Aztec Media: Recent Episodes
Steve Holden (sholden@pobox.com)
Several listeners of the www.chvrchespodcast.com have said they have audio playback issues with some of the podcasts. After several weeks of testing, I was able to get the weird sound issue to happen on my Apple iPod Touch. So I...
The Audacity Team recently announced the release of Audacity 1.3.9 (Beta) for Windows, Mac and Linux/Unix. Audacity is a very popular open source audio editing tool. This release contains many bug fixes contributed by two Google Summer of Code (GSoC)...
This is not meant to be a definitive list, but just a list of possible software solutions for podcasters to consider when they want to record a Microsoft Skype call. These have been mention to me in the past by...
There is reportedly a piece of malware out there called 'Aztec Media'. We have nothing to do with this software. You should be able to use Malwarebytes to remove it. Another great option is to try Windows Defender Offline from...
The San Diego Union-Tribune had an interesting article on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009 entitled "How Can I Preserve My Family's Memories?" by Jennifer Davies. The article has practical tips on how to capture the message, timing, location, preparation work, and...
I started a new media/advertising tracking side project over on Twitter with a new account called adwatch. I'm going to tweet references to content providers and their advertisements that I find interesting from the media that gets into my attention...
Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott have a great Windows Weekly interview with Rob Greenlee from Microsoft. They cover the latest in Microsoft Zune news, update folks on the state of podcasting, and outline a lot of opportunities in new media...
There is a new version of Audacity v1.3.7 (beta) and I've loaded it up on my Mac Book Pro. I used it to mix down the Jersey Boys Podcast #66 without any issues. I've been using the previous version -...
It is rough times for most everyone with the world-wide economic downturn and uncertainly. In the podcasting world, Podango has announced potential shutdown plans. For the digital picture world, the wonderful magazine & online site JPG has also announced plans...
I will be presenting at the New Media Expo 2008 (August 14-16, 2008) a "Getting Started With Audio Editing" session using Audacity from 2:00-3:00 p.m. in room N245 on August 14, 2008. I have created a set of WAV files...
There was a question the other day on the New Media Expo Pathable Community mailing list about how to record phone conversations via POTS connections. I use a Telos-One-R (R = rack mountable) that I picked up on eBay and...
The very long running "audacity-users" mailing list has migrated over to a forum. You can learn more via this link: http://www.nabble.com/audacity-users-f472.html. If you have a question about Audacity, this looks like a great place to post the question.
Online registration is now available for the 4th annual New Media Expo 2008 in Las Vegas, NV from Thursday, August 14 through Saturday, August 16, 2008. I will be presenting an updated version of my "Getting Started With Audio Editing...
This afternoon I was trying to find a potential project to do with my two boys this weekend, and ran into an article that I had bookmarked in MAKE:12 but forgot to blog about. The article was by Kevin Kelly...
PodcastFreeAmerica.com reports that eMarketer is has published a new report that the United States (US) podcast listening audience has reach 185 million in 2007, and that advertisers are increasing the use of podcasts to reach audiences. I am not sure...
A new version v1.3.4 (beta) of Audacity has been released for Windows and Linux. The latest version for the Macintosh is still v1.3.3 (beta). This new version has a host of new features and user interface improvements. According to a...
The recent This Week In Tech (TWIT) #126 podcast with Leo Laporte had an interesting snide comment at around 18 minutes in by Podshow's John C. Dvorak about Revision3's long list of new talent (including the recent Rodger Chang), and...
Back in 2006, the Eurythmics posted four podcasts that highlighted the musicians perspective around many of the songs that they had produced and released in the past. Elvis Costello recently did the same thing with a 10 segment podcast series....
There is a new mobile device coming out that lets users listen to streaming media while not connected to a network. The device is called the Slacker Digital Player and Walt Mossberg @ WSJ.com recently did a review. There are...
The first example is Minyannville Publishing & Multimedia which provides small animated clips of business and other headline news to major sites like Yahoo Finance, MSN Money, AOL Money, and Fox Business News. The main reason is their ability to...