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Noted, thanks for the honest feedback, looks like the tech is just not ready for primetime. I don’t think it’s so bad but people definitely have strong (mostly
by hardwaresofton 4y ago
Noted, thanks for the honest feedback, looks like the tech is just not ready for primetime.
I don’t think it’s so bad but people definitely have strong (mostly negative) feelings towards this experiment!
The reactions after adding the audio sample are also pretty negative…
> No. Absolutely not. Any podcast using such a microphone will bomb hard.
Well I wouldn’t go as far as to say it would tank a podcast — but I agree that they are not the ultimate in high quality audio for cheap!
- recursive 4y ago> I wouldn’t go as far as to say it would tank a podcast I would. It seems like you have a rosier impression of how this sounds than anyone else who listens. It's not completely unintelligible, but it's worse than "not good" to me. It just sounds plain bad. If I started listening to a podcast, and it sounded like this, I would just turn it off. Unless I was keenly interested in the subject material. Subpar audio recording is a peeve of mine, particular in a medium that's all about information via audio. But thanks for publicizing this. It's good to know that it exists, and what it sounds like.
- hardwaresofton 4y ago> Unless I was keenly interested in the subject material. That's what I was thinking! Most of the time people who stick with podcasts stick with it because of content and/or creators, so that's more the case I was thinking of. The terrible mics would probably become a shared joke, if anything -- though you'd lose some people like you who really expect at least a good mic out of a podcast (which is a very reasonable expectation!) > But thanks for publicizing this. It's good to know that it exists, and what it sounds like. No problem! Glad it was useful