New Dog, New Podcasting Equipment and New Bone Conduction Headphones

Allison begins this episode by telling us about the first few days of being back home with her new guide dog. Robert next describes his new podcasting equipment. He explains his reasoning for getting a Mackie ProFX8 mixer. Robert then discusses his decision to switch from a condenser to a dynamic Heil PR 40 broadcast microphone. (If you listen carefully, you will hear the old condenser microphone make a brief appearance during the podcast.) Robert discovered that he needed more volume on his recordings so he added a PreSonus preamp between the Mackie mixer and the Heil microphone. Robert would like to sincerely thank Adam, Neal, Deb, Patrick and Davis for their excellent consultation and advice regarding the new equipment. Robert then describes the problem that blind podcasters have when attempting to record both VoiceOver and a microphone during a Skype call. He describes a brilliant workaround from Keith Watson where one uses Sound Flower and the Mac’s audio midi setup utility to create some profiles that can be hijacked by Audio Hijack Pro allowing VoiceOver and the microphone to be recorded simultaneously. This approach is particularly nice because everyone on the Skype call can hear VoiceOver. Robert then discusses an extremely powerful keyboard macro application for the Mac called Keyboard Maestro. Robert then refers the Tech Doctor listeners to an Applevis podcast by Keith Watson and Scott Howell where Keyboard Maestro is described and demonstrated. Robert then shows and explains some of the excellent macros that Keith Watson has created. Robert and Allison complete the podcast with a discussion of the new AfterShokz Bluez 2 bone conduction headphones. We want your feedback. Send comments and questions to [email protected]