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MobileViews Editor Todd Ogasawara discusses mobile technology hardware and software
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Saturday Apr 06, 2024
MobileViews Mini-podcast 44: Initial attempt to use Google Meet to record a podcast
Saturday Apr 06, 2024
Saturday Apr 06, 2024
Paul Lawler helped me test using Google Meet to record a podcast using its built-in recording feature. It was supposed to be a 3 to 5 minute effort. Unfortunately, one of the extensions in Google Chrome blocked video from me and audio from Paul to me. Fortunately, it occured to me to run Google Meet in a Chrome Incognito window which would not have any extensions. This worked. However, we noticed well into the mini-podcast recording session that Paul's video was not transmitting. This was fixed by his turnng video on his end off and then back on.
This was not exactly a frictionless exercise. Fortunately, it was a valuable learning exercise. We also discussed the friction involved in using Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Apple Facetime, Descript, Riverside.fm, and Adobe Podcast Studio beta to record podcasts with remote participants.
Saturday Mar 30, 2024
MobileViews Mini-podcast 43: Testing Moana wireless lav mic; April 8 total eclipse
Saturday Mar 30, 2024
Saturday Mar 30, 2024
In this mini-podcast I'm joined by frequent guest co-host Paul Lawler. We recorded this in-person in a busy restaurant named "Loco Moco" while eating lunch to test the Maono wireless lavalier microphone pair with a USB-C receiver. This mic set has built-in noise reduction which I augmented by post-processing it using Adobe Podcast Enhance set at 50% enhancement. Also included/spliced in are a few seconds of raw audio from a standalone voice recorder to give an idea of the ambient noise level in the restaurant during the podcasting session.
Paul (an avid amateur astronomer) provides information about the upcoming total eclipse on April 8, 2024 and the unfortunate news that we, in Hawaii, will not see much of this eclipse (17% obscuration). We also discuss some of his recent 3D printing efforts. One of his projects, an old style UK Police Box, bears a strong resemblance to an important object in one of our mutual favorite TV series: the BBC's Doctor Who.
Saturday Jan 20, 2024
MobileViews mini-podcast 42: AR/VR smartglasses discussion with Jared Kuroiwa
Saturday Jan 20, 2024
Saturday Jan 20, 2024
In this mini-podcast, guest co-host Jared Kuroiwa and I bought lunch from Drip Studio HNL. in downtown Honolulu.
Jared demoed what seemed like every augmented, virtual, and audio smart glasses except the Apple Vision Pro. We discussed the pros and cons of these much more affordable smart glasses (compared to the Vision Pro).
We also discussed some of the announcements from CES 2024.
Sunday Jan 07, 2024
Sunday Jan 07, 2024
Todd Ogasawara is joined by guest co-host Paul Lawler to test three microphones to record an in-person podcast in a busy and noisy restaurant.
- iPhone 15 Pro Max built-in microphone
- Richchip Bluetooth wireless microphone connected to an iPhone 15 Pro Max
- Nearstream wireless lavalier pair of microphones connected to a Google Pixel 7a
During this mini-podcast, they also discuss Paul's 3D printing and Adobe Podcast Enhance.
Friday Jul 21, 2023
Friday Jul 21, 2023
The earlier Absgeega wireless lavalier mic I bought worked well with Android devices. However, when using an iPhone or iPad, the recorded volume was extremely low. After noting this in a 3-star Amazon review, Absgeega contacted me and offered a refund. However, since I was able to use it to record in-person podcasts using an Android-based Pixel 7a, I turned down that offer. They then offered to send a newer model after it became available. The Absgeega K61 appeared a few days ago. This mini-podcast was recorded outdoors using it with an iPad mini 6 and an audio recording app named Just Press Record.
Friday May 26, 2023
Friday May 26, 2023
In this podcast Todd Ogasawara and Paul Lawler recorded a podcast outdoors using a pair of wireless lav microphones connected to a Google Pixel 7a Android smartphone and Google's Recorder app. This very brief (just over a minute) mini-podcast was recorded while walking outdoors. In Part A, both Todd and Paul were sitting outdoors.
Friday May 26, 2023
Friday May 26, 2023
In this podcast Todd Ogasawara and Paul Lawler recorded a podcast outdoors using a pair of wireless lav microphones connected to a Google Pixel 7a Android smartphone and Google's Recorder app. The only audio post processing modifications made to this recording are:
- Auto-reduced silences
- Slightly decreased bass and increased treble to reduce muffled audio
Note: In part B of this podcast (separate audio), no post-processing was performed to allow the listener to hear the raw audio recording.
Wednesday Apr 12, 2023
Wednesday Apr 12, 2023
I noted the low audio volume and muffled sound quality of the ABSGEEGA wireless lav in mini-podcast 35. In this podcast, I used the Just Record This app to record the audio on an iPad mini 6 (instead of an iPhone) to test the app's transcription feature. I used Audacity to try to deal with the audio recording issues to process this podcast. There is, however, a short 5 second segment at about the 10 second mark of the podcast that let's you hear unprocessed recording. The volume is so low that it might seem like silence. I also recorded about 30 seconds of audio using the iPad's built-in mic for the last part of this mini-podcast.
Monday Apr 10, 2023
MobileViews mini-podcast 35: ABSGEEGA wireless LAV for Android & iPhone
Monday Apr 10, 2023
Monday Apr 10, 2023
This is a brief (few minutes) outdoor test recording using the low-cost ABSGEEGA wireless lav microphone for Android and iPhone. The first few minutes of this podcast was recorded using the lav. The final minute was recorded using the iPhone 14 Pro's built-in mic for comparison purposes
Sunday Jul 31, 2022
MobileViews Mini-Podcast 32: Microphone comparisons
Sunday Jul 31, 2022
Sunday Jul 31, 2022
I tested five (5) microphones for this mini-podcast. However, you will only hear 4 tests because the K23 Bluetooth earbuds was able to play sounds but was not able to record audio although it showed up as a microphone option. The four microphones tested are:
- Blue Yeti Nano (the microphone used for recent podcast recordings. It replaced a full-sized Blue Yeti)
- Macbook Air 202 M1 built-in microphone
- Logitech Webcam C925e
- AirPods Pro