Downforce and the Kramer Racing Games - It Came From the Tabletop!

the_jake_1973 wrote: I missed out on the Rallyman GT kickstarter which is kind of a bummer.

I did too, but it's been pretty easy to find it all at retail. Core game is $36 at MM/CS, etc. Still can't find the extra dice packs anywhere.

Alright, now I gotta sorta have to buy Rallyman GT. The local game store just announced that they deliver now, and damn, I need to see this happen just so I can say I did it.

Since it's Rallyman, should I tell them they need to make the trip in fifteen minutes or the deal is off?

Hey Josh, Al, a general podcasting question. Is there a reason no podcasts are published in stereo? The two of you have very different voices (and I know both of you) so it's simple for me to tell you apart. But Not Playing to Win has three women that sound very similar. Is there a reason to not put one left, one center, and one right?

The last two are the first two since I stepped down from editing duties. I never did it on the first 23 because, to be entirely honest, different sounds in different channels has always personally driven me nuts when I’m listening. Not sure why, but that’s just me.

Sagrilarus wrote: Hey Josh, Al, a general podcasting question. Is there a reason no podcasts are published in stereo?

I guess it all depends on the software being used for mixing and editing and how familiar the editor is with the software being used. About halfway through our run I started sharing some of the editing duties with Josh who had been doing it all by himself up to that point. I wanted to have a chance to use some compression and a limiter, mostly so I didn't blow people's ears out when I laughed too loudly! At that point I also started using a stereo mix. It's not hard, especially if you have experience mixing music. I've been doing a stereo mix for podcasts since I started with the Fatcast about a decade ago. I also used it for The Nerd Trap which was really interesting since we had four voices. I like the feeling it gives that each person has a different seat at the table.

In regards to Josh's comment, I never mix it so that it's one voice entirely in each speaker. Just one voice a little louder in each speaker so that it's separated, but not too jarring for the listener. Again, the same way it's done with music. Each instrument has it's own place in the mix, but is never entirely to one side. So we have been in stereo for quite a while, even if Josh didn't notice. . .