MaAH: T-Minus 1 – Seeker
T-Minus 1 is a short story set in the Land of Caern, detailing events that marked the beginning of the “War for Caern” (some twenty-five years before the events of Murder at Avedon Hill).
I hope the sound quality of this episode is considerably better than previous episodes. I’m trying to decide whether I want to encode at a 96 or 128 bitrate. This file is at 96 kbps. Any feedback on the sound quality of this episode would be greatly appreciated!
Show Notes:
- Intro
- Scott Sigler’s .pdf release of Ancestor: you can download it directly from this location.
- 3:30 – Seeker
- 28:50 – Closing thoughts
- 30:40 – Promo – Phil Rossi’s Crescent
Music in this podcast:
- Shira Kammen – Magnatune.com
- Shetland Set – Wild Wood
- Rafe’s Waltz – Castle of the Holly King
- Pasa Viene – Wild Wood
- Additional Background Music by Kevin McLeod, available at Incompetech.com
- songs used – Anxiety, Measured Paces, Unrelenting
Thanks to the following podcasts that have recently played the Murder at Avedon Hill promo:
- Leann Mabry’s Tag in the Seam podcast
- the Dragon’s Landing Inn podcast
- Wander Radio
Author, Podcaster, Father - P.G. Holyfield's first novel, Murder at Avedon Hill, was published by Dragon Moon Press in May of 2010. He passed away on August 20, 2014 in his home, surrounded by family and friends.
Mate the audio good at 96 bitrate but i think you should go 128 bitrate. Cool story thou, keep up the good work………….
The sound quality is good. Although I would not go lower than 96 kbs but since the spoken word is the main focus here you should be fine. Now if music was your focus then I would recommend the 128 kbs. (That is what my show is at.)
Thanks guys!
I created a 128 kbps version and can really tell the difference between the two, and the file size only went from 31 MB to 39 MB… I think I’ll go with 128 from now on.
I still get some voice distortion… I think I’m still too close to the mic. But if I’m not that close to the mic my levels are low… still fuzzy if I have the mixer settings (completely) correct.
Ok, so two years later, and I’ve finally come to MaAH. I was compelled to leave a comment due to a funny coincidence this morning. I was listening to T-minus 1: The Seeker on my iPhone when my son woke up. I paused the story by clicking the headphone play/pause button so I could take my son’s breakfast order. When I clicked the button again a few minutes later, I was momentarily confused by music coming through the earbuds. I was further confused when I looked at the screen and saw the title of “The Seeker”. Then I had to laugh. Somehow, when I paused playback, then hit play, the iPod app had reverted back to my music library, which I have on random. Coincidentally (or not?), the song playing was The Seeker, by The Who.
That rocks, Emil!