{"version":"1.0.0","segments":[{"startTime":29.875999999999998,"endTime":32.427,"body":"You're listening to Podcasting Made Simple."},{"startTime":33.608,"endTime":34.647999999999996,"body":"Congratulations."},{"startTime":34.647999999999996,"endTime":38.59,"body":"You've got the perfect guests to agree to come on your podcast show."},{"startTime":38.59,"endTime":41.510999999999996,"body":"They're an expert in the field and the niche in which you cover."},{"startTime":41.510999999999996,"endTime":47.954,"body":"They're revered and well known by your audience and best part, they're available and"},{"startTime":41.510999999999996,"endTime":47.954,"body":"willing to come on."},{"startTime":47.954,"endTime":54.617000000000004,"body":"So now that we have that perfect guest, how do we ensure that we get the best possible"},{"startTime":47.954,"endTime":54.617000000000004,"body":"audio or video quality from them?"},{"startTime":54.617000000000004,"endTime":58.269999999999996,"body":"I'm Matthew Posse from Podcasting Tech and today we are going to talk about"},{"startTime":58.269999999999996,"endTime":64.212,"body":"various strategies for doing a remote recording of your guest to ensure the best possible"},{"startTime":58.269999999999996,"endTime":64.212,"body":"quality."},{"startTime":64.212,"endTime":72.975,"body":"Whether you're a big time media organization with limitless resources and money, or if"},{"startTime":64.212,"endTime":72.975,"body":"you're a first time podcast or somebody with a little bit less experience or someone who"},{"startTime":72.975,"endTime":82.498,"body":"just doesn't have extra money to throw around on this process, everybody is capable of"},{"startTime":72.975,"endTime":82.498,"body":"securing and recording a great quality show with their guests."},{"startTime":82.498,"endTime":84.55799999999999,"body":"Now, why does this matter?"},{"startTime":84.572,"endTime":94.369,"body":"It matters because for most shows that are featuring a guest on their podcast, that person"},{"startTime":84.572,"endTime":94.369,"body":"is doing almost 90 % of the talking during your show."},{"startTime":94.369,"endTime":99.613,"body":"You're maybe introducing them, then you're asking questions and then you're sitting back"},{"startTime":94.369,"endTime":99.613,"body":"and you're letting them speak."},{"startTime":99.613,"endTime":108.819,"body":"And so what you don't want to have happen is you come on the show with your high quality"},{"startTime":99.613,"endTime":108.819,"body":"microphone, your good camera, you ask good questions and then the guest comes on and they"},{"startTime":108.819,"endTime":109.8,"body":"don't sound great."},{"startTime":109.8,"endTime":111.26100000000001,"body":"There's a lot of background noise."},{"startTime":111.26100000000001,"endTime":112.82000000000001,"body":"It's hard to hear them."},{"startTime":112.82000000000001,"endTime":116.212,"body":"they're not going to come off sounding as good as you want them to."},{"startTime":116.212,"endTime":119.174,"body":"Your audience might struggle to understand what they're saying."},{"startTime":119.174,"endTime":123.156,"body":"They might get frustrated and it's not going to really present well for you."},{"startTime":123.156,"endTime":125.798,"body":"It might tarnish your show's brand."},{"startTime":125.798,"endTime":135.733,"body":"So we want to take certain steps to make sure that when a guest comes on the show, they"},{"startTime":125.798,"endTime":135.733,"body":"sound as good as possible during their performance, during their appearance on your"},{"startTime":135.733,"endTime":136.724,"body":"podcast."},{"startTime":136.724,"endTime":140.87199999999999,"body":"So again, we're going to talk about certain strategies are more expensive, higher quality,"},{"startTime":140.87199999999999,"endTime":144.384,"body":"all the way down to some free options and things that anybody can do."},{"startTime":144.384,"endTime":146.505,"body":"So the first one is the most expensive."},{"startTime":146.505,"endTime":148.36599999999999,"body":"It's called a tape sync."},{"startTime":148.36599999999999,"endTime":160.212,"body":"And this is where you as the podcaster hire a producer in the guests local market to go to"},{"startTime":148.36599999999999,"endTime":160.212,"body":"that guests home office, some other third party location, bring a microphone, bring a"},{"startTime":160.212,"endTime":167.55599999999998,"body":"recorder, and you are going to have that person be your recording device, that recording"},{"startTime":160.212,"endTime":167.55599999999998,"body":"element for you."},{"startTime":167.55599999999998,"endTime":170.53799999999998,"body":"That person is going to ensure that the guest is sitting"},{"startTime":170.53799999999998,"endTime":177.98,"body":"properly in front of the microphone, they're framed correctly in front of the camera,"},{"startTime":170.53799999999998,"endTime":177.98,"body":"everything is turned on, levels 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will see that tape sinks can be paid anywhere from 150 to $200 an hour for"},{"startTime":212.06199999999998,"endTime":213.00199999999998,"body":"this kind of work."},{"startTime":213.00199999999998,"endTime":223.182,"body":"And often the podcaster is also responsible for reimbursing them for certain expenses,"},{"startTime":213.00199999999998,"endTime":223.182,"body":"such as mileage or parking or anything else that might happen as a result of this process."},{"startTime":223.182,"endTime":225.45,"body":"The other thing is that you have to be able to"},{"startTime":225.45,"endTime":230.82999999999998,"body":"ensure that the person you are hiring can do the job and is not going to mess you up."},{"startTime":230.82999999999998,"endTime":234.64,"body":"You don't want to have a high quality A-list celebrity on your show."},{"startTime":234.64,"endTime":243.41,"body":"And then the person shows up disheveled or unprofessional or worst case scenario, they"},{"startTime":234.64,"endTime":243.41,"body":"forget to hit record or they record a poor product."},{"startTime":243.41,"endTime":245.51999999999998,"body":"So you have to do a little bit of vetting."},{"startTime":245.51999999999998,"endTime":248.73,"body":"You're to want to talk to folks and get references or referrals."},{"startTime":248.73,"endTime":254.946,"body":"You're going to want to hear some of their past work and you're just going to want to be"},{"startTime":248.73,"endTime":254.946,"body":"very careful with who you select."},{"startTime":254.98399999999998,"endTime":263.41,"body":"So some ways you could do this, like we said, there are listservs where lots of radio"},{"startTime":254.98399999999998,"endTime":263.41,"body":"professionals and podcast professionals are available for this kind of work."},{"startTime":263.41,"endTime":265.481,"body":"There are Facebook groups for the same thing."},{"startTime":265.481,"endTime":275.348,"body":"Worst case scenario, you 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podcaster,"},{"startTime":412.24199999999996,"endTime":421.0,"body":"you're not just recording what you hear over the internet, which..."},{"startTime":421.0,"endTime":426.812,"body":"is subject to lots of different interference or bandwidth issues, connection issues,"},{"startTime":421.0,"endTime":426.812,"body":"whatnot."},{"startTime":426.812,"endTime":432.99399999999997,"body":"But what's gonna happen is these platforms are gonna record locally on that guest's"},{"startTime":426.812,"endTime":432.99399999999997,"body":"device."},{"startTime":432.99399999999997,"endTime":441.707,"body":"So if the guest is a good microphone, it's set up correctly, you're getting the recording"},{"startTime":432.99399999999997,"endTime":441.707,"body":"directly off their microphone, that file is gonna get sent to you later, and you're"},{"startTime":441.707,"endTime":446.462,"body":"basically doing a tape sync automatically, which is a great way to go about doing 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files."},{"startTime":497.502,"endTime":498.923,"body":"They have really good customer support."},{"startTime":498.923,"endTime":503.39,"body":"They can help you out, but just know that they are not completely infallible."},{"startTime":503.39,"endTime":506.181,"body":"there is a chance that something can go wrong."},{"startTime":506.181,"endTime":515.816,"body":"So while I strongly encourage people to consider these platforms, you might wanna think"},{"startTime":506.181,"endTime":515.816,"body":"about a few backups, maybe recording on your side of the conversation if you have a, say a"},{"startTime":515.816,"endTime":524.139,"body":"Rodecaster device or something else, record what you're hearing just to make sure you get"},{"startTime":515.816,"endTime":524.139,"body":"something out of that conversation, don't waste the person's time."},{"startTime":524.14,"endTime":529.714,"body":"Another way you can do this if you don't wanna subscribe to one of these platforms is"},{"startTime":524.14,"endTime":529.714,"body":"simply have the person record themselves."},{"startTime":529.714,"endTime":532.465,"body":"Now this can be done at, again, all different levels."},{"startTime":532.465,"endTime":539.118,"body":"We used to have clients that would literally ship a box to the guest that had a digital"},{"startTime":532.465,"endTime":539.118,"body":"recorder and a microphone."},{"startTime":539.118,"endTime":545.341,"body":"And when the guest was done, they would pack it back up and ship it back to the podcaster"},{"startTime":539.118,"endTime":545.341,"body":"and they had high quality recording."},{"startTime":545.341,"endTime":553.475,"body":"Or we have many times where we simply ask the guest, if you're using a Mac, open up"},{"startTime":545.341,"endTime":553.475,"body":"QuickTime on your computer, hit the record button and that'll ensure that we get the best"},{"startTime":553.475,"endTime":556.37,"body":"possible recording of your side of the conversation."},{"startTime":556.37,"endTime":559.4920000000001,"body":"If they're using a PC, they can just use the Windows video recorder, right?"},{"startTime":559.4920000000001,"endTime":562.513,"body":"It's built into every computer and it's completely free."},{"startTime":562.513,"endTime":565.255,"body":"So you could do this for free, right?"},{"startTime":565.255,"endTime":567.176,"body":"If you're not worried about sending them equipment."},{"startTime":567.176,"endTime":568.317,"body":"So that's the great part."},{"startTime":568.317,"endTime":569.3570000000001,"body":"Anybody can do it."},{"startTime":569.3570000000001,"endTime":573.9000000000001,"body":"It can be done for free and it should be easy enough to do."},{"startTime":573.9000000000001,"endTime":578.702,"body":"The downside is some people are really afraid of any sort of technology."},{"startTime":578.702,"endTime":583.505,"body":"Even if it's something that is so easy, you know, you think that a third grader can do it."},{"startTime":583.505,"endTime":585.6080000000001,"body":"So the problems here are,"},{"startTime":585.6080000000001,"endTime":589.6210000000001,"body":"right, the person might be afraid of technology and can't do it correctly."},{"startTime":589.6210000000001,"endTime":592.6840000000001,"body":"They might do everything correctly, but forgot to change the input."},{"startTime":592.6840000000001,"endTime":600.24,"body":"So they have a great microphone, but they still want to recording the built-in speaker,"},{"startTime":592.6840000000001,"endTime":600.24,"body":"mic or the mic on their webcam, which isn't going to be nearly as high quality as you're"},{"startTime":600.24,"endTime":601.1310000000001,"body":"hoping for."},{"startTime":601.1310000000001,"endTime":605.225,"body":"You could get a issue where the recording is a different sampling rate than what 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spending 15, 20, 30 minutes trying to workshop the problems and getting the"},{"startTime":734.999,"endTime":746.0440000000001,"body":"guests all sorts of flustered and frustrated, maybe losing some of that recording time,"},{"startTime":746.0640000000001,"endTime":747.945,"body":"kick it on over to Zoom, right?"},{"startTime":747.945,"endTime":752.187,"body":"I've never really met somebody who can't get on a Zoom call."},{"startTime":752.187,"endTime":759.558,"body":"And so Zoom, the recording quality of Zoom is not ideal, but if you can get somebody close"},{"startTime":752.187,"endTime":759.558,"body":"to their microphone,"},{"startTime":759.558,"endTime":762.849,"body":"and you can set your zoom correctly for the highest possible recording quality."},{"startTime":762.849,"endTime":766.6800000000001,"body":"can get the individual tracks, then you're getting something."},{"startTime":766.6800000000001,"endTime":770.4010000000001,"body":"You're getting a lot better than, you know, not getting that conversation at all."},{"startTime":770.4010000000001,"endTime":782.1550000000001,"body":"And something we used to tell our clients is that I'd much rather have a good conversation"},{"startTime":770.4010000000001,"endTime":782.1550000000001,"body":"with a guest at okay quality than having a terrible conversation with a guest at pristine"},{"startTime":782.1550000000001,"endTime":782.965,"body":"quality."},{"startTime":782.965,"endTime":786.5780000000001,"body":"So what you don't want to do is you don't want to frustrate your guest with all the"},{"startTime":786.5780000000001,"endTime":792.2800000000001,"body":"technical fixes and you know, trying to figure out how to work it, trying to make sure all"},{"startTime":786.5780000000001,"endTime":792.2800000000001,"body":"this stuff is blah, blah, blah."},{"startTime":792.2800000000001,"endTime":795.981,"body":"I'd much rather you just say, let's go over to Zoom, we'll get it going."},{"startTime":795.981,"endTime":801.3620000000001,"body":"The other nice thing about Zoom is you can have guests call into a Zoom line."},{"startTime":801.3620000000001,"endTime":806.5440000000001,"body":"So maybe you are dealing with a guest who is really opposed to technology, right?"},{"startTime":806.5440000000001,"endTime":807.754,"body":"They don't have a computer."},{"startTime":807.754,"endTime":810.865,"body":"They don't want to, you know, download an app or anything like that."},{"startTime":810.865,"endTime":815.668,"body":"Zoom has phone lines and that person can call into the Zoom line."},{"startTime":815.668,"endTime":818.37,"body":"They can be on your conversation using just their regular phone."},{"startTime":818.37,"endTime":823.663,"body":"And the nice thing is that phone is right up to their face and the microphone is close to"},{"startTime":818.37,"endTime":823.663,"body":"their mouth."},{"startTime":823.663,"endTime":826.085,"body":"So again, that ensures that you get that conversation."},{"startTime":826.085,"endTime":835.21,"body":"You are focused on the quality of the content and not so much on the quality of the actual"},{"startTime":826.085,"endTime":835.21,"body":"recording, but this is better than not having a good conversation."},{"startTime":835.21,"endTime":836.7810000000001,"body":"Of course, there are other options from Zoom."},{"startTime":836.7810000000001,"endTime":841.364,"body":"There's Google Meet, there's Microsoft Teams, there's all sorts of platforms like this."},{"startTime":841.364,"endTime":843.085,"body":"just watch out some of those other platforms."},{"startTime":843.085,"endTime":845.7860000000001,"body":"don't record individual tracks the way zoom is able to."},{"startTime":845.7860000000001,"endTime":856.0210000000001,"body":"So when it comes to editing your files later, producing your files later, you don't have"},{"startTime":845.7860000000001,"endTime":856.0210000000001,"body":"as much control over the post production over the editing that you wanted to."},{"startTime":856.0210000000001,"endTime":860.303,"body":"So those are a bunch of different strategies you can use for remote recording your guests."},{"startTime":860.303,"endTime":868.446,"body":"A few other things to keep in mind when you are talking to your guests, when you were"},{"startTime":860.303,"endTime":868.446,"body":"coaching them about being on the show, some things you want to remind them to do is one,"},{"startTime":868.446,"endTime":870.587,"body":"Find a comfortable place to take the interview."},{"startTime":870.587,"endTime":878.832,"body":"You don't want someone sitting for 30, 40, 60 minutes getting antsy, being uncomfortable,"},{"startTime":870.587,"endTime":878.832,"body":"moving around a lot, moving away from the microphone during the conversation."},{"startTime":878.832,"endTime":886.1370000000001,"body":"tell them they should really find a nice quiet spot, get comfortable, and then bring the"},{"startTime":878.832,"endTime":886.1370000000001,"body":"mic to them so they can enjoy the conversation."},{"startTime":886.1370000000001,"endTime":888.5680000000001,"body":"Number two, of course, is to remove any distractions."},{"startTime":888.5680000000001,"endTime":895.412,"body":"So not just turn your phone to silent, because a vibrating phone on the table could be"},{"startTime":888.5680000000001,"endTime":895.412,"body":"louder than a ringing phone, but also..."},{"startTime":895.412,"endTime":903.4770000000001,"body":"you know, just the fact that somebody's phone might be buzzing in their pocket or"},{"startTime":895.412,"endTime":903.4770000000001,"body":"notifications are popping up on their desktop, can be a distraction to the conversation."},{"startTime":903.4770000000001,"endTime":910.893,"body":"So kindly ask them to put their phone on, you know, focus mode or plane mode so that"},{"startTime":903.4770000000001,"endTime":910.893,"body":"there's nothing really distract them."},{"startTime":910.893,"endTime":912.774,"body":"Make sure you do the same thing with their email."},{"startTime":912.774,"endTime":918.268,"body":"Even if that person has a mic connected to their computer, often programs in the"},{"startTime":912.774,"endTime":918.268,"body":"background are still going to come out of the speaker."},{"startTime":918.268,"endTime":924.3900000000001,"body":"So you'll hear that ding of an email coming through and you know, nobody really wants that"},{"startTime":918.268,"endTime":924.3900000000001,"body":"during their conversation."},{"startTime":924.3900000000001,"endTime":926.421,"body":"Make sure that nobody's going to come in and distract them, right?"},{"startTime":926.421,"endTime":930.9920000000001,"body":"That can happen often with kids, coworkers, pets, spouses, whatever friends."},{"startTime":930.9920000000001,"endTime":934.293,"body":"So, you know, let everybody know, Hey, I'm going to be recording, you know, give me some"},{"startTime":930.9920000000001,"endTime":934.293,"body":"space."},{"startTime":934.293,"endTime":935.8130000000001,"body":"want to, I want to sound as good as possible."},{"startTime":935.8130000000001,"endTime":943.826,"body":"But lastly, the most important thing you want to tell your guests, no matter what scenario"},{"startTime":935.8130000000001,"endTime":943.826,"body":"you use, no matter what recording system you're going to go about with for getting your"},{"startTime":943.826,"endTime":948.557,"body":"guests on the show, you want them to smile and have fun."},{"startTime":948.6370000000001,"endTime":951.87,"body":"can hear somebody who's smiling versus somebody who isn't."},{"startTime":951.87,"endTime":957.811,"body":"And if that person doesn't sound like they want to be on the show, I certainly don't sound"},{"startTime":951.87,"endTime":957.811,"body":"like someone who wants to listen to that show."},{"startTime":957.811,"endTime":962.392,"body":"So try and get your guests as comfortable as possible, get them to smile and get them to"},{"startTime":957.811,"endTime":962.392,"body":"enjoy."},{"startTime":962.392,"endTime":966.9530000000001,"body":"So this has been all sorts of strategies for getting a great remote recording from your"},{"startTime":962.392,"endTime":966.9530000000001,"body":"guests."},{"startTime":966.9530000000001,"endTime":971.8040000000001,"body":"I'm Matthew Pasty from Podcasting Tech and thanks for joining me today."},{"startTime":971.8040000000001,"endTime":975.524,"body":"more episodes, please visit podmatch.com forward slash episodes."},{"startTime":975.524,"endTime":977.2750000000001,"body":"Thank you so much for listening."}]}