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The New York Times has a piece on podcasting running Sunday, October 30th in the Business section. The reporter was really focused on the cost of equipment – not quite sure why, but I see it ended up in the “Spending” section. Link to article.

I am adding a few upgrades to my home podcast production studio. After discussions with Doug Kaye and Paul Figgiani I have added an Aphex 320A Compellor. This piece of gear is a marvel. It essentially acts as a leveler, as though someone were manually riding your gain control to account for variations in the audio. It is really helpful in post production on items such as the interviews I do for the Disneyland Podcast where the recording environment is not always ideal.

I am also waiting on two additional pieces of gear. I picked up an Aphex 109 Parametric EQ off of Ebay as well as ordering a new compressor from BSW, the Aphex 661 Tube Compressor/Limiter.

Once I get this gear set up, there are two additional pieces on my to get list. An Aphex 622 and an Aphex 720 Dominator II. As you can see, I am sold on Aphex. I have been really impressed with their gear. I will probably have to do a new Podcast About The Podcast as my setup has changed considerably including a Mackie Onyx 1220 and Telos One. If you are interested, my Symetrix 528e voice processor will be looking for a new home soon. Why all the changes? Blame it on this.

I woke up this morning to catch the segment we taped for Kurt The Cyber Guy on my hotel TV. (Yes, I am still in New York.) Apparently it will run in over 120 markets. I’ll see about getting a .mov of the segment when I get home, but for now here are a couple of quick pictures I grabbed. Apparently it will run again tonight (Oct 19th) on the late news on WB stations. If you want to get a copy of the book, here is a link.

I arrived safely in New York today. I met up with Paul Figgiani for a drink and then headed over to the New York podcaster’s geek dinner. I met a ton of people and it is too late and I’m too tired to post all the names and links, so I have included this quick shot with Mike Dunn, Cameron Reilly and myself. Off to BlogOn tomorrow.

Here are a couple of quick pics.

I’m heading back East again next week. First to a family wedding and then to New York from Sunday through Thursday. I’ll be speaking at the BlogOn Conference on the podcasting panel. If you are interested in attending BlogOn shoot me an email, I have a discount code.

Also I am loooking forward to the New York Podcasting “Geek Dinner” on Sunday night. Links with info here and here. If you are in or near the Big Apple come on out.