Hi Paul and others, Paul, My experience is that just about any digital recorder will do the job well enough for a podcast. For me it is about the content and not how flashy it is. I did the Amadeus Pro podcast with a Olympus DM 50. I clipped the microphone to my lap top screen and had my lap top output playing through speakers behind me. The results were audible and that was good enough. I sometimes fine the high tech podcasts with mixers and such a bit over powering. Also, With some podcast using Autio hijack Pro for example the quality of the computer is so loud that it both overwhelms the human speaker and sounds so much like my actual computer that I have been confused as to whether I did something on my computer or the podcast did!
So your Victor reader should be fine. the only catch is the Victor records in a format you will not be able to import into Amadeus Pro to edit or convert to mp3. that is unless you have the optional soft pack upgrade. I have heard many clear podcasts recorded with the Victor Reader Stream. So again the voice output doesn't need to be spectacular to work well. My recent podcasts on using the Reminders App and List Recorder were just don with the internal microphone with Amadeus Pro. I didn't do much of anything to clean them up other then delete extra sound. My iPhone was being used normally just near the computer. I hope to make future ones better as you and others increase my knowledge of Amadeus Pro. But I promise to not get carried away with music and echoes and all that stuff. This is a great thread, I've been pushing myself to learn more thanks to you folks. eRic Caron On Feb 19, 2012, at 8:09 AM, Paul Hopewell wrote: > Hi Eric, > OK I will have a go at a podcast. I have never done a podcast so would > appreciate a few tips on the mechanics. In particular what technology is best > for concurrently recording my voice, the output of VoiceOver, and the Amadeus > playback using my iMac? I could record it all using my Victor Reader Stream > but I suspect there is a better way. > Many thanks for any tips. > > Paul Hopewell > recorindg particulart ghave > On 19 Feb 2012, at 00:52, Eric Caron wrote: > >> Hi Paul and others, >> >> I'm so glad those podcasts from Dave helped you. I'll need to listen >> to them again myself! >> >> I find podcasts with demonstrations are easier for me to use for things like >> Amadeus Pro. But I would take your write up for sure! >> >> But, please consider doing a podcast showing what you have learned. >> >> Eric Caron >> >> On Feb 18, 2012, at 4:24 PM, Paul Hopewell wrote: >> >>> Hi Eric, >>> Many thanks for sending me the short podcasts about editing with Amadeus >>> Pro. I can now reliably correct my piano playing! For example to remove a >>> prolonged silence I play the track until I hear the start of the silence >>> and place a marker there. I then continue until I hear the first note after >>> the silence and place a second marker there. I then extend the selection to >>> the prior marker. I then press the space bar to hear the selection and >>> adjust it by pressing the a, s, d, or f keys to adjust the left hand end or >>> right hand end of the selection. I press the desired key a few times and >>> then press the space bar to hear the result and then press the desired key >>> again until the result is correct. If I overshoot I can easily reverse >>> that. I then press the e key to hear the effect of removing the selection >>> (I set the preview time in Amadeus preferences to its maximum of 2 >>> seconds). when all is correct I press the delete key to delete the >>> selection and press the command+delete k e > y >> t >>> o remove the markers associated wit the selection. I then save the result >>> in case I mess it up later on. This all sounds very tedious but is >>> surprisingly quick and easy to do. A good trick is to set the horizontal >>> zoom slider so that each press of the a through f keys does a sensible >>> amount of adjustment. >>> >>> Rather than do a podcast on this I would prefer to write it up as a >>> shortish document with fully detailed instructions. If I did that where >>> could I put the document so that it would be useful to others? Is blind >>> cool tech exclusively podcasts or are text documents also acceptable? I >>> prefer documents as it is much easier to locate salient points after the >>> initial read through, whereas with a podcast I have to listen to quite a >>> bit of material I am familiar with tho locate the point of interest. WIth a >>> text document this is easily accomplished by the find command. >>> Anyway when I have a bit more experience of this editing I will write it up >>> or podcast it and save it somewhere. >>> Many thanks. >>> >>> Paul Hopewell >>> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >>> >>> To reply to this post, please address your message to >>> mac-access@mac-access.net >>> >>> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum >>> at either the list's own dedicated web archive: >>> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >>> or at the public Mail Archive: >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. >>> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> >>> >>> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >>> and worm-free! >>> >>> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting >>> the list website at: >>> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> >> >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >> >> To reply to this post, please address your message to >> mac-access@mac-access.net >> >> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at >> either the list's own dedicated web archive: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >> or at the public Mail Archive: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. >> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> >> >> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >> and worm-free! >> >> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting >> the list website at: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. 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