ODF Podcast: Take 1

[robert_weir@us.ibm.com]

I did an interview session with in at the Granada Plugfest with Svante 
Schubert, from the ODF TC and the ODF Toolkit Union.  Discussion about 
ODF, RDF, ODFDOM, etc.  From 15 minutes of material I edited it down to 
around 10 minutes, or 5MB.

Right now the beginning and ending is just ambient cafeteria noise.  I 
could shorten that, maybe put in some theme music, if we can find 
something royalty free, that fades down to just a few seconds of the 
ambient noise and then into the interview.  I think that is typical.  We 
could also try to knock out the background noise altogether and make it 
sound like it is from a studio, but it is a location interview, so I don't 
think we need to hide that fact, unless anyone thinks the noise is 
distracting.

Also, I recorded in only one channel.  Since most people will listen 
stereo we have a few options, including sending the sound as-is to both 
channels, or "centering" the sound so it sounds like it is focused in the 
middle of the field.

In any case, this is an example of what the art of the possible is with 
the kind of equipment I can easily carry around to conferences.  We might 
try one as well using Skype and see how they compare.

You can download the interview at:  http://www.robweir.com/odf-podcast.mp3

Regards,

-Rob