Especially Ryan's mic. It sounds like they are on a radio station, where as they previously sounded like they were just in the same room as you. Anyone notice this?
Note: I listen to bombcast on fairly expensive headphones, so maybe I notice more.
They are still getting situated. I'm sure in the next few weeks the audio will get better in everything they do as they get used to the new surroundings.
@SpikeSpiegel: Haha, nope. I assume it is as dumb as always.
....1.21 mins in..... this is hillarious. :)
@Deadmeat said:
Especially Ryan's mic. It sounds like they are on a radio station, where as they previously sounded like they were just in the same room as you. Anyone notice this?
It's definitely down in quality. I assume there's a lot of optimization to be done yet. Just glad we got a Bombcast this week~!
Vinny directly addressed this concern in the first 30 minutes of the cast.
Considering how long it took for them to get it just right in their old setup, I'm sure they'll need more than a few days to figure out how to maximize their new setup. Considering some of the sound tech there, though, they may actually be able to make it clearer than ever. It'll just take time.
I, for one, am just glad there is a new Bombcast. :)
(the opening really cracked me up, as well)
@Hector: Same here, thought it sounded great. The only thing that kept bugging me was the sudden drops when there was a quiet moment. I got used to it though.
It was driving me a bit nuts, but I'm sensitive to super squashed audio. It seems to be extremely heavy on the live compression, which sounds a little distorted and is causing the lows to get boomy. A little EQing and some ajustments to the gear and I'm sure it will be fine.
SOUND!
I think that the heavy compression is what you are responding to, not the microphones or preamps, the compression gives the podcast a far away radio type feel as opposed to the rawer sound of the older podcasts. The microphones are also higher end dynamic mic's ( looks like RE20's and SM7B's ) as opposed to the cheap condenser mics that they used to use which gives a different ( I think more defined ) sound.
Yeah, I didn't like the sound, but I think the problem is superficial. The equipment seems more capable, so they will adjust it. I personally was put off by the similarity of the sound to Howard Stern on the radio. The content was good as always, so I isn't think about the Lund most of the time.
I usually listen to the Bombcast on a cheap set of earbuds while I work, but I listened to it this week at home with a pair of Sennheisers. Other than the buzzing Vinny pointed out, I thought it sounded great.
the sound is just even. I say this as someone who records/edits audio and video for a living. Ryan mentioned using a compressor during the recording this makes the sound easier to listen to because everything is recorded with the same intensity. The sound dynamic is flat but the overall fidelity is the same. I will say that they may have over compressed it, but to say it sounds like shit is a stretch. Not to mention that this is the first time they have used a professional acoustically tuned recording space in a long time. If you notice, the upside to it was that there was no echo and no sound of the air conditioner like the old mold room. I would say that the quality is better from a technical standpoint. I found it to be a step up but I have a bias as an audio engineer.
Certainly sounds a lot more radio-esque, which is both good and bad. I miss the vibe of the mold room, but I remember when they moved there the sound was terrible and that got fixed pretty quickly. Vinny and Ryan know what they're doing, so I don't think it's anything to worry about.
I don't really think you want range when listening the bombcast. They go from really quiet to really loud... really quickly. It's nice to not constantly change volume. Also it's 2-3 hours of just dudes talking, that's one way to quickly take up a shitload of space, that has to be compressed pretty well to be reasonable .
@MikkaQ said:
I don't really think you want range when listening the bombcast. They go from really quiet to really loud... really quickly. It's nice to not constantly change volume. Also it's 2-3 hours of just dudes talking, that's one way to quickly take up a shitload of space, that has to be compressed pretty well to be reasonable .
I agree completely. I would always find myself tweaking the volume...Not anymore. When my professors taught me about pod casting they told me to crush it with compression whenever possible to make the speech comfortable for the listener. The new space allows them to do that. Also, it baffles me that people would think that they somehow don't know how the space works when everyone but Patrick used to record in that very room during the Gamespot days. Also, the difference in feel and tone will be like anything on the internet. People will complain about it for two weeks or so and then forget that things were ever different
Personally, I don't like the compression. as much as I've never seen the old, apparently horrible, podcasting room, It became a character with their constant complaints. The lack of compression on the old podcasts left an auditory impression of space. People being too quiet or too loud only added character to the show. The new compression makes it feel flat in a purely aesthetic sense. It's not a huge thing. The podcast is there, so I am happy. But it doesn't sound nearly as good to me. It sounds like a FM morning show.
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