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Audio version of The Fractal Blogosphere

2004-07-24T05:51:02Z

Tonight I recorded my first audio blog post, a reading of my January 2004 article The Fractal Blogosphere. Quite topical, given my recent posts on subscriber statistics and weblog popularity.

The audio file is .wav format, which you can play in Real Player and probably other audio players as well. I tried to convert it to MP3, but it ended up a larger file (MP3's are supposedly more compact). Shows how new audio recording is to me - any advice appreciated.

Download My Audio Post (2.17MB and about 9 minutes long)

Comment from Lucas Gonze on 2004-07-24

2004-07-24T14:42:30Z

It's interesting to exerience this entry as both text and audio.

I agree with your thesis. For myself, getting comfortable with blogging meant learning that my place was not going to be the same kind of thing as the bloggers I was reading. But it also meant reading different bloggers -- for the most part I stopped reading A-listers who never respond to me.

Comment from Doug Kaye on 2004-07-25

2004-07-25T12:27:11Z

I converted your WAV to a 48,000bps MP3, and you're right -- the MP3 is slightly larger. Your WAV was recorded at only 8,000bps/16-bit, so your quality is roughly that of a telephone. (8,000bps sample rate captures audio to ~4kHz.) If you record your WAV files at, say, 48,000bps, you'll get much better audio quality, most of which will be preserved when you compress to a 48kbps MP3. You won't get a smaller file than you have now, but you'll get one that sounds better. Then you still have the option of making an even more compressed MP3, such as 32,000bps or even 22,100bps if you want to give up some quality for file size.

Doug Kaye, Producer
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