Thanks. There are dates at the bottom of each episode btw. The last episode was from about a year ago.
Promotion wise I tried to organically promote it. Basically if I read a comment on HN or a few sub-reddits I'd leave a non-spammy reply and often end the comment with something that links back to an episode with a timestamped link to the information related to the comment. I also suggested guests share the episode when it goes live. I tweeted out new episodes but I don't have a huge following.
> You suck at audio engineering. The audio from several samples I listened to ranging from mid-run to the most recent episode were a plosive and fricative nightmare.
Is this feedback mostly on the guest's audio or my set up?
It's not my full time job but remember each guest is a different person recording their side of the track in their house or office. They're using whatever bare bones mic set up they have. I pre-assembled a list of recording suggestions before the show to avoid common issues. If money were no object I'd send every guest $150-200 worth of equipment or pay to have studio time in their local area so they can record their side but that's not realistic for a podcast this size.
The most recent episode has plosives but if something clips there's not much I can do since the source audio is messed up. Everyone was recording locally, usually with Audacity to eliminate any network artifacts. Audio editing wise on my side, I usually just run their track through a noise gate while trying not to kill the natural sound of their voice. Sometimes I play a little with an EQ when it's super clear they have a very trebly voice. Often times I can't use a compressor to make their volume more consistent because they have a huge amount of room noise that can't be filtered out without making them sound non-human.
I'm curious what you think about this episode's quality https://runninginproduction.com/podcast/31-mux-is-an-api-bas.... This was one where the guest ended up buying a new mic before the podcast (I suggested they pick up an AT-2005 which is a pretty low cost dynamic USB mic, it's what I use as well). They wanted a better set up for future videos on their own (not just for my show). What you hear there is mostly straight from the source.
Promotion wise I tried to organically promote it. Basically if I read a comment on HN or a few sub-reddits I'd leave a non-spammy reply and often end the comment with something that links back to an episode with a timestamped link to the information related to the comment. I also suggested guests share the episode when it goes live. I tweeted out new episodes but I don't have a huge following.
Some of those posts on Reddit did pretty well. For example this single post in /r/django fueled almost a year's worth of guests https://www.reddit.com/r/django/comments/gddnh0/are_you_runn..., and the follow up post https://www.reddit.com/r/django/comments/ifrcd6/a_few_months....
> You suck at audio engineering. The audio from several samples I listened to ranging from mid-run to the most recent episode were a plosive and fricative nightmare.
Is this feedback mostly on the guest's audio or my set up?
It's not my full time job but remember each guest is a different person recording their side of the track in their house or office. They're using whatever bare bones mic set up they have. I pre-assembled a list of recording suggestions before the show to avoid common issues. If money were no object I'd send every guest $150-200 worth of equipment or pay to have studio time in their local area so they can record their side but that's not realistic for a podcast this size.
The most recent episode has plosives but if something clips there's not much I can do since the source audio is messed up. Everyone was recording locally, usually with Audacity to eliminate any network artifacts. Audio editing wise on my side, I usually just run their track through a noise gate while trying not to kill the natural sound of their voice. Sometimes I play a little with an EQ when it's super clear they have a very trebly voice. Often times I can't use a compressor to make their volume more consistent because they have a huge amount of room noise that can't be filtered out without making them sound non-human.
I'm curious what you think about this episode's quality https://runninginproduction.com/podcast/31-mux-is-an-api-bas.... This was one where the guest ended up buying a new mic before the podcast (I suggested they pick up an AT-2005 which is a pretty low cost dynamic USB mic, it's what I use as well). They wanted a better set up for future videos on their own (not just for my show). What you hear there is mostly straight from the source.