New Media Gear 013: Charles McFall, Co-host “Success Freaks”

February 25, 2013 by Douglas E. Welch

New Media Gear 013: Charles McFall, Co-host “Success Freaks”

Since its inception in 2011, The Other Side of LIVE! (TOSOL) has lived up to its hype as a comedic motivational talk show. A two-year Podcast Award nominee, TOSOL entertains & edifies with its hosts’ captivating sense of humor and positive, thought-provoking content. With the show’s theme of “helping others be awesome,” TOSOL covers everything from branding your passion to dealing with death to surviving bullies. TOSOL’s R. Mordant Mahon & Charles McFall succeed in giving both mind & spirit something to chew on while putting enough laughter in your heart to make you smile out loud.

Link: Success Freaks Web Site

Charles shares his New Media Gear with us in this issue of New Media Gear.

New Media Equipment:

Reaper

If you have any questions about Charles’ podcasting equipment, please drop them in the comments or in the Facebook Podcasting Community.

Previously on New Media Gear:

Peter Lythgoe of Zzipp and Co. Podcast from Weymouth, UK (Part 1 of 3)
Daniel J. Lewis of The Audacity to Podcast and more
Brian Herbert of the Indy Autographs Podcast and Hoosier State Sports Show
Dan Hughes of In The Treasure Corner and others
Zoom H1 Handy Portable Digital Recorder
Charley Hays
Chuck Tomasi of Technorama
Jack “Boom Goes The Dynamite” Heikle
Mike Phillips from MikePhillips.me and Computers 2K Now podcast
Clay Dugger of The Righteous Dude’s Dudecast
Richard Cleveland of Naked Ape Productions
Douglas E. Welch – Career Opportunities Podcast

New Media Gear 012: Peter Lythgoe of Zzipp and Co. Podcast from Weymouth, UK (Part 1 of 3)

February 17, 2013 by Douglas E. Welch

New Media Gear 012: Peter Lythgoe of Zzipp and Co. Podcast from Weymouth, UK (Part 1 of 3)

Peter is the producer and host of the Zzipp and Co. Podcast and uses a variety of equipment in producing his shows. He was kind enough to break out his equipment in 3 parts, including hist audio studio equipment, his video interview equipment and the equipment for the video studio he is currently building. Since her has so much equipment to share, I will present his New Media Gear in 3 parts, too. This post will start with Peter’s audio equipment.

New Media Equipment:

Here is an interview I did with Peter about the special needs and specific uses of local podcasting:

If you have any questions about Peter’s podcasting equipment, please drop them in the comments or in the Facebook Podcasting Community.

Previously on New Media Gear:

New Media Gear 011: Daniel J. Lewis of The Audacity to Podcast and more

February 10, 2013 by Douglas E. Welch

New Media Gear 011: Daniel J. Lewis of The Audacity to Podcast and more

Daniel’s podcasts include

New Media Equipment:

Heil PR40 Microphones
Behringer X1832USB mixer
Zoom H4n recorder
Edited in either Audacity or Adobe Audition
Logitech C920 for live-streaming video

If you have any questions about Daniel’s podcasting equipment, please drop them in the comments or in the Facebook Podcasting Community.

Previously on New Media Gear:

New Media Gear 010: Brian Herbert of the Indy Autographs Podcast and Hoosier State Sports Show

February 3, 2013 by Douglas E. Welch

New Media Gear 010: Brian Herbert of the Indy Autographs Podcast and Hoosier State Sports Show

Brian’s podcasts include:

New Media Equipment:

If you have any questions about Brian’s podcasting equipment, please drop them in the comments or in the Facebook Podcasting Community.

Previously on New Media Gear:

New Media Gear 009: Dan Hughes from The Treasure Corner and others

January 28, 2013 by Douglas E. Welch

New Media Gear 009: Dan Hughes of In The Treasure Corner and others

Dan’s podcasts include:

In the Treasure Corner – http://thetreasurecorner.com
In the Softball Corner – http://thesoftballcorner.com
In the Old-Time Radio Corner – http://radiofun.info

Dan uses this equipment in his productions:

Dan also built his own Mic Box for recording. You can check out his build in this post:

Build a Microphone Isolation Box For Two Bucks!

New Media Equipment:

If you have any questions about Dan’s podcasting equipment, please drop them in the comments.

Previously on New Media Gear:

New Media Gear 008: Zoom H1 Handy Portable Digital Recorder

January 20, 2013 by Douglas E. Welch

New Media Gear 008: Zoom H1 Handy Portable Digital Recorder

This series started with a conversation on the Facebook Podcast Community Group. You can ask your questions and find lots of podcasting discussion there.

Zoom H1 Handy Portable Digital Recorder

Capturing great audio for your New Media projects can be even more important that capturing good video The Zoom H1 Portable Digital Recorder makes capturing great audio easy and inexpensive for almost everyone.

Dual microphones bring in high-fidelity in a small package and MiniSD card recording allows you to easily swap in a new card when you need more recording time out in the field. The easy-to-read display with active metering makes it clear when you are recording and how well you have set your levels. Also includes includes external mix input for use with lavaliere and shotgun microphones with 1/8″ audio plug connectors.

If you have any questions about this podcasting equipment, please drop them in the comments.

Previously on New Media Gear:

New Media Gear 007: Charley Hays

January 13, 2013 by Douglas E. Welch

New Media Gear 007: Charley Hays

Link: Charley Hays on Facebook

This series started with a conversation on the Facebook Podcast Community Group. You can ask your questions and find lots of podcasting discussion there.

If you have any questions about Jack’s podcasting equipment, please drop them in the comments.

New Media Equipment:

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New Media Gear 006: Chuck Tomasi of Technorama

January 6, 2013 by Douglas E. Welch

New Media Gear 006: Chuck Tomasi of Technorama

I have known Chuck for a long time as he is a a fellow member of Friends in Tech our rather informal podcasting consortium. Technorama is one of his long-running shows which he produces weekly with his co-host, Kreg Steppe. Technorama is “a light-hearted look at all things tech, science, sci-fi, and all things geek.” They have a great “studio” audience in their chat room and cover some of the funnier and geekier sides of culture.

Link: Technorama with Chuck Tomasi and Kreg Steppe

This series started with a conversation on the Facebook Podcast Community Group. You can ask your questions and find lots of podcasting discussion there.

Behringer Xenix 802 mixer
Shure SM7B microphone (other mics available as guests/co-hosts appear)
iPad 2 (used as a sound board)
Zoom H2 (recording device)
MacBook Air (for conferencing & chat)
Griffin iMic to allow mix-minus-one back to Skype/G+/etc.

If you have any questions about Jack’s podcasting equipment, please drop them in the comments.

New Media Equipment:

Previously on New Media Gear:

New Media Gear 005: Jack “Boom Goes The Dynamite” Heikle

December 30, 2012 by Douglas E. Welch

New Media Gear 005: Jack “Boom Goes The Dynamite” Heikle

Link: Jack “Boom Goes The Dynamite” Heikle on Facebook

Jack answered my call for Podcast Gear recommendations via the Facebook Podcast Community Group. You can ask your questions and find lots of podcasting discussion there.

If you have any questions about Jack’s podcasting equipment, please drop them in the comments.

New Media Equipment:

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New Media Gear 004: Mike Phillips from MikePhillips.me and Computers 2K Now podcast

December 23, 2012 by Douglas E. Welch

New Media Gear 004: Mike Phillips from MikePhillips.me and Computers 2K Now podcast

Mikephillips

Mike is very knowledgeable about microphones and also has quite a lot of experience working with all the different types in many different situations. During the PodcastU Roundtable a few weeks ago, Mike mentioned these two mics as some of the best for beginning and intermediate podcasters and other New Media content producers. You can find out more about Mike from the links below.

Link: MikePhillips.me

Link: Computer 2K Now

Mike answered my call for Podcast Gear recommendations via the Facebook Podcast Community Group. You can ask your questions and find lots of podcasting discussion there.

These microphones are somewhat unique in the that have both USB and XLR connectors. Beginning podcasters can connect them directly to their computers via USB, without a mixing board, but intermediate podcasts can then step up to a mixer and use the XLR connectors of the microphones in their more advanced setups. Very cool and this is the first time I have heard of such microphones. I think this is a great idea to offer users a bit more flexibility in their setups.

If you have any questions about Mike’s podcasting equipment, please drop them in the comments.

New Media Equipment:

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New Media Gear 003: Clay Dugger of The Righteous Dude’s Dudecast

December 16, 2012 by Douglas E. Welch

This is the third installment of a new series here on Careers in New Media/New Media Interchange — New Media Gear. I started collecting information for this series by posting a question in the Facebook Podcasting Community Group — “What equipment to you use?” I know that I like to know what others are using — and finding useful — in their New Media work and ways that it might make my work a bit easier. Over the next several weeks I will highlight a podcaster in each post and let your know what equipment they find useful and provide links to where you can pick it up yourself. — Douglas

New Media Gear 003: Clay Dugger of The Righteous Dude’s Dudecast

Find out more about Clay Dugger of The Righteous Dude’s Dudecast

Here is some of the equipment that Clay is using to produce his shows. He passed along this information via the Facebook Podcast Community Group. You can ask your questions and find lots of podcasting discussion there.

If you have any questions about Clay’s podcasting equipment, please drop them in the comments.

New Media Equipment:

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New Media Gear 002: Richard Cleveland of Naked Ape Productions

December 9, 2012 by Douglas E. Welch

This is the second installment of a new series here on Careers in New Media/New Media Interchange — New Media Gear. I started collecting information for this series by posting a question in the Facebook Podcasting Community Group — “What equipment to you use?” I know that I like to know what others are using — and finding useful — in their New Media work and ways that it might make my work a bit easier. Over the next several weeks I will highlight a podcaster in each post and let your know what equipment they find useful and provide links to where you can pick it up yourself. — Douglas

New Media Gear 002: Richard Cleveland of Naked Ape Productions

Richard produces a number of shows including Popcorn Lobby: The Real Movie Discussion Show, Between the Pages: A weekly comic book and geek culture review show and a new show, PodcastU, just for podcasters like you.

Here is some of the equipment that Richard is using to produce his shows. He passed along this information via the Facebook Podcast Community Group. You can ask your questions and find lots of podcasting discussion there.

If you have any questions about Richard’s podcasting equipment, please drop them in the comments.

New Media Equipment:

Previously on New Media Gear:

Douglas E. Welch – Career Opportunities Podcast

New Media Gear 001: Douglas E. Welch – Career Opportunities Podcast

December 2, 2012 by Douglas E. Welch

This is the beginning of a new series here on Careers in New Media/New Media Interchange — New Media Gear. I started collecting information for this series by posting a question in the Facebook Podcasting Community Group — “What equipment to you use?” I know that I like to know what others are using — and finding useful — in their New Media work and ways that it might make my work a bit easier. Over the next several weeks I will highlight a podcaster in each post and let your know what equipment they find useful and provide links to where you can pick it up yourself. — Douglas

New Media Gear 001: Douglas E. Welch – Career Opportunities Podcast

I figured I might as well start out with my own equipment in this series, as old as it might be. As a wise person once said, “if it isn’t’ broke, don’t fix it!” My equipment works well for what I do and while I might be looking for an upgrade here and there, my gear is adequate for now.

If you have any questions about my equipment, please drop them in the comments.

You can hear and see this equipment at work in my podcasts My Word, A Gardener’s Notebook, Career Opportunities, Careers in New Media and TechnologyIQ at DouglasEWelch.com

New Media Equipment:

Careers in New Media

Helping to Build New Careers in New Media

Category Archives: New Media Gear

New Media Gear 013: Charles McFall, Co-host “Success Freaks”

New Media Gear 012: Peter Lythgoe of Zzipp and Co. Podcast from Weymouth, UK (Part 1 of 3)

New Media Gear 011: Daniel J. Lewis of The Audacity to Podcast and more

New Media Gear 010: Brian Herbert of the Indy Autographs Podcast and Hoosier State Sports Show

New Media Gear 009: Dan Hughes from The Treasure Corner and others

New Media Gear 008: Zoom H1 Handy Portable Digital Recorder

New Media Gear 007: Charley Hays

New Media Gear 006: Chuck Tomasi of Technorama

New Media Gear 005: Jack “Boom Goes The Dynamite” Heikle

New Media Gear 004: Mike Phillips from MikePhillips.me and Computers 2K Now podcast

New Media Gear 003: Clay Dugger of The Righteous Dude’s Dudecast

New Media Gear 002: Richard Cleveland of Naked Ape Productions

New Media Gear 001: Douglas E. Welch – Career Opportunities Podcast