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Archives for 2009

Popular Audio Compression Formats

Filed Under: Podcasting, Technology, Web Technology

Compressed audio files are commonplace nowadays thanks to the popularity of MP3 files, but if you want to compress your audio data, MP3s are by no means the best or only option available to you.

Posted on 31 May 2009Tagged: aac, audio, compression, flac, mp3, wma

Recording and Producing a Radio Play

Filed Under: Podcasting

Podcasting is commonplace and relatively easy to do, but with a little extra effort this new medium can be expanded into a completely different creative arena; the radio play.

Posted on 30 April 2009Tagged: audio, bit rate, mp3, podcast, recording

Constant and Variable Bit Rates

Filed Under: Podcasting, Technology, Web Technology

Having chosen the bit rate for your MP3 tracks or podcasts, would you know whether to use a variable bit rate or constant bit rate and why?

Posted on 18 April 2009Tagged: bit rate, mp3, podcast

How to Check if your Speakers are Wired Correctly

Filed Under: Podcasting, Technology

Speaker

Connecting speakers to your amplifier shouldn’t be too difficult, but if you get your wires mixed up the results will be less than perfect. Here’s a few simple tests to check that you have everything wired up correctly.

Posted on 25 March 2009Tagged: audio, speakers

Happy Birthday Blog

Filed Under: Blogging

It’s a year since I took the plunge and started blogging. So, after the first year, how far have I come, what have learnt, what have I achieved and where to next?

Posted on 15 March 2009Tagged: blog, blogg

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BBC Radio Interview on Podcasting

Listen to my interview on BBC radio about podcasting and how long a podcast should be:

https://www.richardfarrar.com/audio/BBC-interview.mp3

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Richard Farrar

Hi, I'm Richard; an Electronic Engineer by trade, self confessed Geek, Blogger and Podcaster, although as often the case life has the habit of taking us on unplanned journeys... Read More ›

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