Comments on: Rum Doings Episode 15

By: John Walker

John Walker — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:38:59 +0000

The audio set up is the same for both RD and the RPScast. My netbook with a $30 Logitech mic plugged into it. Recorded on Audacity.

I’d love to get a two mic thing going, but wouldn’t have a clue how.

By: Jambe

Jambe — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:44:38 +0000

I like tea, too, but I was raised on coffee and can’t shake the stuff (nor would I want to). I roasted in a popcorn popper for a long time before getting a commercial unit. The coffee most people drink is terribly bitter, over-extracted swill. I’ve converted a few haters with a taste of fresh-roasted Yirga Cheffe from my Yama vacuum pot.

The only way instant coffee is ever good is in frappe form (Greek-style). Decaf is never good.

By: EthZee

EthZee — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:45:32 +0000

That abominable tesco’s white rum is apparently £8 or so. No, I didn’t buy any (listening to you tasting it made me guffaw out loud at a bus-stop, though). This show is always pleasing.

By: MrsTrellis

MrsTrellis — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:49:22 +0000

Jambe, it is my belief that people only pretend to like coffee in order to appear cool.

Tea is better, if only because it doesn’t make your breath smell.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:32:33 +0000

I myself favour scrawled diagrams in crayon. With little stick figures of John and Nick.

By: Jambe

Jambe — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:25:53 +0000

Starbucks uses a slightly longer extraction time so you get the more bitter compounds associated with it. Their beans are good and they roast well but meh. I buy Peet’s roasts (Major Dickason’s Blend is my staple) or I buy green and roast it myself. NOTHING BEATS the frothy, bubbly, CO2-infused deliciousness of a cup of coffee brewed 6-8 hours after roasting (most of the gases escape the beans’ pores in a day or two).

I, too, am curious about your audio setup; I think you’ve mentioned Audacity at one point, but what mics are you using? Are you just using multiple line-ins on a PC or do you have a preamp/mixer, etc? Perhaps you might indulge us with a photo or two? Or a multi-page schematic?

By: Gassalasca

Gassalasca — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:06:25 +0000

I think they’re lovely sounding on the account of John emanating a consistent aura of splendidness.

By: Al King

Al King — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:30:48 +0000

Boring question: What is your podcasting setup, given Rum Doings and Jim & John RPS podcasts are consistently lovely sounding?

By: Jazmeister

Jazmeister — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:57:37 +0000

This podcast helped engineer a situation where asked me what I was laughing at, and I was able to say “John Walker wandering the universe in search of a lost roast potato.”

By: Kirrus

Kirrus — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:52:35 +0000

@Gassalasca, I bet it’s a British thing.. I never get over it either ;)