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Podcast - Mac Geek Gab #131: Macworld Tips and Paul Kent Interviewed

by , 9:00 AM EST, December 8th, 2007

Show notes for Mac Geek Gab Podcast For Saturday, December 8th, 2007

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In this special Macworld Prep episode, John and Dave take a few minutes to share their favorite Expo attendance and travel tips for you. Learn the secrets these two insiders use each and every year to have a successful and enjoyable week. Then, Dave interviews Paul Kent, VP of IDG and head of all things Macworld. Definitely an episode to enjoy!

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This podcast is recorded on a Mac using Audio Hijack Pro. As for equipment, John is using a Behringer C-1 microphone going through a Behringer Eurorack UB1222FX-PRO mixer, monitored with Etymotic ER-6i Isolator earphones, then straight in to his Mac. On Dave's end, a Heil PR-40 microphone is used, and the whole show is mixed "live" through a Mackie Onyx 1220 FireWire-enabled mixer before being pumped back into the Mac (via FireWire, of course), and is monitored with Ultimate Ears UE-7 Ambient earphones. Each microphone is run through a channel on a Behringer Autocom Pro-XL MDX1600 compressor, a touch of reverb is added with an ART FX-1 processor, and the whole thing is then compressed in software on the Mac. The show is recorded to AIFF, and then converted and uploaded with an Automator script. Michael, aka Computernap, then goes through and enhances the show to provide you with the AAC version. You can hear more details of the setup and how it's mixed on Episode #32.

Theme Music: "The Answer", written by Jeff Steblea and Brian Ayles, as performed by Go Figure. "Made On A Mac" bumper by Mark Fleser

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Close Name:pekingduk Posts: 1 Joined: 23 Nov 2007
Subject: MacWorld Info

Great Info on MacWolrd Expo '08.' I have had to skip MW for the past few years, so it was a good reminder of what to expect, and what to look for. I do like the upgrade to the MacWorld Expo website as mentioned in the interview. But, the end of the interview was such a (un-named) cell phone commercial for fewer dropped calls. Couldn't have been more perfect if it had been scripted!

Always a great podcast, always enjoyable, and informative.

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