All three of the DDR Pulse Radio netcasts are on hiatus until further notice. We are still in dire need of an audio editor.
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Thanks to Titus Hilton for stepping in to edit this episode. Episode Two is only the start of what is now a backlog of unedited recordings. This netcast goes over the UMKC DDR Club. Much has changed since this recording, but it gives a fairly good look at what goes into running a DDR Club or any club at all.
We’ve decided to change things around in our release schedule. Instead of releasing the netcasts in the order we recorded, we’re going to release them as separate entities. I’m not gonna spoil it for you, but I am gonna say that sometime this Sunday, the newly-named Episode Two will be released.
Along with the MP3 version, I made an M4A version which is a third of the filesize and still sounds pretty good, but there are no chapters or images. Episode 2 should have a release date for Sunday, September 2, 2007, but we’re not for sure on that one yet.
I interviewed a very famous person in the Stepmania community, Arch0wl, as well as many other very good DDR players at the Midwest Music Showdown ’07, but I wasn’t expecting a thank you note back.
Here’s an edited-for-readability version of what Arch0wl said to me:
Kevin, your interview was unexpectedly professional and, to me, you are by far the most articulate person that attended. It was a pleasure talking with you and the UMKC DDR Club as a whole. Your conversations were refreshers from what was normally a sea of music game or internet-related conversations. I’m definitely glad you came.
I have to say, I’m touched. Thanks Arch for such a great interview and to everyone else I interviewed.
Yet another DDR Pulse Radio recording is done. Terrence and I recorded a netcast on arithmetic and its effects on stepfile making for him. We might not end up having one and will just randomly record this follow-up to the Calculus & Stepfile Making episode. For those of you that don’t quite understand the Calculus method, this should be a bit easier to grasp, but it just shows how you really have to know your stuff to make some intense stepfiles like those we’ve seen in the Glistening to Infinity (GTI) series. I fell very privileged to be working with Terrence. Who knew you could use arithmetic to make stepfiles?
While the first DDR Pulse Radio episode was recorded back on May 29, 2007, it’s still relevant today. There are some really big problems though in that both Terrence and I were very nervous. I ended up sounding like I was reading a script, one I didn’t have or even think of making, and while Terrence did originally type something up, I coaxing him out of using it. Luckily, by the time you get half way through it, the issues plaguing our first recording begin to fade away. We’ve already corrected these issues in later recordings.
I decided, with the tools I have at my disposal, it would be best if I added in the final touches to the netcast myself. I adjusted the timing of a few things and DDR Pulse Radio – Episode One: Making the Cut is finally out.
Along with the release of Episode One: Making the Cut, the DDR Netcast’s name has changed to DDR Pulse Radio.
Enjoy!
P.S. Have a nice goodbye.
The second netcast has been recorded: Calculus & Stepfile Making. Terrence and I had a lot of fun making this one, and we’re hoping to do a follow-up episode with a special guest sometime in the near future. Although the last two weeks of summer semester basically taught me enough to be able to carry on a legitimate and detailed conversation about calculus, I had no clue what I was talking about. This recording turned out much better than the last one and there were quite a few really funny parts to go along with it.
Have a nice goodbye.
I came up with an idea to finally give away for my old netcasting idea by making one about DDR. I picked up a co-host, Terrence Chen of the DWI Extreme series, and am ready to start interviewing people and discussion DDR community oriented topics in great detail. This first netcast is named “Making the Cut”. It introduces people to Terrence and the DWI Extreme series and then goes deep into what makes a good stepfile, how to find music that will suit your steps, and how to make a professional-sounding cut.
Transcripts will also be offered as well as low bandwidth versions for those with the terminal illness known as 56K. We’ll even have some links and show notes if there are any needed, and I’ll try to get us an RSS or Atom feed up as well. This netcast will hopefully be a weekly endeavor. This is the first major step in making the greater DDR community; let’s hope it only gets better from here. By the time the netcast is ready to be released, we’ll have a page read on the site.