Zencastr is a great way to connect with guests online and get a separate recording of each participant.
Like every.. single.. one.. of the other VoIP recording services, they have had a few issues in the past, but it’s a solid service that records good sounding audio – in fact better quality than any other comparable service that I could find.
Note about recording guests using services like this: Most of the problems that happen are because of participants who join — either they haven’t restarted their computer in 4 months, or they have an old computer, or a glitchy Windows machine, their dropbox is syncing, etc. So, to avoid potential problems, make sure your guests connect properly with a decent computer and restart it just before connecting.
Some features:
- Record in lossless .WAV format and/or .MP3
- Receive a separate track for each guest
- Optional automatic post-production to mix all participants audio
- A soundboard to insert your intro, ad, or other audio live as you record
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I’m glad it’s working for you, but we had to give it up. Correcting for drift more than a few times was just not acceptable. Squadcast does intrigue me though our current service seems to be working well so we have no reason to move…yet. I’ve also heard of other casters having issues with Zencastr, but I’m not sure how savvy they are with ensuring same sample rate, which I heard plays a role with drift.