![]() ![]() Of course there is the occasional dropped call or robot voice you must deal with, but those aren't issues limited to Skype either. A huge advantage Skype has over lots of other options is the quality of its audio, as strange as that may sound, Skype is one of the best. It was one of the first widely used applications for chatting with people across the globe and it was free for the most part. One of the biggest tools for recording a podcast over the years has been Skype. Background noise can be a major issue in the quality of a recording. ![]() A guest may prefer to record form a nearby coffee shop to get out of the office. A guest may work from home and have children or dogs. You can get a great recording if the podcast is just you, but the second you add guests into the mix things get out of your control. The biggest hurdle when it comes to recording a podcast is the actual recording. We try to avoid recording via phones, ear buds, or even laptop microphones. Each host has a specialized mic for recording and we encourage our guests to do the same. All these things are great to be able to have some control over and edit before putting the podcast out to the masses.ĭrupalize.Me has always taken sound quality and the editing process into consideration when producing a podcast. I'm not talking about if the podcast is HD or anything, but what the overall quality of a person's voice is, the ability to reduce or eliminate background distractions, or even just being able to create a good mix of volumes. What can make or break a podcast, though, is the quality of the sound. Even when it comes to how we record a podcast, not much is different in either the method or the technology. There is theme music, a host, guests, event updates, and now even sound effects. ![]() During this time, not much has changed as far as what makes the podcast itself. The Drupalize.Me Podcast (formerly the Lullabot podcast) has been running for many years now. Watch him draw the Skype-O-Saurus in this time-lapse video. ![]()
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