Long Distance Podcast Recording on a Budget with Zoom 

We are so glad you find our videos your go-to and something to count on, Anna! Thanks for the support and appreciation! 😊

So glad you found it helpful!

Had it’s work for you? I’m a little curious

Congratulations to you for branching out! I also have a solo show but decided to celebrate my 50th podcast episode with a special week where I’ll have some guests one. I hope all went well on your end!

Happy to help anytime. 😊 Thank you so much for watching!

Always happy to help!

Funny,Thanks

Let us know how it goes!

You're welcome! Thanks for watching! 😊

How to get split screen option on zoom?

After Zoom we recommend podcasters try Squadcast.fm. It's a great platform that will give you better audio quality and most people find themselves on the $20/month plan. Here's our Squadcast tutorial if you're interested in how it works: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_cnaUHpMGY8.html

Awesome! Thank you, Natasha!

Nice, thanks for sharing your experience!

How to get split screen option on zoom if two people r there?

@@thesocialintercourse8068 Look for onscreen option, might be upper left but depends on which app (or web browser) you are using - you can choose between speaker view, so whoever is speaking takes up most of the screen, or grid view which makes equal parts per person, so for 2 people it’s the split screen you see in this video.

Yes, the video quality you see in this video was coming from our computer webcams. You can expect something similar

It depends on the webcam’s resolution - we know that macbook airs and pros have 720p webcams I believe, and are barely passible. I just ordered a new M1 MacBook Air, but am also getting a separate webcam that has higher resolution, like 1080pm at 60fps for better quality. It’s one of the only negatives for this year’s M1 MacBooks. I suspect newer 14 and 16in macbook pros coming out in the future will have upgraded built in webcams.

This is called a "double ender" and is a common practice in the podcast industry. A quick Google search will show you how to pull it off

Hi April! Yes, you can use Zoom's Free plan if you only need to record yourself and one other person. If you need to bring in three or more people, you can upgrade to their Pro plan. If you have other questions, feel free to shoot us an email at support. 😊

​@@Buzzsprout Thanks I will do that! I haven't started my podcast yet so I'm trying to figure out what I absolutely need to get started. I'm going to be interviewing 1 person at a time and then some by myself. I find if I'm interviewing more than 1 person at the time it would be too much for me. So this is all great to know! Thank you!

@@aprildoucette1160 How did Zoom work for you?

@@jerrybauer6754 it's been wonderful so far!

Hey Kala! Shoot us an email at support@buzzsprout.com and we can look into this for you!

If each person is recording long-distance then you won't need to use an audio interface, you can plug in directly into the computer. If you have any questions about this, shoot us an email at support@buzzsprout.com.

Absolutely! Any good camera will do. For us, we mainly use the Canon M50 with the 22mm prime lens (that lens is brighter and better than the stock 15-45mm lens).

That's not unheard of. It happens when one person's internet is slower than Zoom wants it to be and you get what's called "audio drift"

Buzzsprout glad to get confirmation on this! The podcast series we’re doing is all remote interviews with folks of a variety of setups and tech savviness. Is there any way of fixing the audio drift in post? It makes it very difficult to edit in multi track and the best I can do right now is to use the combined audio and search&sub in from the individual tracks where there are problems. Of course that does little to help cleanup if one speaker’s audio requires global processing for noise and whatnot. I always have to risk applying noise suppression uniformly to both speakers on the combined audio.

I’d love to use squadcast for recording but until they are ios compatible (and more cross-platform compatible) that’s not an option for us.

@@vincentwong5173 Best practice is to keep everything in multitrack and address the audio drift there. Listen through the recording, cutting and adjusting the audio along the way so it lines up properly. Then add any effects you need

Buzzsprout thanks, I might just have to do that. Would want to cut out most of anything where they’re talking atop one another anyway, but it gets tricky when they’re talking back and forth.

They released that feature right after we put the finishing touches on this video, so we'll be testing it in the near future

Verychill

Stay tuned... We've got a video coming out in a few weeks that answers this question

Hello Prabh! You could only change your personal or the whole participant's background by selecting immersive on the view setting found at the upper right corner of the meeting. You may also opt to choose the full-screen setting to occupy the entire space of the meeting.

Hi Shubh! Try Side-by-side mode, that might work.😊

@@Buzzsprout and also plz test the maono Au-A04 condenser speaker... On zoom.. It never works.. Can u do a video on that and help me plz

You should be able to select the microphone as your Zoom audio input. If it's not showing up, see if you can make the microphone your default audio input in your computer's system preferences and reboot Zoom

@@Buzzsprout i would request u to show me one tutorial needed that much

Manythanks

Absolutely! Just click the "New Meeting" option, and press "Record" when you're ready.

That's exactly what I was thinking!

Thanks for finding it great. Appreciate you for checking this video!