Link to the Show / Show NotesWelcome toProgram #4This program is about how I produce this show and features the full version of the"Deadline"song that serves as the show's music bed.Here's the script for this show:Hello and welcome to Program FourFirst on today's program I want to make a few general comments. The word at the end of the intro is SHIP (as in mysoftware is done and will now start causing trouble for others).Next I'd like to say thank you for all the wonderful positive feedback I've had about this program, it certainly givesme motivation to keep going.And one cheezy plug: I setup a not-for-profitStoreon cafe press (www.cafepress.com/podcasting) just for fun. There you can buy an"I Love Podcasting"T-shirt and/or mug. I priced everything at cost so I don't make any money(and therefore stay out of complications with my employer with whom I'd have to get pre-approval if I was"moonlighting"). I'd also invite anyone who want's to participate and add additional items to send me images(1024x768 pixels) topodcasting@mikelehman.comand I'll put them up for everyone to buy.And now on to today's topic: audio software.I use Cakewalk Sonar to produce Podcasting from SoftwareLand. This is a commercial multi-track recording platformthat supports both audio and midi as well as both directx and vst plugins. With Cakewalk I have a"standard"filethat contains the background music (or bed) on one track and the intro and outro voice overs on another. Then I justsimply position the"now"point just after the intro and hit record.One of the things I do that add some polish to the final product is to use a plugin that's called a compressor. Whata compressor does is first limit the volume so that things can't get too loud then it has a feature that adds volumeto that limited signal so that things never get too quiet. What you get is something that you can listen to thatdoesn't hurt your ears and doesn't require you to fiddle with the volume. Compressors were originally designed byradio engineers so as to not burn out the transmitters but have become an absolutely fundamental tool in both musicand radio.Now, with all this wonderful software, I still have to fight to get myself to get the program done within the time Ihave available. This universal pr ocrastination meme is what inspired me a few years ago to write the song who's musictrack I use as the bed for this show... It's called"Deadline"and, like all the music I'll be using on this show, notRIAA controlled. And now, for your listening pleasure, here is Deadline<MUSIC>Ok, I hope you enjoyed my ode to the bane of all creative endeavors (and now you understand about the"get it done"part of the show's ending)I'm on-the-road this week so the next few shows will be done on my laptop. I don't know what the sound quality willbe like but I'll try to keep it as high as possible.As always, comments are welcome on the blog, email tosoftwareland@mikelehman.com
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