Geek.Farm.Life

Comment by John G

July 10, 2006 @ 2:37 pm

Your sound as it is has good stereo and sound quality. Plus, it sounds like your current setup has the virtue of simplicity and going your route will require not only the mixer, but also having the computer with you. If anything, I would have a line up of your bumpers on another mp3 player that you could jack into your iRiver, but you wouldn’t have the fades.

I wouldn’t mess with your current setup.

Comment by andrew

July 10, 2006 @ 2:46 pm

Nah we can run the mixer straight into the iRiver. The iRiver has a single stereo input, it can be line-in or mic, which adds +20db of gain to it.

So with the mixer we don’t need a computer, just take the stereo mixer output and run it straight into the iRiver.

Comment by Kathy

July 11, 2006 @ 6:42 am

LOL thanks for the roll in the hey tip! ;-) The bit at the drive-in was great! It’s like we were all on a date, although you could have shared the pizza.

Kathy

Comment by misty

July 11, 2006 @ 7:12 am

Kathy, we definitely SHOULD have shared the pizza. It’s tough to get it across all the tubes in the internet, ya know!?

John, I don’t think our sound will change much with a mixer. The main thing is to be able to do all the music and bumpers live, to save on post-production time. Neither of us really wants to drag a computer out to the barn either, so that’s out of the question for now. :)

Comment by Andy Bilodeau

July 11, 2006 @ 8:23 am

Hey Guys,

I sure picked a great show to be my first dose of Geek Farm Life. It takes me back to my days as a hired hand on a friend’s farm when I was in high school. A lot of useful and well presented. Have you thought about contacting 4-H and having them get the JR farmers to listen to your podcast? It’s the perfect mix of high tech and, don’t take this the wrong way, but low tech. Although there is “tech” in farming, the entire concept of farming is about as back to the basics and nature and all that tree hugger stuff.

As for your quest to live recorded shows from the campfire, I guess I don’t see the issue. If you can’t get in all the bumpers and music, that’s ok. I think the crackle of the fire and the crickets (and flies on the mics) would be much more entertaining….just my opinion…

Andrew (aka Misty…I listen to Zee and Zed too) if was very nice meeting you at PAB. Next time you are required to bring Misty.

Excellent podcast!

Comment by Andy Bilodeau

July 11, 2006 @ 8:42 am

Hi,

Me again….

That Beringer mixer would be sweet…you could ride the faders to get the music fading in and out. John G.’s idea of a single MP3 (with ample silence between tracks) would indeed be the easiest way to go. Or … add the fades into the MP3 then you won’t need to monkey with the faders during the show…only start and stop the iPod…WOW….even Andrew would be able to handle that…leaving Misty to carry the show as always…

Just kidding Andrew….

Comment by andrew

July 11, 2006 @ 2:06 pm

Hey Andy!

It was great meeting at PAB2006. I wish Misty could have come, but having someone to take care of the farm is always a problem. I’m glad you liked the show. :)

Hmm, the 4-h idea is a good one. Out here, though the reception is more like “The internets? That thing Al Gore invented with all the child molestors on it? It works with the tuuubes?” Heh. Good idea though.

Yeah with the mixer that was the idea. Have all the fades already done, then we just setup the mixer to correct for volumes, better preamps and record via the iRiver. It’s going to add a few cables, but I think it would really well. A have to agree with Misty that the bumpers/music add some life to the podcast, and it would be a shame to loose them.

Especially if we get some more listener ones. So far we have 2 done by listeners and I really like those, it makes it fun.

Anyways! Glad you liked the show. Your last show was a lot of fun. I forced Misty to listen to in the car as we drove to the drive-in. ;)

Comment by Ellen Bloomfield

July 12, 2006 @ 9:32 am

Was it just me, or did anyone else shake their head whenever the fly would buzz the microphone? I was listening to it wearing headphones and it really sounded like there was a fly near my ear :) And the drive in segment was a hoot!!!!

Comment by andrew

July 12, 2006 @ 10:03 am

Hey (hay?) Ellen! I’m glad you enjoyed the drive-in segment. It’s really something that I guess doesn’t exist in many places anymore. We should go more often, we just get home soooo late, and chores are soooo early.

Comment by Ellen Bloomfield

July 12, 2006 @ 10:14 am

I remember the days where my parents would take us to Center-Brook down near Martinsville, IN (which may still be open). I think I saw most of the Disney movies there

Okay who is the geocacher?

Comment by andrew

July 12, 2006 @ 2:28 pm

Misty and I used to both geocache. I had a few caches back in California, but they’re long since gone. I had a fun series, they were all at tech companies that had gone bust in the 80s.