Re: [odf-adoption] ODF Podcast: Take 1

["Alan Clark" <aclark@novell.com>]

I agree - Sound is very clear.  The interview had great direction and focus.  The background noise wasn't a distraction.  I would shorten the ambient noise at the beginning, other than that I'd vote to post the podcast.

Alan

>>> On 4/27/2010 at 03:38 PM, in message
<t2i79f57c0b1004271438mca562f64xd19c634f1fd4be24@mail.gmail.com>, Zaheda Bhorat
<zaheda@google.com> wrote: 
> Hi Rob,
> Nice work !
> I could hear both Svante and yourself really well . The background noise was
> not distracting at all and it was clear that it was an on location
> interview.  I welcome more podcasts.  I would consider adding a photo of the
> setting with the speaker as a good addition to the podcast.
> Would you be considering adding video with the Skype sample ?
> Zaheda
> 
> 
> On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 12:39 PM, <robert_weir@us.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
>> 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
>>
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