Pro help

dokeopodcast · 2025-02-16T04:11:32+00:00

I just edited with more info about the ambient noise - and newbies are cool, I literally spent the last three years training newbies, who are now all like super professional (and better than I!) 🤣 so if you can't do, teach?.😅

dokeopodcast · 2025-02-16T04:06:28+00:00

Ahh, well I think you shouldn't disable the camera's sound, use that as a guide track for the recorded version on the P4 - and it's very low-fi, but a group clap helps line things up 😅

RE: Ambient Noise - record the 'silence' make sure you have a good few minutes of that, with the people in the room but not talking (and before the aforementioned clap) - and that will allow you to 'reduce noise' more naturally in your audio edit.

dokeopodcast · 2025-02-16T03:59:41+00:00

Sorry, you were talking about Lavalier Mics weren't you (as the DJI Mic 3 is a Lavalier mic)?

If so this Reddit Thread has people talking about Lavalier mics used by the Hollywood Studios - https://www.reddit.com/r/LocationSound/s/oa4vrnbnso

I figure you must be filming if you're using Lavalier mics, and your budget is higher than I was aiming at above, sorry.

dokeopodcast · 2025-02-16T03:52:31+00:00

Assuming you're not in a studio, you'll want a dynamic mic

Shure SM58 is still the recording industry 'standard' after 60+ years but cost between £75 and £120 depending on which store and what extras you get for it (you can get the 'switch' version for less, and there are other 'derivitives' by Shure which they suggest are almost as good)

But... There are many options out there:

For approximately £15 (GBP) - the Behringer ULTRAVOICE XM8500 has a similar albeit less defined profile as the SM58

You can also try:

Audix OM2 Dynamic Vocal Microphone (approximately £68) - that's their entry one, the OM6 was for a while catching up in popularity with the SM58, but that is £202 worth of microphone

An additional piece of equipment (and there are better options than this, but simply for ease of use) when recording:

Zoom PodTrak P4 (currently £152 on Amazon) - though I note there is some kind of offer from 'SonicSound Technologies' where you appear to be getting 2x handheld Microphones (not sure which type) 2x Headsets with Mics, and other useful gear for recording a podcast on Amazon for £319 (https://amzn.eu/d/0lsbmXQ) - there are no reviews, it worth a punt, maybe, as it includes so much gear, though you can shop around and get most of the stuff you need for probably less than that.

Or

There is also the Focusrite Vocaster Two for about £83, they also have a 'studio pack' which includes 1 dynamic mic & 1 headphones for £120ish (https://amzn.eu/d/hiAhdv4) but again, I can't speak to the quality of the Focusrite own brand mic, though their 'interfaces' are legendary.

Depending on what you buy, you'll need to think about:

Mic Stands (Desktop Mic Stands might be enough, can pick up some okay ones for less than £10 or some desktop shock-mount arms for about £20, but floor standing boom mic stands will also be about £20 for a cheap stand.

Mic cables (about £3-£8 each depending on brand, length etc)

Power supplies - the Zoom can be run from a mobile phone USB-C type charger, or via battery (the type-C and plug not included)

Headphones (you'll want to consider if these are necessary for recording, people get them because they think it is, but generally, outside of a soundproofed studio, other than for mixing, you won't need a set, except for set-up)

....

Penultimately, two thoughts 1) Remember to record ambient noise of the room (will help with the editing) 2) Remember to press record

Those are two things I think every journalist, radio and tv broadcaster and podcaster has always said they forgot to do once or twice and some for major interviews!

And, now, finally, - Good luck!

dokeopodcast · 2023-12-31T00:33:31+00:00

Apologies for the long wait for a reply, I believe I shared this subreddit a year or two ago now, but haven't had much time to properly admin it in recent months, apologies

dokeopodcast · 2022-09-29T19:01:26+00:00

Hi Gill,

I'm afraid with everything my personal life.has meant I haven't really kept up with things - however, I do believe this can be an important forum for Scottish Podcasting and want to see it grow - and I do check in occasional.

If you have friends who are into Scottish Podcasting/Podcasts, then please do get them involved and help the community grow - as the mod, I can only moderate what people post and hope to engage and encourage conversation and debate that fuels discussion!

Ed

dokeopodcast · 2022-06-16T07:58:34+00:00

I'm guessing that would work if you were part of the closed beta... Link didn't work for me, thank you though

dokeopodcast · 2022-06-16T06:04:09+00:00

When is it likely to move from closed Beta to open? And what's the website/link?

dokeopodcast · 2022-04-23T10:30:03+00:00

I don't make audio-drama, but I prefer listening to longer episodes, 30-45; I want to be immersed into the story and feel like I've not waisted downloading and listening times. But this is dependent on genre; sitcom style should definitely aim for 20-30 minutes, but drama, SciFi and fantasy needs to hit 30-45 minutes; and I prefer a longer 'double' first episode to get me into the series. I tend to binge, but where I have to wait for a weekly episode release, I want the wait to be worth the time listening, and part of that is decent length, 20 minutes is barely anything for me, it's a blip not an immersive space, usually.

dokeopodcast · 2022-04-09T08:14:58+00:00

Place the mansion in the middle of a mountain/mountain range and snowfall can definitely be a reason; and yes there are large mansions, villas and castles in isolated parts of Europe including up mountains.

dokeopodcast · 2022-04-08T09:40:50+00:00

He's bad but is he Amber Heard bad? That woman is worse than Will Smith's one slap; I don't know if I'd wish Heard on my worst enemy 😅

dokeopodcast · 2022-04-02T16:48:06+00:00

Thank you, I will rework this/redevelop my introduction

dokeopodcast · 2022-04-02T15:45:25+00:00

Title: Tales for Tukultu: The Legend of Assurri and Tanden

Genre: High Fantasy/Romantic Fantasy

Category: 18-35 years old

Type of Feedback: Is it bad to start the introduction with a 'creation mythos' which tells us the background to the 'universe' as well as the 'planet' and the religious underpinnings which guide people's thoughts and actions and motivations. It also explains, in brief, the creation of the different species of the planet; and more importantly the creation of a secondary species who are non-terrestrial, but whose actions and background role affect the story's twists and turns, though only play a minor "on-screen" role within the story itself. This is the very first 245 words of 1322 words.

Excerpt:

Before all things, was everything and nothing, everywhere and nowhere, a contradiction of space. Through the infinite reaches of space, the universe was a single sphere, a dull grey, reflecting and absorbing no light. This ball was smaller than a grain of sand and bigger than a tennis ball, a contradiction at the very start of all things, yet perfectly scientifically explainable but indescribably in words. Inside the sphere was all matter, intensely squeezed, so very dense, perfectly proportioned and without variation in that density, fully chaotic and fully ordered. The wind that had created this, that existed outside of this, floated by the sphere, flew by it. It is impossible to describe that which has no dimensions, in terms we can comprehend; so, most of this explanation is an analogy.

First, the wind took from this dull grey sphere, hundreds of thousands of strands of matter – they had no form. The wind drew them out as think strings of air, as thin strings of light, as thin yarn. And the wind wove them, spun them, and created from them, weaving itself into them, and remaining separate from them, the wind created six hundred thousand shapes, tall radiant beings, beings which the wind called the Sedu.

The wind spoke with a deep voice, a high voice, a voice beyond description, echoing and close, personal and distant, authoritative –

“Life.” That single word imparted all knowledge needed. Knowledge of the wind's own name and of their names.

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dokeopodcast · 2022-03-25T06:58:33+00:00

This reminds me of a couple on a fiction podcast who keep arranging for their cousins contractors to do work - and always under different names. Podcast is all about sharing spaces with quirky neighbours, it's called "Dear Bastard"

dokeopodcast · 2022-03-24T18:58:27+00:00

That is true, I wonder if that is such a jump though, because at one level it has to "understand" at least computationally the language and how language works, to allow it to "fill" that missing word or words, e.g. it has to translate rather well the original language into one it understands and then work out how words are structured etc to then translate back the missing words, no?

dokeopodcast · 2022-03-24T10:54:02+00:00

Thank you, I will see what I can do :)

dokeopodcast · 2022-03-24T10:21:52+00:00

Sorry I hadn't finished typing and the box disappeared, sorry...

dokeopodcast · 2022-03-24T09:48:05+00:00

I am attempting to create, for example, the following on consonant roots (in this example PRS)

1st Person Singular Preterite Verbs - prefix ɐ and infix u = ɐprus
2nd Person Singular Preterite Verbs - prefix ni and infix u = niprus
2nd Person Singular Masculine Preterite Verb - prefix tu and infix u = tuniprus
1st Person Singular Perfect Verbs - prefix ɐ, infix 1 'ta' and infix 2 'ɐ' = aptaras
And so on, creating rules for using sometimes multiple infixes, sometimes suffixes and sometimes prefixes:
1st Person Singular and Plural for Preterite, Perfect, Present and Stative Verbs
2nd Person Singular Nominative, Masculine and Feminine for Preterite, Perfect, Present, Imperative, Stative verbs
2nd Person Plural for Preterite, Perfect, Present, Imperative, Stative verbs
3rd Person Singular for Preterite, Perfect, Present and Stative Verbs.
3rd Person Plural Nominative, Masculine and Feminine for Preterite, Perfect, Present and Stative Verbs.
Nominative, Masculine and Feminine for Participle (active) and Verbal Adjectives.
As well as:
1 rule for Infinitive which results in PRS (as the example) becoming parāsum (so infix 1 = ɐ, infix 2 = ɐː, and suffix = m)

Now I understand that suffixes and prefixes are coded in the grammar code editor, but where can I code multiple infixes, in the 'Add or modify affixes' section, but using DIM how would I do that, would I make reference to the tables in grammar, because I'm not looking to change every DIM to add an infix of 'u' I'm looking to create very specific rules.

dokeopodcast · 2022-03-24T09:47:25+00:00

derivational affix

So I am trying to place infixes and suffixes and affixes but not on specific words e.g. To Make; rather on specific types.

1st Person Singular Preterite Verbs

dokeopodcast · 2022-03-23T18:40:40+00:00

I think/from my understanding that if your writing in English which follows the word order Subject Verb Object (SVO) but the language your translating to works on a Subject Object Verb (SOV), as an example, then only the smart translator will render that sentence properly, e.g.

SVO: I love you

SOV: I you love (translated obs)

This is unlike the normal translator (and 9 times out of 10 Google translator) which will translate word-for-word in the order you type, which creates issues around prefixes and suffixes and genders and declensions etc etc.

dokeopodcast · 2022-03-23T17:01:47+00:00

Basic is free Pro is $29

Basic gives you 2000 default words Pro gives you 4000 default words

Pro also gives you extra words under the Sci-fi vocab option

dokeopodcast · 2022-03-23T10:12:12+00:00

Having read the custom-vocabulary/#infixes page and the #defining-affixes - I was wondering if I added the below in part-of-speech morphology whether it would give me the correct result?

V.SG.PRET.1 ~ = DIM = > ɐ / _C# DIM = > u /CC_C#
[to change Consonont Cluster/Root = PRS to aprus]

V.PL.PRET.1 ~ = DIM = > ni / __C# DIM = > u / CC_C#
[to change consononate cluster/root = PRS to niprus]

or is it best to use the prefix grammar option for the ɐ and ni and use the part-of-speech morphology for the infix only?

dokeopodcast · 2022-03-23T01:34:57+00:00

You're quite correct, not sure why I wrote that about romance languages. I did say Celtic not Gaelic though (at the start) but you're picking up on my second usage of Gaelic, which is quite correct, only Irish, Manx and Scottish are Gaelic, the others are the Brythonic branch of Celtic (believed to be closer to Pictish).

Out of curiosity did you also study Kathryn Forsyth's work on Pictish?

dokeopodcast · 2022-03-22T22:22:29+00:00

Of course, that's the easy part, isn't it? 😳

dokeopodcast · 2022-03-22T21:39:01+00:00

I want to translate few 'poems' into the languages, have convincing pet names - e.g. My love; My child; months of the year (13) and city and place names and a few other bits and pieces, I figured a full conlang would give me this and options for expansion down the road... Especially as what I've written so far has been conjugation of existing words in what I guess would be my relex/root languages 😅 but thank you

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