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the skype codec sounds good but overly complicated plus when it comes to Australian internet our average down is 1mb per second unlike the states which is significantly higher. So what else could be done in order to improve the quality mixer sounds like it's becoming the option but I don't really know yet.

If your internet speed is slow, Skype will never sound any better than a bad, bubbly AM radio. Remember the UP speed is frequently much worse than your DOWN speed. The Split Recording may be your only option.

I half-did one experiment with USB Stick Recorders such as this.

http://www.dhgate.com/product/2in1-4gb- ... 2518493893

Each side of the show gets one and either hangs it around their neck or sticky-tapes it to their collar. Each side starts their recorder (it has a startup delay) and holds the conversation over Skype or phone. Again, the Skype voice isn't part of the show.

Then each side turns their recorder off. You can physically send each recorder to the person doing the editing, or copy the file to a computer and upload it to Drop-Box or other on-line service. At show internet speeds, this could take the rest of your life. Royal Post or UPS would work much better.

I never finished the experiment because the recorders are noisy. There is a constant fffffffffff behind voices and it's almost impossible to remove.

But it was an interesting idea. "Talk into this thumb drive and drop it in the mail."

Koz

The people in that gaming video were not doing that over slow internet. They're sharing gaming data and a live video connection.

The slow internet problem is very serious. It limits what you can do because no matter what kind of recorders you have, the show still has to squeeze down the soda straw connected to your house.

One item with the mixer. Both of the computers in that illustration on my desk have Stereo Line-In connections. Your desktop is likely to have a blue stereo Line-In, but not your laptop. You should look at the laptop connections before you spend any bucks. You can't easily send a mix-minus to this computer:

http://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/ ... pSound.jpg

No blue line-in. The pink Mic-In is designed for microphones only.

http://kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/comp ... ophone.jpg

I'll look for that other posting. I remember he used an oddball username.

I did note several times that I could listen to Ben talk all day....

Koz

http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 46&t=71673

It's six forum chapters.

His username is Chaseisfdr.

Koz

Sorry I haven't been able to reply to the thread I haven't been ignoring it I just haven't had internet for about a week.
So I finally read through that massive 6 page thread and man he went through a lot to get that setup right, I think mixer seems to be the way to go about it at this point, and if that's the case can someone please give me a shopping list of what I'll need in order to do that guys one computer setup or stuff I'd need in order to get a mixer running for podcasting
Cables
Type of mixer and what outputs/inputs it needs
Etc
Any help would be appreciated sorry for the lack of communication

small talk gaming wrote: ... I think mixer seems to be the way to go about it at this point, and if that's the case can someone please give me a shopping list of what I'll need in order to do that guys one computer setup or stuff I'd need in order to get a mixer running for podcasting

If the podcast includes a conversation over the internet , and you want to improve the sound quality, then you have to use a better-quality VOIP service, which may require a faster broadband connection than you currently have. A mixer won't undo the damage that basic Skype does to sound, nothing can undo it.

The method Koz has described is a way around the poor quality audio of a basic Skype connection, but will require post-production, ( so no use for a live show ) , and requires that the OP is capable of making a good quality recording of their side of the conversation and sending it to you.

Further reading ...
http://theaudacitytopodcast.com
http://www.informit.com/store/podcastin ... 0132366571