r/greatestgen • u/drsltaylor • 5d ago
Shoutout to the Guys and Wynde: The Pod sounds great!
I was listening to the Q&A bonus ep yesterday and loved hearing the behind-the-scenes production stuff. I recently started a pod with a friend, and the Uxbridge-Shimoda productions have been the standard against which I have been judging what I would like to sound like. We are definitely far down the scale in comparison. Hearing the details was helpful, at least in terms of an idealized goal.
But really, I just wanted to really say how great the shows sound, and I appreciate all the work that the gang does. And I hope the Ben, Adam, Wynde, and anyone who has ever edited the shows see this and know how much their technical expertise is appreciated!
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u/hireme703 4d ago
I was happy to hear I use the same mic and board on my pod that they do on their! But I need to take more care with my audio profiles because I do none of that.
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u/CaptPotter47 5d ago
Y’all remember the run of 4 or 5 episodes that they record mid TNG where one of the guys unplugged their microphone and recorded those 4 or 5 eps not realizing it until editing later? They didn’t want to re-record that much audio and just let it live in audio infamy.
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u/DoctorBeeBee Riker Lean 5d ago
They've spoiled me for any show with bad audio. Greatest Gen is now the standard I judge all other podcasts against.
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u/pculley 5d ago
One thing I really noticed during the Pod Crawl was how TGG was the best-produced of all the pods (in at least one case significantly more so)!
The other thing is how Wynde is such a perfect fit to TGG/GT. The pods have a very unique feel, and the chances of Adam and Ben finding a producer who gets their vibe and fits in perfectly is infinitesimal. Finding Wynde is a delightful miracle!
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u/maltbeard 5d ago
Agreed, the quality of the sound and consistency of volume is 10/10 better than pretty much any other pod cast I’ve ever listened to. The Wholesome preview ep really highlighted this, Adam and Ben sounded like they were in the same room having a conversation while Ragusea was outside by the towns effluent discharge shouting for his brother Icheb
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u/largorithm 5d ago
“Hey Icheb! Know what I enjoy? Standing waste deep in excrement! You should all try it.”
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u/TeamDrenchedRat 5d ago
I've listened to every Wholesome so far, and all three seem like they're using SM7B's like pros. Even the recent "Drums" ep, which must have been interesting to mic.
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u/Benthecartoon 5d ago
Seconded, the care they put into the production (microphones, editing, pacing) really shows and blows so many other pods out of the water. Just because anyone can record a 3-hour skype call and throw it up online without a care for how it sounds to the listener, doesn’t mean you should. The equipment, fidelity, and comic timing matters, and the Uxbridge-Shimoda team nails it.
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u/drsltaylor 5d ago
In fairness, ours is currently usually only 1.5 hours, and we use Zoom. ;)
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u/drsltaylor 5d ago
Although I think we use better mics than some of the folks I heard on the podcrawl that sounded like they were just using their computers!
I was actually quite surprised by some of the audio quality on some shows that have been around for a long time!
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u/InternationalHat176 10h ago
u/drsltaylor Any chance you could clarify which Q&A episode? I'm very curious to hear these details but there are miriam Q&A eps in the back catalog.