I'm annoyed with myself.
I took the time to go and see my friend to record a special episode of the podcast today and… I kind of messed up a bit. Instead of recording our conversation with my nice mic that I normally use for the podcast and videos — and which I'd gone to the trouble to bring with me — it seems I inadvertently used my laptop's shitty inbuilt mic instead. As a result, the conversation is audible, but the quality is pretty crap.
Essentially, complacency is to blame; my computer at home is set up to use my nice mic by default, so changing the input device when recording in Audacity simply didn't occur to me during this session. Rookie, stupid mistake that I am kicking myself for. You can bet your ass that I won't make that mistake ever again, however!
This is a bummer, as we had an entertaining nostalgia-fest about growing up gaming, our changing attitudes towards gaming over the years, and all manner of other things. However, with the crappy sound, the whole thing simply isn't up to the standards I've set for myself on the MoeGamer Podcast and on my online media channels in general, and I don't think I'd be entirely happy putting it out as is.
Oh well. Nothing that can be done about it now, and it's not as if this is the last time I'll see that friend (I hope; please don't die, Woody) so if the worst comes to the worst we can always revisit the topics at a later time. And in the meantime, I'm at least going to see if there's anything I can do with the audio; if people are interested but I'm still not happy with the sound quality, I can always do a Patrons-exclusive "rough and ready" episode or something, just be aware of what I've described above!
Ah well. Mistakes happen, often at the worst of times. This ultimately isn't an especially important mistake in the grand scheme of things, but it's still upset and frustrated me a bit, given that I'd been looking forward to getting this done.
Well, like I say, I'll see what I can do with the audio when I get home. Something may be salvageable. We'll have to wait and see! Apologies to those of you who were looking forward to something interesting and unusual…
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