My audio prayers have been answered…
So my buddy Dave and I have been trying to come up with a way, for eons, to record the two of us talking on Skype and have it sound, say, slightly better than two idiots talking on Skype. When I looked around, I pretty much heard "yeah, that’d be great, wouldn’t it?"
Well my prayers have been answered. My awesome audiophilic friend Sue Mell send me a video tutorial entitled "Skype for Interviews – A How-To," which pretty much gets right to it. It’s put together by the good people at The Conversations Network (whose Social Innovation podcast I listen to without fail) and walks you through how to set the whole thing up in plain, conversational English.
I can’t wait to try this out. One of my New Year’s goals is to start another podcast of conversations with people I admire. This is exactly the tool I need.
ADDENDUM: Sue Mell also pointed me to Association of Independents in Radio, where she found out about the tutorial. AIR is a professional group which represents the interests of and creates opportunities for audio producers across media.