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Zoom.us is a very handy tool for online meetings. In fact I use it for my Podcast Engineering School classes.
But for recording podcast interviews online it may not be the best tool available for the job. It only records at 32 kHz sample rate, which means it only captures frequencies up to 16 kHz. And the audio codec they use does a fair bit of damage to the audio quality since they have to compress the audio a lot in order to make real time communication happen.
Services like Zencastr and Squadcast, which were created specifically for podcast recording, are superior in audio quality. Their main advantage is they record everyone’s audio locally and then upload that audio. This method allows everyone’s audio to be recorded at much higher resolution with much better codecs.
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Absolutely agree. Use the right tool for the job. Using Zoom for podcast recording is like hammering in a screw with a spanner.
The only exceptions are:
– when the guest(s) can only use a phone to call in. Then the quality isn’t important and the source won’t be good anyway. If you do this record yourself locally.
– if you are all recording double-Enders. Then use zoom.us for the conversation and to track the recording when you piece the different recordings together.