I’m no fan of WhatsApp but my goodness the group chat I have on it with my mates is brilliant.
Photoblogging Challenge Day 7: daytripping 📷 #mbaug
How can the input levels of two USB microphones be so different? The Rode Podcaster barely registers a waveform while the Audio Technica ATR-2100x is ready to blow past the point of clipping. Both USB mics. It’s doing my head in trying to level them against one another. 🎙 🎤
I am so terrible at sticking with a single note taking system. I really tried to consolidate on OneNote… Then I remember the cool features that NotePlan has that would fit perfectly with what I’m trying to do here…
Photoblogging Challenge Day 6: I decided to bisect this PB&J sandwich. 📷 #mbaug
Photoblogging Challenge Day 5: The pattern on my jumper has a bit of flow to it. 📷 #mbaug
Finished reading: Chosen People by Robert Whitlow 📚
Down the Podcasting Microphone Rabbit-hole
Oh boy, it’s happening to me. Some months ago when I made the decision to start doing some podcasting, I did my research and selected the Rode Podcaster microphone as my weapon of choice.
It’s been working fine for me, but at the same time, I’ve never been totally certain that it’s the right mic for me. I’m an amateur and I’m learning as I go but the Podcaster struck me as sounding somewhat ‘thin’. Plus the gain from the mic was really low. Research suggests this makes absolutely no difference whatsoever to the end result but it still made me curious about other options.
The Podcaster was not cheap so I’ve been reticent to spend more money on hardware. Yet I could resist it when I saw a good price on the new Audio Technica ATR 2100-X which is a combination USB/XLR microphone. I’m still in the USB world directly connecting to my iMac. I haven’t - and at this stage don’t want to - go down the preamp rabbit hole.
Today the ATR-2100x arrived. I’ve given it a 45 second test to date, so this doesn’t act as a review. What I noticed immediately is that it sounded richer and the gain was definitely higher. However, the dynamic range was therefore more limited compared with the Rode Podcaster. In the test I did, the Podcaster handled it all whereas the ATR-2100x experienced clipping.
I will keep experimenting and will likely record my next episode of Keep Practising with the new Audio Technica.
All this is to say, it appears I may be starting the slippery slide towards becoming an audio gearhead. Send help!
Photoblogging Challenge Day 4: Peace walking to my new office looking at Perth CBD. 📷 #mbaug
Photoblogging Challenge Day 3: Bug 📷 #mbaug
Judging by this video my FetchTV DVR is going to have better universal search than AppleTV.
Photoblogging Challenge Day 2: Floating 📷. This boat once floated around the entire globe. #mbaug
Photoblogging Challenge Day 1: Up 📷 #mbaug
How on earth is it August already? Weirdest year on record within my life span.
If you’d like to hear me and a mate talk about NBL basketball 🏀 and team composition leading into the new season, then listen to NBL Pocket Podcast 🎙
Work life.
End of the month and I’m “YNAB Poor”.
Want to read: Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout 📚
I’ve linked IndieBookClub to my micro.blog account. Not as many bells and whistles as GoodReads but simple and straightforward to use.
Currently reading: Chosen People by Robert Whitlow 📚