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Making your Production Computer Quiet

by Ben Straw on March 2, 2010

Making your Production Computer Quiet

A few manufactures make quiet computers, but if you cant afford them you might need to do the work yourself. Weather your PC has just a little noise or like an F-16 while sitting at idle, eliminating the noise is easy and rated from beginner to advanced, but all can be accomplished by you.
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    Buying a Podcasting PC

    by Ben Straw on January 25, 2010

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    Finding the right PC for podcasting is a big task, you have to think about what you are going to be doing with that PC weather it is Video or Audio. Both can tax a system and cause some headaches. CPU, Ram, Hard Drive, Video Card, Sound Card, and even cooling all falls on the [...]

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      Battling Planes, trains, auto mobile, and all around noise

      Battling noises might just be the hardest thing a podcaster deals with, I my self live about a mile from a private Airport and am inline with the planes that love to play touch and go (A fake landing).
      Among the noise coming from TV’s, fans and surprise guests, they like to play a key roll [...]

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        Record Skype Using Hardware – Mixer Mix Minus

        by Ben Straw on September 7, 2009

        Record Skype Using Hardware - Mixer Mix Minus

        A Mix Minus is one of the best sounding and I think the easiest way to record skype, Most software available cuts the guest off when the host starts talking, this can make for a bad mix withing the recording, especially if you argue a lot with your co host. I’ve listened to a lot of podcasts and believe me its bad.

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