The official podcast of the freenode IRC network

free-as-in-node

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recording to podcast

timeline

The specific times can naturally vary from episode to episode, but normally:

  • the crew record the episode on the Wednesday night
  • Xalior pulled the master files (several gigabytes in size, uncompressed audio) into his top-secret studio within an hour of the end of the recording (or the conference call, whichever finishes last)
  • Xalior ships the edit back to the team on a Thursday night and w00t begins the show notes
  • Xalior completes the edit between Friday and Sunday, and updates the site; w00t completes the show notes from the final edit
  • “Someone” tries to remember to update the site and uploads the episode files on Monday
  • You download the episode ;)

recording

We record a Skype conference call using CallRecorder, usually with Xalior hosting and recording the conference. CallRecorder runs on a separate Skype account on a different machine from the conference host to reduce CPU load and give us more options on how we host the conference. The resulting data is exported from CallRecorder as a an uncompressed QuickTime audio file, and is transferred to Xalior’s studio.

Please don’t complain to us that we use proprietary software to record our show; Skype currently gives us the best call quality to conference the calls between the presenters and any guests, and also allows us to seamlessly conference in presenters or guests via telephone (PSTN). CallRecorder is the simplest solution to record calls from Skype, and gives us the best quality master audio, which we then use as the foundation of the edit using Free or Open Source software.

audio sources and licensing

We cite individual audio sources used on a per-episode basis, for example if we use a sound effect or one-off audio track. These sources can be found in each episode’s entry on this site.

For our theme tune, stings and outro, we have mashed up Leechmaster’s Criaturas (Remastered), from podsafe audio, and have used sound effects from Freesound Project user Bloodshedder – the Connect Sample, in particular – which are licensed under a Creative Commons Sampling Plus 1.0 licence.

free-as-in-node is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No-Derivs 2.5 licence, meaning we permit re-use and distribution of both the podcast and this website content for non-commercial purposes, as long as you give full attribution back to us, and that you do not modify the podcast before redistribution or re-use.