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This community has been so good to get advice from these past few months. The advice I’ve found here really helped my podcast get going and helped me shape the direction. I’m being vague here so I don’t break rules promoting my own show.
I have a dilemma I could use your thoughts on. My podcast has a structure that works well. I interview people in a specific industry about how they get the job done. There’s never controversy or anything. I can appreciate all the ways they approach the job and that’s what the main focus is.
I was contacted by someone who does the job in a way I personally disagree with and it goes against the ethos of the show. My first instinct was ”fuck that guy” but then I started to think it could be a great opportunity to present their side, question why they started doing it that way etc.
I think listeners would be very interested in hearing why this guy has chosen to do something that’s generally frowned upon. There’s a great conversation that could be had letting him explain his position (which I believe to be a shitty position to take).
Doing that for an episode would be a pretty significant change up from my regular format where it’s all love and appreciation of the guest. This would almost be a debate. I would certainly explain that at the beginning of the episode to prepare listeners that this isn’t the usual show format and it’s a one-off to “hear from the dark side” kind of thing.

I’m considering it but I have reservations. I guess I’d like to know in general how has it worked out when you’ve done an episode that’s quite a bit different feeling than the usual.
Have you interviewed someone you disagreed with and what do I need to keep in mind. I want to make sure it’s still positive and respectful of them as a person.
Is this a terrible idea?
I don’t know anyone else doing anything like this in my life so this sub is where I come to get other people’s thoughts. Thanks for any feedback you can offer.

UPDATE: I’m going to go ahead and be more specific so I can get good responses.
I’m an audio-engineer. I’ve been producing music and doing sound design for myself and as a contractor for 25 years. On my show I interview people making music from home studios. We listen to their recent work and discuss the tools they’re using, instruments, how they approach composing, everything about their creative process. A lot of times the questions lead to great stories unrelated to music and that’s ok. It’s about appreciating the craftsmanship of all these underground producers whose music is usually under appreciated. It’s all about the person and their art.
The guy who contacted me writes lyrics and then uses AI to create all the music. I firmly believe that AI should not be taking work from creative fields where there’s an abundance of humans who are ready and willing to do that stuff. A lot of the things I need done I could use AI but I want to use that as an opportunity to connect with creators so I pay what little I can to have people help me with things. I believe AI should be focused on assistance and doing tasks humans don’t want to do. It shouldn’t be involved in generative art that humans love to create.
I’ve emailed back and forth with the guy multiple times and he seems like a good dude. I just personally don’t like the way he’s making music and it’s not something I want to celebrate on my show. It could be a very interesting one-off episode though to hear his explanation.
I just want to carefully consider the impact of having him come on as a guest.
Hopefully that explanation helps craft responses.

I’ve searched and can’t find an answer that solves my use case. I stream live beat-making in Logic Pro. The application has dozens of separate windows that can be opened individually or many at a time. My main arrangement window, mixer window and windows for every plugin and midi region.
I can do a display capture but sometimes I’ll open another application I don’t want on stream. I was hoping for a feature like Streamlabs has where you can do an application and any windows associated with that application.
I haven’t been able to find this option anywhere. I can choose individual windows inside of logic but it won’t show any of the plugins I open or anything other than the specific window I chose. I was really hoping to switch to Meld for the free multi-platform streaming and I’ve heard it has great CPU usage.
Any help is much appreciated.

I’ve been working on a special project for a few months now and I finally have things set up to officially launch. Rule 62 Radio is an audio-only podcast that focuses on recovery and living life to the fullest. You’ll hear speakers, teachings from the 12 step program and interviews with people in recovery who have amazing stories to tell. Sobriety has given so much to me and this podcast is a way I can help carry the message to others. Streaming now wherever you listen to podcasts.

https://linktr.ee/rule62radio

I really appreciate any advice you can offer. I want to start streaming some gameplay and combine it with overlays, music and facecam in OBS.
I really just need to know the hardware side of what I need. I need some sort of device that takes and HDMI input and split it into two HDMI outputs. Is there something that does this and is also a capture card so I won’t have to purchase yet another device?
There’s a lot to learn getting everything working and ridiculous amounts of devices that appear to do about the same thing so I’m feeling pretty lost in all of it.

I have the latest version of Logic. My interface is a Focusrite Scarlette 18i20.
I was making adjustments to my webcam and Emeet Studio said it needed to be updated. I did that and then something happened where the 18i20 couldn’t be used for output.
I’m seeing an emeet virtual audio driver that wasn’t there before but it’s not in my HAL folder so I don’t know how to delete it. I don’t understand why that affected the 18i20.
Please help! If I can’t figure this out my next step is to restore to a backup from a month ago. I will lose a ton of work. I’m trying hard not to cry honestly.
I’m usually able to figure this stuff out quickly but I’m panicking.

I’m hoping this wasn’t spam. It didn’t feel like it and had specific things about my show so I’m going to take it seriously until I find out otherwise.

Since I started my show I’ve always said “for information on being a guest or sponsorship use the provided email” at the end of each episode. Well, six episodes in and I just had someone email me today with questions about promoting their product and my pricing.

The product is a mobile/tablet app and it’s a really good fit for my content. I’d easily be able to work it into the show naturally or use Dynamic Content through Buzzsprout to create ads I can place at beginning, mid or end of episodes.

I have no clue what to charge. My podcast is small and niche. It does have dedicated listeners and grows with each episode. I want to come up with pricing that’s mutually beneficial and makes sense for my size.

Do I charge different prices based on where an ad appears? In my head an ad at the beginning of an episode is worth more than at the end. I need guidance. Any help you can offer is much appreciated.

I have the opportunity to interview a man whose sponsor was one of the first 100 people in AA. His sponsor found AA when Bill Wilson showed up at his bedside in a hospital.

The man I’m meeting with has 50 years of sobriety. He’s in his 90’s. He has incredible stories and inside knowledge of the history of this program. I would love some community input on questions to ask him.

What are things you would like to know? What questions would you ask him?

Update: I’m getting a lot of great questions and things to talk about when I interview him. I won’t have time to respond to everything but I will be using many of these. Thank you all for your ideas!

Solved!

I have a long voiceover file I need to edit and it’s in dual-mono. Two identical waveforms are displayed. Editing this will be much easier having a single waveform to look at. My brain is fried trying to figure out how to do this. It should be simple but I’m struggling here. Changing the track to mono in the inspector doesn’t change the waveform. Bouncing in place or converting to new region doesn’t work either. I’m going nuts. Thank you to anyone that can tell me what I’m missing.

I came into the rooms of AA around eight years ago. I don’t have eight years sober, unfortunately. I’m a slow learner and needed to conduct more experiments before I became convinced that I was truly powerless over alcohol.

I love AA. The people in the rooms saved my life and introduced me to my higher power who I now rely on to guide my life. I’m looking for someone who understands and loves AA like I do to create recovery content with.

Of course it won’t be affiliated with AA as a group and we can talk about other recovery programs as well but I’m a 12 stepper and a lot of the content will be focused on that because it works.

I really believe the right person or maybe a couple different people will find this post and reach out. I have some exciting ideas to share with you. DM me or preferably email me swishermedia@gmail.com.

I have a bunch of ideas and I’ve done a lot of work already but I really want a partner that believes in the project. I want someone to brainstorm with about content. I don’t want to do it alone.
There’s a lot more to say but I’d rather just do that with the right person if they see this post.

Anyone here in AA? DM me on here or email swishermedia@gmail.com if you want to hear more about it.

I’ve been saving up and am about ready to invest in a good shotgun mic. I want one that is excellent for recording environments but also great for voice. I’ve had my eye on the MKH 416 P48 and that’s what I’m budgeting for. Is there something better I should keep saving a little longer for? Let’s say under $1,500 to keep it reasonable. Also sometimes the 416 uses the P48, P48U3 or nothing after 416. Is there a difference?

Update:
I should have added more info so everyone could get an idea what I’m looking for. I currently use a set of Roland binaural mics for my field recordings. I was wanting a shotgun mic to pick up more specific things in the environment if I hear something I want to isolate more. I think it would pair well with the binaural mics I’m using that capture everything around me. I threw the idea of recording voice in there because that would be useful as well sometimes. I have plenty of other mics that are great for spoken voice in indoor/controlled environments. I will be getting the whole shock mount, blimp, dead cat, boom pole setup as well.

There’s been several instances where I was monitoring my binaural setup and heard something interesting farther away and would like to be able to point a good shotgun that direction and capture it better.

I was wanting to get something off their store and figured I’d ask if anyone has a voucher they’re not going to use before it expires. Thanks.