In our previous article on , we told you how to use Skype to record interviews remotely, however, we have discovered in Zencastr a much better platform than Skype in which you will find great features in its free version.
Advantages of Zencastr over Skype to record remote interviews
In this article we will tell you about the main advantages that you will find in Zencastr, which you can also see in the following video in which Ruben Cane shows you how you can use this great tool to record online interviews.
Double track recording
The first big advantage of Zencastr is that It is capable of double track recording. That is to say: in Skype when you choose the option to record you will only find an audio track (an MP3) that has both the voice of the announcer and that of the interlocutor or interviewee.
With Zencastr and its powerful free version, you will record on one channel what you or the announcer say, and on the other what the interviewee says, what it will make the post-editing system much easier for you.
save system
In Skype, no matter how good a connection you think you have, in the end you can find some cut or a delay (transmission delay) that could ruin the final finish of your podcast.
With Zencastr this will not happen, since as you are recording the system automatically saves it, your voice on your computer and the interviewee’s on theirsgradually raising it as the recording progresses, as well as upload the final file to the cloud when it is finished.
This way, you might hear a break in your recording, but when you download the file from the cloud this cut will not be there, since he has saved it on the interviewee’s computer as he has said.
Powerful free version
Without having to pay, Zencastr allows you to record 8 hours per month so if, for example, you have a one-hour weekly podcast like us 😉 you will still have 4 hours free, which is not insignificant.
But as good as it is, it does have limitations: an example of this is that in the paid version of 18 dollars a month (just over 16 euros) it allows you to record with a .WAV extension and not just in .MP3. However, this is not a big limitation, since In the end, podcasts should generally be uploaded in MP3 version.
Yet another limitation is that in the paid version you can add as many participants as you wantthat is, unlimited chatters, however if you are only interested in two-way interviews (one speaker and one interviewee) or up to three people, Zencastr in its free version is for you.
In addition, the paid version of Zencastr offers you an effects table that you can integrate in real time being in the conversation, as well as audio post production services.
How to use Zencastr
Its use is extremely simple, in fact it is even simpler than Skype, in which you have to ask your interviewee for their username.
What you have to do is . Once you have registered you will see the option to create a virtual roomwhich will generate a URL that you can send to the interviewee, who You will only have to put your name or nickname to identify yourself and that’s it!
Neither you nor your interviewee will have to install any type of software, the people you invite to record will not have to create an account and it works only with any desktop browser.
From there you will have to choose the “rec” option to record, select the “hand” to ask for the floor if you are in a gathering, it also has a “mute” button if you want not to be heard for a moment, and a chat option in case you want to comment on things you don’t want to be recorded but you need to comment with your guests. That is, it has the basics… and a little more.
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Disadvantages of Zencastr
One of its main drawbacks is that may cause some delay that is, a certain gap in the audio, so if you record, for example, two hours of conversation, when you obtain both recordings, it may be that they do not measure exactly the same and it could present some desynchronization that you will have to fix in editing.
Other good interview recording tools for your podcast
Cast is another tool you can find on , which is even less well known than Zencastr, and its biggest problem is that there is no free version, You only have a one-month demo to test it, but then you will have to pay 10 dollars a month (almost 9 euros) if you liked it.
Its biggest advantage is that in addition to having the main features of Zencastr, the delay in Cast is less, so the choice is yours, but for now we are very happy with the free 8 hours per month on Zencastr.
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