Notes from Tod Maffin’s audio blogging and podcasting session at northernvoice:

• He took an uncompressed file 1000k and compared different compression schemes. 128/44 which was 93k. He said that this was the end of the geek stuff.
• Don’t have a show about nothing, have a show about something.
• What’s your passion? Clear show topic/focus. Tell a story. Example of Adam Curry’s bandwidth issues.
• Speak to one person. There is no “everybody.”
• Be brief. 45 minutes suggested as a max length. 8-10 minutes is a sweet spot for Tod Maffin.
• Mix up the sound. Provide “audio-on-ramps” which are like headers, one person in the audience mentioned.
• Microphones meant to be near mouths. Use a pop filter
• Don’t verbally listen.
• Double-ender. Record on both ends and then mix together source files as opposed to recording one good end.
• He doesn’t like the quality of Vonage. He thinks Skype is a little better.
• Collect 30 seconds of roomtone and then use that as background for editing.
• “Fair comment” allows for a brief snippet portion of a licensed song when commenting on a particular part of a song or artist.

Tod used the program Samplitude Producer for his demonstration. He hit on the legal aspects of podcasting. Myths he defines includes: length of play doesn’t matter without a license, talking over it, just because you buy it for personal use doesn’t mean you can use it, artists may not own the broadcast rights for their own music so getting the artist’s permission may not apply.

Tod didn’t take any questions at the end of his presentation.

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