Like Kopper said, we aren't looking for our 'casts to sound like the source, Panti. If our listeners dig what they hear hopefully they go out and order that particular Voodoo Rhythm release. I never have had any problems with the quality of 80 kbps mono. In fact I have been pleasantly surprised at how good it sounds. Your eardrums have been psychodelesized by all that good Ganja and DMT.....and thats a good thing my friend.

Okay, nice quick responses.

I too prefer MONO when things are mixed in MONO.

We play a shitload of Voodoo Rhythm releases as well as other productions that the Sonic Nightmare team have produced which are all mixed in Stereo. We spend enormous amounts of time to make these records sound as good as possible, and most productions use stereo effects as well as panning instruments throughout a stereo spectrum. So by the time our show gets squeezed down to a MONO 80 kbps I am 100% sure it sounds inferior to the source, and a 160 stereo kbps would surely be less compromising to a final Stereo mix.

But hey, as long as you other podcasters don't mind, then I guess I can get used to it! Where's my beer?

“Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds” -Walt Whitman

I prefer mono.

I've only experienced problems with converting a stereo MP3 into a mono one with maybe one or two songs, where it ended up with static or one channel drowned out the other. Personally, I think the mono podcasts sound fine. Better than AM radio, even. Stereo MP3s often sound worse, in fact, because you split the channels and each channel has a lower bit rate. For example, an 80 kbps stereo MP3 is actually 40 kbps per channel, which is why you hear the compression artifacts in the music (that swishing sound). We would have to rip our shows at 160 kbps stereo to replicate the sound of our 80 kbps shows, and what would it gain you? Well, for one, it would take you twice as long to download each episode and take up that twice as much room on your hard drive or iPod... and it wouldn't necessarily sound any better! Also, the podcasts aren't intended to include pristeen copies of the music... FREDDI is right. We'd rather folks go out and buy the records, CDs, or downloads from the bands if they want the best quality sound. So think of the podcasts as more of a sampling of what's out there rather than an aurally perfect copy of it.

By the way, ALL of our shows are supposed to be ripped in mono, so that the audio is consistent when listening from one program to the next.

Guessin' my ears ain't as finely tuned as yers, my fellow music fiend...cuz I really can't tell any difference once I'm in full tilt garagepunk podcast party-time position...

...most o' the 'casts are in such shitty mp3 bitrates that mono vs. stereo is of no concern...

Mmm... I think podcasts radio and Garagepunk.com is above all a good chance to knowing new music and bands.
Then if someone heard and discover something interesting, he better search for the CD or LP,and buy it.
Well,maybe most of the stuff played it's not easy to find,but wishing them,visiting records shops or mail order catalogue,
it's still a charming things about music. Anyway I connected my PC audio output in my HI-FI and ain't not that horrible result.

Hey You Lovely Garagepunkers and Podcasters- Something has been bugging me lately and I just wanted to see if anybody cares about this subject. Most of the podcasts here at Garagepunk.com are in Mono, though most of the music recorded after 1965 is mixed in Stereo. I understand that a Mono MP3 is much smaller in size, uses less internet server space and is much quicker to download; but a lot of the music gets compromised and even instruments and voices lost in the process of changing the Stereo signal into Mono. Does this bother anybody else besides myself? By no means am I upset with what I've heard here at Garagepunk.com, quite the contrary. Since we're all playing fairly rare music, lots of unheard old and new bands, I just figured it should sound it's very best for the listener. Lemme know what you think.... Brother Pantichrist

Mannequin Men "Lose Your Illusion, Too"

THe King Khan and BBQ Show "Invisible Girl"

A-Bones Not Now! ...just as a start...oh and that White Wires 7'' on Trouble In Mind Records was outta site!

Nice choices!

Maybe a bit early but it gives us a chance to catch up on the ones we really shouldn't have missed...

Smith Westerns
Strange Boys and Girls Club

um... pretty short list... I guess the credit crunch stopped me buying as many albums as i would have liked.

edge??? u2???? Blaine said:

edge- u2

Epic Soundtracks
Tory Crimes
Ed Banger

edge- u2

I'd forgotten that Adam Curry was a major podcast pioneer. In fact the first time I heard the term was on a radio interview with him, several years ago. Before then I'd just thought he was a mindless MTV pretty boy from the '80s, but he's pretty damn sharp. kopper said:

Well, there's this:
http://www.castwiki.com/index.php?title=History_of_Podcasting_by_Ad... I sent that link to the EFF. I hope it helps!

Well, there's this: http://www.castwiki.com/index.php?title=History_of_Podcasting_by_Ad... I sent that link to the EFF. I hope it helps!

Yo Ho Ho!

Welcome to Pirate Podcasting, baby! Woo Hoo! I'm getting a boat directly.

A Twitter follower alerted me to this post by the Electronic Frontier Foundation about a company that'sbeen awarded a patent on podcasting. From the article: ... This patent could threaten the vibrant community of podcasters and millions of podcast listeners. We want to put a stop to it, but we need your help. The Volomedia patent covers "a method for providing episodic media." It's a ridiculously broad patent, covering something that many folks have been doing for many years. Worse, it could create a whole new layer of ongoing costs for podcasters and their listeners. Right now, just about anyone can create their own on-demand talk radio program, earning an audience on the strength of their ideas. But more costs and hassle means that podcasting could go the way of mainstream radio -- with only the big guys able to afford an audience. And we'd have a bogus patent to blame. In order to bust this patent, we are looking for additional "prior art" -- or evidence that the podcasting methods described in the patent were already in use before November 19, 2003. In particular, we're looking for written descriptions of methods that allow a user to download pre-programmed episodic media like audio files or video files from a remote publisher, with the download occurring after the user subscribes to the episodes, and with the user continuing to automatically receive new episodes. On Volomedia's Web site they say they filed for the patent Nov. 17, 2003 " almost a year before the start of podcasting," they say. "VoloMedia's intent is to continue to work collaboratively with key participants in the industry, leveraging its unique range of products to further grow and accelerate the market. " Has anyone here been at it since before November 2003? I'm not sure whether this actually is a threat to independent podcasters as the EFF seems to think, or not. But it probably is an issue worth watching.

I love the Phill Spektor Christmas album with Marshmallow World...and of course the Ramones Mery Xmas I don't want to fight tonite!

There's a great James Brown christmas CD that compiles most of the x-mas tunes he did, "Santa's Got A Brand New Bag".

Also the Flying Bomb records "Surprise Package" CD compiling their x-mas 7 inchers is worth a listen.

I like Elvis' Christmas album and The Etiquette Records Christmas album by the Sonics, Wailers and Galaxies. I also like Sock it To Me Santa by Bob Seger and the Last Herd.

It's about ten years that I don't play with a band anymore,but lately I'm going to record something by my own.So I bought some necessary engine machines to add at the old equipment: . -Gibson Les Paul custom black '78 -Fender Telecaster USA (recently bought for that dry Kinks-like sound that I love) -Fender Jazzmaster Japan crafted (good sounds especially clean) -Fender junior pro 15 (Ideal if you need to play at home) -Fender sidekick 25 solid state -Sovtek Big Muff-Boss DS1-MXR distorsion (If you?re looking for fuzz sound, one of these 3 it's good enough for me,using a wah pedal to set the tone,instead of looking for rare and expensive vintage stomps) -Dunlop Cry Baby -EHX-Holy Grail reverb (expensive but excellent if you don't have a real sprig one) -EHX-Wiggler-A kind of vibrato-tremolo-rotary with a two 12AX7 valves;if you put it at the end of the chain(with no need to be switched on),will improve your sound in general. -EHX DeLuxe MemoryMan-It's a good delay with very weird options to experiment,but if you need to set it for a classic slapback,try something less expensive. -A Beyer Dynamic and a Shure mics Recently I took a Fostex 16 Track digital recorder,and a DR880 Boss drum machine... maybe not the ideal for the LO-FI style and attitude..but you spare a drummer and lot of time sometimes. -

The trick is to use reverb so it's not sounding like it's bouncing off walls and it's sounding like words are colliding into each other. Kopper's podcasts are really well balanced and are easilly understandable.