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Episode 25: Stand Up
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03/08/17 • 42 min
Dan talks about improving sound quality, motivation, mute switches, how and when to end a show, syncing audio and video, and more.
Links for this episode:
- Amazon.com: Pro Co Sound CDSS Short Stop Mute Box: Musical Instruments
- Mute My Mic
- Amazon.com: Rode NTG1 Condenser Shotgun Microphone: Musical Instruments
- Amazon.com: Andoer Acrylic Clapboard Dry Erase Director Film Movie Clapper Board Slate 9.6 * 11.7" with Color Sticks: Electronics
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Episode 29: Recording Fort
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03/07/20 • 66 min
Dan talks about the best ways to record a podcast with remote guests, route and record multiple audio sources with software, podcast industry statistics, niche podcasts, my current recording gear, and my favorite mic.
Links:
- VB-Audio Virtual Apps — VB-CABLE is a virtual audio device working as virtual audio cable. All audio signals coming in the CABLE input is transported to the CABLE output. Then It becomes simple to make computer audio recording or to connect a player application to a recorder one.
- Sound recording tools: Total Recorder - captures any audio from the Internet, records audio from CD, microphone, line-in, converts any sound formats to WAVE and MP3 — You can record streaming audio, Mic input, or Line-in input from external devices connected to your PC. The resulting files are saved on your computer's hard-drive.
- Rogue Amoeba | Audio Hijack: Record Any Audio on MacOS — Record any application's audio, including VoIP calls from Skype, web streams from Safari, and much more. Save audio from hardware devices like microphones and mixers as well. You can even record all the audio heard on your Mac at once! If you can hear it, Audio Hijack can record it.
- Rogue Amoeba | Loopback: Cable-Free Audio Routing — It's easy to pass audio between applications on your Mac, with the power of Loopback. Create virtual audio devices to take the sound from apps and audio input devices, then pass it to any audio processing software. With an easy-to-use wire-based interface, Loopback gives you the power of a high-end studio mixing board, right inside your computer!
- Rogue Amoeba | SoundSource: A Superior Sound Control — Control audio on a per-app basis, adjusting the volume and output device for individual apps. Apply an equalizer and other audio effects to any audio on your Mac. Even adjust your Mac's audio device settings and levels instantly, from anywhere. It's all possible right from your menu bar, with SoundSource.
- Public media found its answer to Spotify in Pocket Casts - The Verge — BBC Studios and Pocket Casts are announcing today that the British company is investing in the American podcast player. The decision comes at a time when multiple podcast apps, most notably Spotify, are committing themselves to a strategy of exclusive shows designed to build loyalty to their platform. Pocket Casts is instead committed to podcasting’s open ecosystem of freely available RSS feeds, CEO Owen Grover says.
- Many podcast episodes won’t play in web browsers later this year — If your podcast host isn’t hosting its audio on a secure server (that uses https:// at the beginning) then be aware that any embedded audio player will fail in October this year: Google Chrome will block non-HTTPS audio in embedded players once Chrome gets to v86.
- What Podcast Sellers Say Is Needed To Achieve $2 Billion In Podcast Ad Revenue - Westwood One — Overall, while the buy side and sell side are in general agreement on the miserable state of podcast measurement, sellers are a bit more positive. Only 5% of brands and agencies rate podcast measurement and attribution as “excellent.” 10% of sellers indicated the current state to be “excellent.”
Episode 28: Born In The Halls
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02/19/20 • 57 min
Dan talks about the Podcast Academy Awards, the podcast gold rush, new mics from Rode, transcription services, in-browser recording and editing, and your questions.
Links:
- Why the podcast gold rush is slowing down for some publishers
- NT-USB Mini Studio Quality USB Microphone | RØDE Microphones
- RØDE PODMIC
- Support Podcast Method on Patreon!
- Podcast industry leaders come together to launch The Podcast Academy, and announce annual awards and professional development program
- Do Podcasts Have Their Own Academy Awards? They May Soon - Bloomberg
- Rob Greenlee on Twitter: "@xpangler @iHeartRadio @nytimes @hearluminary @Entercom @WestwoodOne How about all the mediums founding/influential podcasters, production, hosting companies that are missing too. Just so many missing on being asked to join initially. We need to build this in an open way and not in secret. #podcasting" / Twitter
- Headliner - Promote your podcast, radio show or blog with video
- Zencastr
- Welcome to Cast
- Descript | Create podcasts, videos, and transcripts
- Amazon.com: Rode NT-USB Mini USB Condenser Microphone: Musical Instruments
- Rode NT-USB MINI USB Microphone | Musician's Friend — Rode NT-USB MINI USB Microphone
- Rode PodMic Dynamic Broadcast Microphone | Sweetwater
Episode 26: One Take
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03/30/17 • 43 min
Dan talks about podcast networks (and the evolution of 5by5), and answers listener questions about how sponsorships really work and what sponsors want (guaranteed numbers, CPM, ROI), audience engagement, Skype vs. double-enders, building audience, and finding inspiration.
Links for this episode:
- CPM Calculator ~ brought to you by BuySellAds ~
- 5by5 | Unwound
- Call Recorder for Skype - The Skype Audio/Video HD Call Recording Solution for Mac - Ecamm Network
- Squarespace (Start your free trial site today, at Squarespace.com and when you sign up make sure to use the offer code PODCASTMETHOD to get 10% off your first purchase).
Episode 24: Get Pumped
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02/13/17 • 37 min
Dan talks about staying organized, working with a co-host, commitment, live streaming, sound dampening, budget friendly live call-in solutions, New & Noteworthy, iPhone/iPad recording solutions, and transcripts.
Links for this episode:
- Amazon.com: Apogee MiC 96k Professional Quality Microphone for iPad, iPhone, and Mac: Musical Instruments
- Amazon.com: 3 Meter iPad/iPhone Lightning cable for JAM and MiC: Musical Instruments
- The Apogee MiC: Hands-On Review - YouTube
- IKEA PS 2017 Room divider - IKEA
- Icecast
- Rogue Amoeba | Nicecast: Your Own Internet Radio Station
- 2GB Ram for $10/mo - Linode
- JK Audio Broadcast Host Desktop Digital Hybrid HOST B&H Photo
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Episode 23: Production Values
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02/01/17 • 53 min
Dan answers your questions about affiliate codes, post production tweaks, video skype calls, gain staging, audio interface migrating, trying out new microphones, and starting new shows.
Links for this episode:
- Host Your Podcast - Fireside
- Amazon.com: Sony MDR7506 Professional Large Diaphragm Headphone: Musical Instruments
- Apollo Audio Interface with Realtime UAD Processing and Thunderbolt
- Call Recorder for Skype - The Skype Audio/Video HD Call Recording Solution for Mac - Ecamm Network
- Amazon.com: DBX 286s Microphone Pre-amp Processor: Musical Instruments
- Amazon.com: Shure SM7B Vocal Dynamic Microphone, Cardioid: Musical Instruments
- Amazon.com: Heil PR-40 Dynamic Studio Recording Microphone: Musical Instruments
- Amazon.com: Telefunken M82 (M82 Kickdrum Mic): Musical Instruments
- The Levelator® from The Conversations Network
- Auphonic
- OWC Digital
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Episode 22: The Future
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06/03/16 • 53 min
Dan talks about the start of 5by5 and its CMS, sticking to your wheelhouse, and answers listener questions about recording a double ender vs Skype recording, minimum downloads that appeal to sponsors, how the future of podcasting compares to blogging, how to get guests on your show, how hosts get paid per show, and cover art.
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Episode 21: Versatility
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03/31/16 • 43 min
Dan talks about gear for recording in the field and in the studio, making specific vs. general podcasts, versatility in podcasting, the Cloudlifter vs. DBX, Apple's Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter, using Zencastr instead of Skype, writing good show notes, and guidelines for good gain.
Links for this episode:
- Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter - Apple
- Amazon.com: Zoom H4N Digital Multitrack Recorder - 2015 Version: Musical Instruments
- Amazon.com: Shure SM58-LC Cardioid Dynamic Vocal Microphone: Musical Instruments
- Amazon.com: Zoom H4N Digital Multitrack Recorder - 2015 Version: Musical Instruments
- Amazon.com: DBX 286s Microphone Pre-amp Processor: Musical Instruments
- Amazon.com: Cloud Microphones Cloudlifter CL-1: Musical Instruments
- Zencastr
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Episode 20: Balance
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03/11/16 • 47 min
Shifting the focus back to listener emails, Dan talks about finding a good co-host, balancing levels, story-style podcasts, replacement episodes, DMCAs, lavalier mics, a Fireside update, and the right way to end a podcast.
Links for this episode:
- 5by5 | The Pipeline
- 5by5 | Back to Work
- Fireside - Podcast hosting and analytics by podcasters for podcasters
- Amazon.com: Sony MDR7506 Professional Large Diaphragm Headphone: Musical Instruments
- Amazon.com: DBX 286s Microphone Pre-amp Processor: Musical Instruments
- Amazon.com: Shure SM58-LC Cardioid Vocal Microphone without Cable: Musical Instruments
- Amazon.com: Zoom H5 Four-Track Portable Recorder: Musical Instruments
- Beer Bottle Firestarter! - YouTube
- Dan Benjamin is creating Podcasts and videos
- Anchor - Radio by the people
Episode 27: Waking Up
Podcast Method
02/14/20 • 52 min
Dan talks about Spotify and The Ringer, rising podcast revenue, the size of podcast audiences, Chartable and IAB, SiriusXM and SoundCloud, Audio Hijack, travel USB/XLR mics, 4-input audio interfaces, and listener questions!
Please support the show on Patreon!
Links:
- Spotify is buying Bill Simmons’s The Ringer - Vox — Spotify is making yet another big-budget purchase aimed at getting a lead in the growing podcast industry: The streaming music company has agreed to a deal to purchase The Ringer, the podcast-centric media company run and owned by Bill Simmons.
- The Ringer’s Price Tag Revealed. | Podcast News Daily | insideradio.com — In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Spotify tells investors that it will pay between $141 and $195 million for The Ringer.
- Podcast Ad Revenues Are Quickly Rising - eMarketer Trends, Forecasts & Statistics — The podcasting industry continues to explode with potential for advertisers, and the numbers show it: Marketers spent $479 million on podcast ads in 2018, and podcast advertising revenues are projected to surpass $1 billion by 2021, according to figures from the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PwC.
- Nielsen: Podcast Listening On Track To Double By 2023. | Podcast News Daily | insideradio.com — More than two decades since becoming a thing, podcast listening is now expanding at a compound annual growth rate of 20%, according to Nielsen Scarborough data from 2014-2019. If that rate continues, the podcast audience could double by 2023. “It’s still growing at a tremendous clip,” Tony Hereau, VP Cross Platform Insights at Nielsen, said Tuesday.
- Chartable achieves IAB Tech Lab Podcast Measurement Certification - Chartable — Chartable, the podcast measurement company, today announced that it has been officially certified by the IAB Technology Laboratory.
- SiriusXM Makes $75 Million Investment in SoundCloud – Variety — SiriusXM Holdings has invested $75 million in SoundCloud, the open audio platform beloved by musicians that has struggled to find a place in a the streaming-service hierarchy. SoundCloud will use this additional investment to accelerate its product development and enhance the services that fuel its global community of creators and listeners, according to the announcement.
- Google Podcasts — Google's new podcast homepage.
- Podcast Subscriber Tracking Is Pointless - Evo Terra - Medium — Most podcasters want one thing: for people to listen to their content. So it makes sense that understanding a podcast’s total subscriber count would be a good thing. Only... it isn’t.
- Amazon.com: Focusrite Scarlett 18i8 (3rd Gen) USB Audio Interface with Pro Tools | First: Musical Instruments
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How many episodes does Podcast Method have?
Podcast Method currently has 31 episodes available.
What topics does Podcast Method cover?
The podcast is about Video, Audio, Help, How To, Podcasting, Podcasts, Technology, Education and Advice.
What is the most popular episode on Podcast Method?
The episode title 'Episode 30: Podcasting from Home' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Podcast Method?
The average episode length on Podcast Method is 50 minutes.
How often are episodes of Podcast Method released?
Episodes of Podcast Method are typically released every 21 days.
When was the first episode of Podcast Method?
The first episode of Podcast Method was released on Dec 5, 2014.
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