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Is their software to record inputs at two different computers andthen synchronize
My wish is for high quality podcast audio
Much higher than currently available on offerings from big players Bottom Line Up Front Record microphone input at source for each participant during Skype or Google Talk conversation. Merge the two files and publish. Problem The audio quality of the interviewee is poor unless the interviewee is at the same computer with the interviewer. Details I have never ever written audio software in my life so I have no idea how to do this but I can imagine a module design as follows Interviewer module Software that records while one is on Skype or Google Talk. It records input from the microphone on one channel and input from the interviewee on a separate channel. It would also need to generate audio signals that would later be used for aligning audio files/ tracks. The audio signal would be audible. I imagine that it would be 4 half second tones every 1 second in escalating pitch. The software could automatically generate one at the beginning of the interview, one at the end and then at any other time that the two parties suspect that something unexpected happen and that they need to resynchronize. During the interview the software could produce a suprasonic and a subsonic tone every minute or two to ensure ongoing syncrhonization. Interviewee module Same as interviewer module but it does not generate tones. Instead it recrords interviewee's voice directly from his or her own microphone. Even the most awful microphone and microphone setting will be better than recording the returning stream on the interviewer's computer. At the end of the interview the recorded file would be uploaded to a server or a peer-to-peer computer. On one track it could have the interviewee's voice and on another track it could have the interviewers voice (just for backup redundancy) and the emitted tones from the interviewer module. Some interviewee's may be brain-dead (in a computer sense) and therefore incapable of downloading the software and installing it. In that case it could easily be administered by the interviewer and interviewee using Teamviewer or GoToAssist or Crossloop. Synchronization module The software that would then merge the two direct voice recordings and synchronize based on the tones. The tones would automatically be deleted. Resources required One audio software programmer who knows his or her ass from his or her elbow and at least a modicum of automated file transfer. Wild guess is that 100 hours of programming would generate an alpha version for testing. Marketing I do not know. Perhaps open source development with request for $10 donation. Does something such as this already exist |
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Is their software to record inputs at two different computers andthen synchronize
Sorry about the typo. “Is their...” should be “Is there...”
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Is their software to record inputs at two different computers and then synchronize
"Farrel" wrote ...
My wish is for high quality podcast audio Much higher than currently available on offerings from big players How "high quality" does it have to be for speech? How much "high quality" will be discarded by most people listening on their computer speakers or their MP3 players? Bottom Line: Your starting premise is questionable. Unless you left out some other compelling argument. Bottom Line Up Front Record microphone input at source for each participant during Skype or Google Talk conversation. Merge the two files and publish. Look at the products from www.highcriteria.com/ and similar companies before assuming that no solution exists. Your proposed solution, while technically possible, seems like vast overkill for the proposed application and the miniscule market. |
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Is their software to record inputs at two different computers andthen synchronize
For speech, it does not have to be high "high quality" but it should
be better than one hears over the telephone. I am definitely not referring to audiophile quality so sorry about my loose use of "high quality". Maybe I should have typed "higher quality". What do you think would be a low barrier way of starting a podcast? I was thinking of interviewing (having a conversation with) various experts in a a very narrow niche disease from around the world. Should I just set up skype to skype calling and record the call with Pamela or similarly Google Talk to Google Talk and use audacity or highcriteria's Total Recorder standard edition that has "Recording VoIP Calls and Internet-telephony Conversations". I have never done this but was going to start. Intuitively I just thought that it would make most sense to record at source rather than after the one stream has had to take a streaming internet journey. |
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Is their software to record inputs at two different computers andthen synchronize
On May 4, 12:33*pm, "Richard Crowley" wrote:
Look at the products fromwww.highcriteria.com/and similar companies before assuming that no solution exists. *Your proposed solution, while technically possible, seems like vast overkill for the proposed application and the miniscule market. I know nothing about this field. Can you please list a couple of companies that are similar to highcriteria? |
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Is their software to record inputs at two different computers and then synchronize
"Farrel" wrote ...
For speech, it does not have to be high "high quality" but it should be better than one hears over the telephone. I am definitely not referring to audiophile quality so sorry about my loose use of "high quality". Maybe I should have typed "higher quality". What do you think would be a low barrier way of starting a podcast? I was thinking of interviewing (having a conversation with) various experts in a a very narrow niche disease from around the world. Should I just set up skype to skype calling and record the call with Pamela or similarly Google Talk to Google Talk and use audacity or highcriteria's Total Recorder standard edition that has "Recording VoIP Calls and Internet-telephony Conversations". I have never done this but was going to start. Intuitively I just thought that it would make most sense to record at source rather than after the one stream has had to take a streaming internet journey. It has long been the standard practice to send an experienced sound recordist with high quality microphone and recorder out to the location of the interviewee while the interviewer is back at home base on the phone. This practice dates back before the days of the internet, Skype, and podcasting, etc. Telephone-quality audio has not been a problem for most listeners *IF* the content is compelling: If the person is some sort of expert on the subject (or a celebrity, etc.) or if it is on-location and/or live reporting of something happening far away (or even across town, for that matter.) Furthermore low-quality audio is used as an effect (the audible equivalent of MTV "shaky-cam") to convey the feeling of "reality" and immediacy. It is certainly technically feasible to do a higher-quality recording at the distant end, but it would assume that that person has a microphone (and acoustical environment) worthy of higher-quality reproduction. It would also presume that they are technically savvy enough to install and operate whatever software. IMHO, the assumption is not valid in most cases, and the potential increase in quality is nowhere near worth the effort it would take to get there. The cost/benefit ratio seems very much in the negative field here. I strongly suspect that is why nobody is doing something like this. |
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