KnotCast, now with stereophonic sound!
23 Jun 2008 03:05 Author: At-Risk
Panther
I’m thrilled to announce the little side project I’ve
been working on. I call it KnotCast 2.0. For the past
few episodes, we’ve been recording with a new process
that gives us stereo sound. Each host is to one side
or another in the “stage”, as it were. The new
process is documented over on our Technical page, in
case you’d like to read about it. I can also
answer questions directly.
The feed address for the stereo AAC is:
www.foxstuffers.com/Stereo_AAC/KnotCast2AAC.xml
We mostly recommend this for listening with headphones or surround sound. It doesn’t sound as good in cars or on smaller speaker systems. Hopefully, I can get the guys to record a little stereo demo clip so that people can test how it sounds on their equipment and in their environment.
Unfortunately, there is not a stereo MP3 feed yet. I’ve been creating the stereo MP3 files, but they average about 110 MB for the last four episodes. That will chew through bandwidth quota like nobody’s business, and we don’t want to drive up Furnation’s hosting bill. We will definitely be including them on the DVD we’re planning to sell, and if enough people ask for download access to them, we may be able to work something out.
We hope you enjoy the new feed!
Edit: Just got our first question about it, and it’s a good one.
Q: Is this the file that is downloaded through the podcast directory in iTunes?
A: No, iTunes’ podcast directory still has the monophonic AAC version. To subscribe to the new feed, go to the Advanced menu and pick “Subscribe to Podcast...”. Enter the URL above and hit OK. Now, you are subscribed to both feeds. If you like the stereo feed, please unsubscribe from the mono feed to save us some bandwidth each month.
The feed address for the stereo AAC is:
www.foxstuffers.com/Stereo_AAC/KnotCast2AAC.xml
We mostly recommend this for listening with headphones or surround sound. It doesn’t sound as good in cars or on smaller speaker systems. Hopefully, I can get the guys to record a little stereo demo clip so that people can test how it sounds on their equipment and in their environment.
Unfortunately, there is not a stereo MP3 feed yet. I’ve been creating the stereo MP3 files, but they average about 110 MB for the last four episodes. That will chew through bandwidth quota like nobody’s business, and we don’t want to drive up Furnation’s hosting bill. We will definitely be including them on the DVD we’re planning to sell, and if enough people ask for download access to them, we may be able to work something out.
We hope you enjoy the new feed!
Edit: Just got our first question about it, and it’s a good one.
Q: Is this the file that is downloaded through the podcast directory in iTunes?
A: No, iTunes’ podcast directory still has the monophonic AAC version. To subscribe to the new feed, go to the Advanced menu and pick “Subscribe to Podcast...”. Enter the URL above and hit OK. Now, you are subscribed to both feeds. If you like the stereo feed, please unsubscribe from the mono feed to save us some bandwidth each month.