AP Podcast - City on the River

[Kiero]

Haha, Skyrim-related issues indeed. Given how quiet it's been on email this weekend, it sounds like my entire group has been consumed.

[mremann]

Know Your Enemy, Episode 1 – Part 1 is now live!

[Watson]

Thanks!

Just a question about the length of your sessions - do you meet to play for just 1,5 hours or is the podcast just part of one play session? Or do you meet for a longer period and socialize, then play for 1,5 hours?

I am asking, as game sessions tend to be between 3-3,5 hours these days (down from 4 hours a year ago).

[Kiero]

Thanks!

Just a question about the length of your sessions - do you meet to play for just 1,5 hours or is the podcast just part of one play session? Or do you meet for a longer period and socialize, then play for 1,5 hours?

I am asking, as game sessions tend to be between 3-3,5 hours these days (down from 4 hours a year ago).

No, we play for around 4 hours, the audio is just split in two (we have a short break roughly in the middle to facilitate that). We meet on a weeknight evening, so there's only time to play.

[mremann]

No, we play for around 4 hours, the audio is just split in two (we have a short break roughly in the middle to facilitate that). We meet on a weeknight evening, so there's only time to play.

As Kiero says the audio is split into two parts, part two will be up soon(ish). I've gone for uploading the podcast in two parts, because I felt that it would easier for people to listen to as our normal session are about 4 hours (we normally spend half an hour at the start socialising and the rest spent gaming). Two parts also makes it much easier for when it comes to editing afterwards.

[mremann]

Know Your Enemy - Episode 1 - Part 2 is now up!

I'm trying something new with this next podcast. After consulting with some of my players and a few other gaming friends of mine, it has suggested to me that I might want to try a less compressive editing process. It takes me roughly 8 hours of editing for a 3:30 hour recording, and while I have the time for this at the moment, if my real life situation changes I may have problems regularly updating the site if keep to the same editing methods. So this podcast has had very little overall editing done to it, and is as the session happened. I would like people to give their opinions on how the podcast sounds, how noticeable the lack of editing is and whether or not podcast is easy to listen to.

[Watson]

Thanks for the reply!

Splitting it into two parts might also be easier to download, than a 150MB+ file.

I have listened to part 1 so far, and I have only two comments about the audio quality - the dice rolls were quite loud and I had a bit of a hard time hearing some of the players (speaking more silent? distance to the mic?). I kind of had to increase the volume pretty much to be able to hear all the players, but then the dice rolls and some other players were very loud.

Game play- and story-wise, it is excellent so far! 

[downloading part 2]

[Kiero]

As I said on t'other site, I'd say go with whatever is easiest. I don't think we need much editing anyway.

[computerking]

Thanks for the reply!

Splitting it into two parts might also be easier to download, than a 150MB+ file.

I have listened to part 1 so far, and I have only two comments about the audio quality - the dice rolls were quite loud and I had a bit of a hard time hearing some of the players (speaking more silent? distance to the mic?). I kind of had to increase the volume pretty much to be able to hear all the players, but then the dice rolls and some other players were very loud.

Game play- and story-wise, it is excellent so far! 

[downloading part 2]

I experienced the same sound issues. Suggestion: there is a program called "Levelator" which takes a .wav file and does several things to it to normalize the volume, so the dice won't be as loud, and the players will be louder. Seek it out on Google and give it a try next file, it might be just what you need.

[Kiero]

We played part 2 last night, much fun was had. Atrocious accents were broached (even more than last time). We still don't know who the killer is, but the pressure is racheting up. The Morrigan (the triumvirate of hags who run Bristol) have issued a bounty for whomever captures rogue Warden Bampfylde, and a passel of mercs and hunters have turned up.

Upcoming in part 3, Faris v huge Russian ghoul in a no-holds-barred cage match!

[mremann]

Know Your Enemy - Episode 2 - Part 1 is now live!

And with any luck part 2 will be up tomorrow. Also special thanks to Comupterking for suggesting the levelator program, hopefully this will have solved some of the sound issues that we have had.

[computerking]

Know Your Enemy - Episode 2 - Part 1 is now live!

And with any luck part 2 will be up tomorrow. Also special thanks to Comupterking for suggesting the levelator program, hopefully this will have solved some of the sound issues that we have had.

Brilliant! The sound issues are fixed, as far as my ears can tell. (And I could still hear you all clearly when the coffee machine was going) And the story is amazingly good.

As a side note, I prefer the Low-editing version. Much more fun for me. I don't know if others have problems with immersion, but I prefer to immerse myself in a group of friends enjoying DFRPG, not necessarily deep in the story only.

[mremann]

Know Your Enemy - Episode 2 - Part 2 is now live!

Glad to hear that there are at least a few brave souls who are enjoying the podcast

[mremann]

Know Your Enemy – Episode 3 – Part 1 is now live!

[Watson]

Super! Already downloaded and I will listen to it in an hour or so.