Adam Weiss: Podcast Consultant

  • Why and How You Should Edit Your Show

    Editing can be a sticky subject for some podcasters. There are those who say editing destroys the authenticity of a show, and there are those who say editing is a necessary component of almost any successful recording of any kind. I definitely fall in the latter camp, and I’d like to tell you why. In…

  • The “Hat Mic”

    This is a trick I learned from NPR’s Tony Kahn. Microphones scare people and are hard to use properly. Anyone who has ever tried to get someone to talk into one knows this first hand. The “Hat Mic” is a novel solution to both of these problems. To construct one, take a small, high quality…

  • Adobe Releases Free Public Beta of New Audio Software

    I haven’t downloaded it or tried it yet, but Adobe yesterday released a free public beta of their new Soundbooth audio application. According to this Macworld article, “Soundbooth will target the same professional market as Apple’s SoundTrack Pro.” “I think they are probably going after the same market, ” Hart Shafer, senior product manager for…

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