WFYB RADIO is back in bussiness

[Pram Maven]

Chojin,

That's pretty cool that you went to college for audio. I think it's kind of funny that you learned in two to four years (I'm wild guessing, here) what took me twice as long to pick up on.
(Let the "Nose is just slow" jokes commence).

Jixby,

Hmm, that sounds like a latency issue. I get that a lot when I'm trying to record a stereo mix through the soundcard so that it can pick up whatever sound is playing on a website or whatever. ).

In whatever sound program you use, there should be a "latency" option in the preferences. Adjusting it will get rid of a lot of unwanted weirdness. Failing that, I would just turn the quality of the bitrate conversion in the soundcard prefs down a little and see if that helps. Believe it or not, processing sound is one of the most complicated and CPU-hungry tasks that you can ask your computer to do. Of course, I am not all that sure if your screams are live or pre-recorded and being played back. If they're live, your scream is above clip level. Try backing off from the microphone at any point that you have to be loud. Skype generally doesn't cause dropouts, so I think you could be just overloading the mic. What kind is it, anyway?

Good luck! I heard the Heathcliff show and it was hilarious. You have an oddball voice that reminded me of a friend of mine. He podcasts weekly on Yahoo, though. I think I will recommend Skype to him. If the problem is actually Skype, though, I would just run yahoo voice chat in a private room that is invite-only. My friend doesn't get dropouts in his broadcasts at all, doing it that way.

Thanks!

-Nose