Another one done and dusted as Richard Vobes would say

the shownotes

• Introduction and roll call
• Were you at the show at the Trolley Stop? we were...
• PW Fenton declares the Music and Broadcasting Industries dead... on Digital Flotsam
• Can you tell we're a bunch of Pink Floyd fans?
• Tim says down with the RIAA, Podcasting has made a complete end-run around the man
• Preston doesn't know shit about broper mic technique
• Federal Issue needs their own "Look"
• Adam Curry played a comment I recorded that included a plug for our podcast on The Daily Source Code
• short discussion about mastering software
• Tim really screwed up while recording Podcast 24
• How Tim recovered from his aforementioned screw-up
• Tim rips Sony a new one, and is going to boycott all Sony products forever
• Why copy protection is never a good policy
• Mad Libs!
• Another reason that mainstream radio sucks...
• Mad Libs! (For real this time)
• Travis Hoffman from The Ponderplace Podcast joins us for a couple more Mad Libs
• Mangled by MIDI is interrupted by Darby's story about fighting with Chris
• Back to Mangled by MIDI
• Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Recording VoIP for a podcast

Now I'll be the first to admit, I'm pretty anal about the audio quality of my podcast. Given that fact, and the Protools Digi001 interface I use in my podcasting rig, I decided to see if I could record a skype conversation that I would truly be able to tweak later.

The Basement Setup

Parts List

• 2.4 Ghz Pentium 4 running Windows XP Pro
• One Power Mac Dual G5, (Dual Chip, not dual core, FWIW)
• One Digi001 Interface, (PCI card, Breakout box and connecting cable)
• One 6 foot Toslink optical cable
• One eighth inch stereo mini phono plug to Stereo (Dual RCA connectors)
• two adapters, RCA female/quarter inch phono male
• One XLR Microphone cable
• One Sure SM57 Dynamic microphone
• One pair of comfortable earmuff-style headphones

Please note that all cabling and adapters is specific to my rig and it's capabilities. check your available connections before you buy anything.

The Steps

1. Set up the Protools session on the PC, with two mono tracks. Set track 1 to input from Analog 1, and Track 2 to input from optical Input. (1 or 2, Left or right doesn't really matter) There's a bit more setting up of the session in there, that has been left out because it is protools/Digi001 specific. Track 1 is Myself, Track 2 will be the remote guest
2. Run the optical cable from the digital output on the Mac to the Input on the PC.
3. Connect microphone
4. Connect Main out from PC to Line in on Mac
5. Mute channel 2. (otherwise you will cause your remote guest to hear an echo that will prove very distracting.)
6. Arm both tracks for recording.
7. Verify settings on the Mac: In System Preferences/Sound set input source to "Audio Line-in" and output to "Optical digital-out port"
8. connect your headphones to the headphone port on the front of the Mac.
9. Begin Recording, and place your Skype call.

Now the advantage here is that, Both I and the caller are being recorded on separate tracks, allowing for greater ease in editing, and the tracks are already synchronized to each other which also saves time over a double-ender arrangement, where each participant records their end of the conversation on their local machine. Additionally, because the output from the Mac is digital, there is no generation loss in signal quality, and if the remote caller's input over-modulates, I can see right away because the "Clip" light in Protools goes off.

As I further refine this setup I will make further posts to my blog here.

Show notes for Podcast 24

• Introduction and roll-call
• Salute to all U.S. veterans
• Trust me we don't know a thing about history...
• Thanksgiving traditions
• Adam Curry rejects the recording industry
• Heather needs noise to study
• Karaoke
• Tim found a spy glass in his grandfather's basement
• Tim is running three operating systems at the same time!
• Cristmas trees and Tim's dad's Tim Allen Christmas tree
• Jan Polet's Hit Test #67
• Local Sports
• Mad Libs
• What's Heather studying...
• Life and politics in Detroit and the United Stated
• Mangled by MIDI
• Freestylin'

Shownotes

• Opening and roll call
• once again, plugging our November 12th gig at The Trolley Stop with The Scum of the Earth
• Tim has finally caught up on editing.
• Mashup: Bad it on: "Bad" by Michael Jackson Vs. "Get it On" by T. Rex
• Mashups, Live Dj's and ASCAP/BMI
• the studio's electrical requirements
• Really bad jokes
• Mad Libs
• Jan Polet's Hit Test #65
• Mangled by Midi
• Our thoughts on the Detroit mayoral race
• Jan Polet's Hit Test #66
• Jammin' and Freestylin'
• Closing

HPM Podcast 22 Shownotes

• Roll call
• preview of things to come...
• Mt. Rushmore and the Crazy Horse memorial
• Jay brought more toys to play with
• 100,000+ RPM air motor
• Jan Polet's Hit Test #63
• The RIAA needs to Die; Long live podcasting!
• Jay brings in some european magazines
• Podsafe music "There She Goes" by Brother Love
• Madlibs!
• Jan Polet's Hit Test #64
• Fun with Lexan, and other science
• Sports
• Dams, Levees and Dikes
• Closing links

Another one out the door, finally

Without any further ado: The shownotes

• Car Wreck opener
• Roll Call
• Plugging our November 12th gig at The Trolley Stop with The Scum of the Earth
• More vegas photos
• Dream Jobs...
• Some perverts are incredibly dumb
• yakking about "Mind of Mencia"
• Teachers: Hot or Not?
• Jan Polet's Hit Test #62
• Mad Libs
• Most disgusting thing you've ever found in your food
• Mosd disgusting exotic food
• the tossed Salad joke
• Jay's stupid joke
• Tony's funny story
• Chris's disturbing story
• Jay's Scientific oddity
• Chris's Public Service Announcement

w00t w00t

Well, I've succeeded in editing two podcasts so far this week. When I record #22 tomorrow, I will only be two weeks behind. so without any further ado; the shownotes for HPM podcast #20

• Introductions and roll call
• Ideas for the last few lines of "Road Rage"
• Gripes about construction zones and massive fines
• Detroit Lions vs. Baltimore Ravens
• "Oh Not Today" By Philo
• Federal Issue CD: Production begins soon.
• 5th Gen iPod plays 320x240 video
• More music from the HPM Studios Demo Disk: "Right now" by Charlie Don't Surf
• Mad Libs
• Tim brings up Las Vegas again
• Preston freestyles to Mike Mayes' latest beat

Podcast #19 Shownotes

• Adam Curry plays our promo on DSC #254
• Jan Polet Hit test #61
• From the HPM Studios Demo Disk: "In the Fog" by Philo
• Also from the HPM Studios Demo Disk: "Cigarette" by Charlie Don's Surf
• Madlibs
• Again from the HPM Studios Demo Disk: "A1" by A1
• One last track from the HPM Studios Demo Disk: "Walk My Demons" by 5th Floor

But seriously, we talk about my trip to Vegas, my new digital camera, and we chit chat with a spider. Just download the freakin' thing already.

Podcast #16 featuring special Guest Deron Fievel;

Deron's music website
Deron's other websites and projects:

• 3000 Records
• CD Register
• Indie 360

Show Notes

• Note, Deron Fievel is a pen name, his real first name is Terrence
• First song: "Sara Ann In California"
• Second song: "I know you're Listening"
• Mostly trivial 31: sports
• Radio Mall.com
• Jan Polet Hit Test #1
• Third Song: "Just For You"
• Fourth Song: "You Saved Me"
• Fifth Song: "Every Three Seconds"
• Freestylin'
• Final Song: "The Simple Life"

Black Adam's Artist Page on the Podsafe Music Network

Playlist and download links
Beats for Sore Eyes
Tossing Dice
Jan Polet Hit test 56

Path from Steve's Video Blog (The video Trevor's dad referenced while we were playing "Isn't it Obvious"
Jan Polet Hit Test 57
Burn Out
"Echo Mover" has not yet been posted on the Podsafe music network, but it will be released soon.

Mike is the source of the beats we use for freestylin'.

This week's episode also makes a great drinking game. Every time Mike says "High" or "Stoned" take a drink!

Stay tuned for episode 15!

1. Show opener
2. Introductions
3. A toast to the Hurricane Katrina recovery
4. Distracted by the Detroit Lions' game
5. Other Detroit Sports
6. Stoners complain about gasoline prices
7. Back to Hurricane Katrina
8. Back to the Game
9. Richard Vobes and Hurricane Katrina
10. The Dog Story
11. Hit Test #52
12. "Imagine this" by Wax Audio Group
13. Hit Test #53
14. Mays Beats
15. Closing
    

• Show Opener
• Introductions
• Who we are
• Upcoming Show
• Hubcaps are back!
• Drunk Stoners moan about gas prices.
• Ghetto Spinner hubcaps
• Local news
• Stupid technicalities of copyright laws
• Joking about the Detroit Lions
• Preston is into Devildriver
• Band Dynamics
• Devildriver again
• Drunk stoners and religion
• Costs of making CD's
• iPods vs. CD's
• Apple Engineering
• Uselessly comparing cars and computers
• Hit Test #51
• Mad Libs!
• Wireless Internet! w00t!
• Shout out!
• Naked Power Mac
• Closing
• Freestylin' to Mays' Beats
  

• Show opener and introductions
• Chemical plant exploion
• Lions Football... (Sigh...)
• B.U.B.B.A. -- the Big Ugly Blue Bridge Arch
• Red Wings hockey
• College Rivalries
• L**** Update
• HPM Podcast is now powered by libsyn.com
• Hit Test #50
• Childhood memories of a drunk stoner
• Mostly Trivial: Computer Viruses
• Classic Movies
• The Simpsons
• Weird and goofy cars
• Drunk stoners get political
• "Class 'A' Tobacco Product" WTF is that supposed to mean?!?!
• Podsafe Music: Kalimba Jam by Kwyj
• Peppers
• What will they think of next?!
• Pimping the studio
• Keeping cool, Gelatanous substances, and Diapers?!?!
• Closing
• HPM Promo

• Opening
• Introductions
• Drunk stoners hate mechanical pencils
• Podsafe Music: "On a Podcast" by Cruisebox
• Rambling on.
• Trivia
• Mad Lib
• Early mankind
• Stoners on Global Warming
• Outer Space
• Cremation by Re-entry
• Space Exploration
• Urban Legends about Tom Hanks
• Another Mad Lib

Shownotes

First a bit of news.

I've signed up for a libsyn.com account.

So what does that mean to you? Allow me to explain. First off, Download speeds in excess of 4 Megabit on new shows, Older shows will still be availible for direct downlaod from the blog postings, albiet at a slower transfer speed. Secondly, I'm getting a fresh 525 Megabytes of storage per month, So I'll never have to delete an old show.

I've already uploaded shows 1-8 to Libsyn, and changed the links in the blog postings.

If this causes your podcatcher to redownload the old shows, I apologise, and it shouldn't ever happen again.

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Shownotes:

• Show Opener
• Introductions
• L**** Update
• Moichandising! Moichandising! </Spaceballs Refernece>
• Stoners on Politics
• Stoners on Temporal Physics
• Stoners on General Relativity
• Atomic Clocks
• Life, The Universe, and Everything...
• Gracelessly segueing into sports
• Federal Issue's Next Show
• A very special phone call
• Michigan Weather
• Funny Band Names
• Future Shows
• Wild Weddings
• Excitement at work
• Mad Libs
• To Be Continued...
  

Shownotes

• Show Opener
• Inroductions
• Chit-chat
• 4th of July
• Pimpin' the Studio
• Terrorist Bombing of London's Subways
• Stoners on History. Need I say more?
• Stoners on Politics
• You Can't Impose Democracy
• Stoners on Geography
• Sports
• Pink Floyd Reunion
• All Star Game: Embarrassing Detroit
• Michigan Roads
• Taylortucky
• Yuppieville
• All Kinds of Ramblings
• Myth TV
• No new Mays Beats this week
• Disasters in Michigan
• Different Reality...
• Theories of the Apocolypse
• Jason's new toy
• HPM Science Moment
• Goin' Fishin'
• Jay's Job
• Let's Skype Somebody
• All About Skype
• Podcast Directories
• Stoners on Labor Policy
• Tim's Job
• Hit Test
• Trivia
  

Show Notes Here

• Show Opener
• Introductions
• Holiday Weekend Plans
• Trivia
• Independence Day
• South Park and Other Pop Culture
• Video Games
• Fun with Lego
• The Brix Project
• L**** update
  
• Breakdown into Absolute Chaos
• Garageband.com music: "Best Friends" by APJ
• Music-Related Ramblings
• Darby at Work
• Jay's work situation
• Garageband.com song: "Passport" by DJ Scooby
• Fuck Censorship
• "Sweet Land of Liberty" by Federal Issue
• "Last Generation" by Federal Issue
• Hit Test

• Show Opener
• Introductions
• What's coming up...
• Technical difficulties
• Fireworks
• Hit Test #44
• Public Service announcement
• A series of several Live Jams
• Jammin' to Mays' Beats

• Show Opener
• Michigan Weather
• Jay's Car Troubles
• Detroit Sports
• Mixed Sports metaphors
• Seperate rambling conversations
• First live recording ever created at High Potency Music Studios
• Birth of HPM Studios
• First improvements to HPM Studios
• Gerry Rigging
• Hit TestCrazy Michigan Weather
• Brain Dead Stories
• Pre-recorded Jams
• Freestylin to Mays' Beats
• Closing
• "Exit of Extacy" by Herbal Remedy
• Closing again...
• Public Service Announcement
  

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We're back! after a few weeks without inspiration and a couple more without a power supply for my computer, I've finally edited podcast #4

We've got two more podcasts in the can, that just need to be edited, but for today's podcast check out the shownotes

• Our New Song
• If we won the lottery...
• Who is the Dali Lama anyway?
• Our little PSA
• American Pie 3
• Garageaband.com song: "Seasons of Love" by 1 of 1
• AC-DC's new album
• Garageband.com song: "Draw" by 2nd Floor Mondays
• Star Trek
• x-men
• Garageband.com song:"Stuck in Last" by A little Town Called Curtis
• We don't care about political correctness
• Jan Polet's Hit test #39
• looking forward to new gear
• Discussion of Tim's Pepsi habit
• the joys and hazards of winter driving

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Sorry it's late, I didn't have a lot of time over the weekend to edit the show, but better late than never :)

Be back again next weekend

• Federal Issue is in the House!
• Tim has bought a Mac!
• Sports: Pistons in the playoffs!
• "Sweet Land Of Liberty" by Federal Issue
• playing around with "Spare" parts from work
• "Vent" by Federal Issue
• Upcoming show at St. Andrews
• Improvised song by Federal Issue
• "Rom Town" by Federal Issue
• "What's Goin' On" by Federal Issue
• "Septic" by Federal Issue
• Another Improvisation by Federal Issue
• "Electric Man" by Federal Issue
• "Road Rage" by Federal Issue
• Discussion of everyone's beverages of choice
• Preston freestyles

HPM #2 AAC format.

Shownotes here

It's just me flying solo this week.

Shownotes

• "Electrified" Written and performed by Herbal Remedy
• Shoutout: Richard Vobes
• Shoutout: Travis Hoffman
• Dreams 2
• "Softly" written and performed by 5th Floor
• Tropicool by Kwyj

I was playing with Garage Band 3 and made an Enhanced podcast out of HPM #1

Shownotes here on the MP3 version post

W00t! First podcast is up and ready!

Feed is available at Feedburner

Just me, Jason Darby and heather talking about the origins and history of High Potency Music Studios.

Show Notes

• Aaron's Garage and the Origins of Herbal Remedy
• "Last Dance With Mary Jane" Written by Tom Petty Performed by herbal Remedy
• Early version of "Oblivious" written and performed by Herbal Remedy
• an unnamed improv, Discussion of musical influences
• FCC overstepping it's bounds
• Darby and Jay Improv
• Horrible sounding improv
• "Oblivious" written and performed by Herbal Remedy
• The now infamous "That Night" Minidisc
• Early Version of "Open Tracks"