Food? Cooking? Give it a listen!

[ChefMike]

Hi there,

Just thought I'd pimp my show, The Radio Kitchen. Weekly feature on food and wine, cooking and other fun.

http://www.radiokitchen.net

And let me know what you think!

Thanks

Mike Reining

[spaz]

something's wrong with your url...

[allthewhile]

http://www.radiokitchen.net/

Welcome to the alley!

[ChefMike]

thanks spaz, and you too catholic

[spaz]

I like your podcast, I'll turn my bro onto it, he's a chef too...

[ChefMike]

Thanks a bunch! Tell a lot of people! lol

[PCOSGurl]

WOW!!! What a well done show! (actually, my dad and I are still listening to it!!)

Seriously, this is one of the most WELL-produced podcasts I've listenend to. Well organized, good information, entertaining...you name it. How often do you plan on adding new shows?

BTW, what did you use to record your field interviews?

[ChefMike]

Thanks for the nice message, PCOSGurl. I'll be posting new shows every week, on Wednesdays. (oh and if you liked it, be sure to vote for it! ;-)).

Vote Here (http://www.podcastalley.com/podcast_detail.php?pod_id=3109#)

I use a sony mini disc recorder for field interviews. And a larger sony mini disc deck for editing and archiving. SoundForge on my PC.

Thanks for asking!

Mike

[PCOSGurl]

I voted for you! :)

Thanks for the heads up about the Sony Mini disc....I already have a MZN-505 Type R. I've never EVER used the recording function. You've just saved me from having to invest in an iRiver.

Can I pick your brain one more time? What type of microphone set-up are you using for the interviews?

Also, is the 'deck' a necessity? (I've never even heard of these before, and can't figure out what I would need it for - even after reading through some sites I've found on Google.)

Thanks, again for your input!

[ChefMike]

The mic set up is pretty basic. I just plug my EV287 into the microphone input jack in my mini disc.

I have a cable with two xlr ends for the mic(s), and I use one or two mics. (one goes left one goes right, so to speak). Then I use SoundForge to make a mono mix of the final product.

Kinda down and dirty, but I used to drag a Eurorack mixing board (albeit a small one) to interviews. Just too cumbersome and the sound quality (for me) is fine with my simpler set up.

[PCOSGurl]

Kinda down and dirty...
Seriously, your show sounds REALLY good (and I have picky ears from working in network news ;) )

Ok...one last question (I promise)...Do I 'need' a mini-disk deck or can I get by with just the mini-disk recorder, and the SoundForge software. (I'm still not clear what the deck is for...)

[ChefMike]

The portable mini disc is kinda limited in it's editing capabilities. Hard for my fat fingers to navigate. I use the deck for rough edits on the interview, that then I can load into soundforge. The deck also allows me to label the edits. Then I can just flip through the disk and grab only the clip that I want and not have to download a full 30 or 45 or 60 minute interview, just the pieces i want.

[PCOSGurl]

Got it! Thanks for your response, and I can't wait for episode 2!! :)

[BeachCast]

I liked the show as well. I do "in the field" interviews like you did in your farmers market section also. I have been using a two mic setup as you describe (one into each channel giving ability to mixdown later).

It sounded to me like much of the questions coming from you were inserted later from a clean recording (no background sounds) like movie ADR. Is that the case? If so, was that because you wanted a cleaner sound or ??? I thought about doing that since I add post comments, but it didn't seem like I could get it clean. I was trying more of a conversational style so it would be hard I think.

Just curious since I am figuring out my own style as well.

Keep up the good work. It was fun.

-Jeff
www.digital-beach.com/beachcast

[ChefMike]

It's a mixture of post production and recorded live commentary. I try to make it sound as seamless as possible. I do run some "b-roll" audio, just an open mic at events and interview locations, and then use that sound looped to give the "background feel" that the inserted comments are live. Mostly just to keep the pace of the show and make up for some flubs etc.

[allthewhile]

I kinda got the feeling that you did that. I noticed that the interviews were sorta spliced together, but the background ambient sound wasn't.