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Podcast - Mac Geek Gab #148: Geeks on a RAM-page, Networking, Time Capsule, and Some Fun

by , 10:20 PM EDT, April 7th, 2008

Show notes for Mac Geek Gab Podcast For April 7, 2008

Direct Links: MP3 Version or AAC Version (There was a problem with the original AAC conversion, but it has been fixed now. iTunes should just redownload a new copy, but if it doesn't, you can force one. All copies on the Cachefly servers should now be correct).

Your Geeks are back with an action-packed show this week, with discussion topics including Apple Support, RAM and paging, Networking, Time Machine/Capsule, and Dave tells his geeky story about getting 10-year-old Windows hardware to work with his brand new MacBook Pro!

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This podcast is recorded on a Mac using Audio Hijack Pro. As for equipment, John is using a Heil PR-40 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 also 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 Westone ES2 custom-fit 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 Johnston from iPhone Alley 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:Guest
Wed Apr 09, 2008 9:07 am Subject: Hickup at 2 minutes

Both my iPod Shuffle II and iTunes v7.6.2(9) skip to the next track at the 2 minute mark of episode 148. The whole file is present and can be played by skipping past 2:00. Anyone else have this issue?

dh


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Close Name:Dave -   TMO Staff Posts: 227 Joined: 11 Jun 2001
Wed Apr 09, 2008 9:28 am Subject:

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Guest wrote:
Both my iPod Shuffle II and iTunes v7.6.2(9) skip to the next track at the 2 minute mark of episode 148. The whole file is present and can be played by skipping past 2:00. Anyone else have this issue?

dh


Thanks for the heads-up. I'm seeing this, as well, but only on the AAC version. I have pulled that download from the list for now. The MP3 is still available. Will have Michael fix the AAC today and we'll get it back up and running.


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Close Name:Dave -   TMO Staff Posts: 227 Joined: 11 Jun 2001
Wed Apr 09, 2008 10:08 am Subject: AAC Fixed

OK, there was something wrong with the audio in the AAC version at the 2:01 mark. I regenerated it by combining Michael's podcast track with the original AIFF file and reconverting. It seems to be fine.

Anyone who already downloaded the AAC will need to redownload, but iTunes *should* do that automatically for you (we changed the AAC GUID, which should trigger iTunes to do that).

Please let us know if you have any further problems, and sorry about the inconvenience.

-Dave


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