TalkShoe as Live Audio Platform
Pictured with an appropriate social media networking tool in hand is one Mister Mark Juliano of TalkShoe. (At this point, I think I’ve met everyone but their receptionist). He has attended more PodCamps than me, if that gives you a sense of Mark’s (and company’s) commitment to the new media space. You might already know the name because of famous Internet talk radio shows like Geek Riot, or that lesser known show by Leo Laporte, Net@Nite. It’s a platform for broadcasting and recording live Internet talk shows.
I’ve used the service twice and have had no problems. I’ve tuned in to a few shows and witnessed no problems. Other friends have reported issues, and I can’t give the details I don’t know.
What I *do* know is that you might consider trying out TalkShoe as a potential service for a quick, easy, flexible audio production platform, especially should you be interested in trying out live audio. With my recent post about Ustream.tv and BlogTV.com, I wanted to give a shout out for those who still love audio. (Daniel Steinberg- are you listening?)
Have you tried it? Are you on the service? What do you think?
(Though I wish they paid me to plug them, there is no business relationship between Talkshoe and me.)
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We switched the Wrestling Mayhem Show to Talkshoe back in October, I think. We use it much like Leo uses it, as a live feed and interactivity/call in tool, but record our casts locally and upload/edit them later that same night. The quality is of course due to transmitting your show over conventional phone, but for someone just starting in this podcast thing, it’s really a great thing. And I’m’ sure we sounded just as bad with our standard PC mics and room noise back when we started.
I consider Talkshoe as the Mac of podcasting tools. Easy to use and you don’t have to tinker that much.
Now the chat room is another matter…
Talkshoe is excellent when you use it properly as a tool. For podcasts with good audio, one needs to record locally. The people calling in by phone on any show will always be variable. So to do a show like TWIT there needs to be a local recording that can be uploaded.
Hats off to the the Talkshoe people who do a great job.
I actually just unsubscribed from a podcast I used to enjoy quite a bit because they switched from recording a four-way Skype call to using TalkShoe. Their sound quality dropped significantly, and there’s nothing to help keep the participants’ levels consistent; one participant was significantly louder than the rest and he blew out my ears whenever he started to talk. And this wasn’t a fly-by-night podcast, either; this is a podcast done by several people who know how to make a podcast sound good, normally.
I think it’s fine if you’re doing a one-off thing or a live-only show, then they might be OK, but I think they need to improve their sound quality before I’d consider them a legitimate option.