, my friend.
I listened to the Hekate episode. I found it humourous. Not laugh out loud funny but it kept me engaged and I listened to the whole thing. It's a wierd topic. On the one hand, the way you tell the story is funny and an interesting take on a taboo subject. On the other hand at the end I felt kinda icky. like I was taking pleasure in someone else's damaged view of what a relationship should be.
Perhaps it just hit a little close to home for me.
Yeah man , all good . No need to take it to heart. It was just an observation I had and I thought Id give you some feedback. I'm just a random dude on the internet.
If I may be candid, I think you and I are around the same age and that story is one I would have definitely laughed a lot harder at 10/15 years ago. Maybe cause I was younger and a lot more on the "ho's be tripping, bro" part of my life. Having been through half a lifetime of experience now I tend to view things with a lot more nuance (hopefully) than when I was younger.
Anyway it definitely resonated with this fellow 40 year old.
Cheers