Apolitical Staples

Sound quality is indeed good, especially as regards background noise (though I don’t know how much you controlled for it).

Now all you need is a leveller program for the podcasts so that the volume of everybody speaking isn’t all over the place :)

Keller, agreed that the volume is a problem. At this point I cannot control for it. I have no way to control the incoming volume for the panelists (some use Skype, some are on the phone) and since the file is one single file there is no way to balance it. That’s what you get when you try to do everything on the cheap. If you have any suggestions I would like to hear them. As for background noise on the above file the only control was to do it in a quiet room. I still have to test it in a loud area like a restaurant because that would be the preferred venue for a “live” podcast (just so your humble host can have a beer)

The important question is, will your new toy help you produce video podcasts?