ShackCast 27: Burnout Paradise, Faylor Flips Out

Shackcast technical question/request:

Could you guys perform some volume-normalization-type post-processing, or try to get the volumes of each speaker to be close to the same when recording? I usually listen in the car, and I have to constantly adjust the volume based on who is speaking in order to listen comfortably. For example in shackcast 26, Remo's voice was relatively quiet, while Faylor's was typically much louder. If i adjusted the volume to comfortably hear Remo, Faylor was way too loud. Sure, Remo has a deeper voice and Faylor is more 'high and whiney' but that's beside the point.

I guess I could do it myself every week ... but if other people think it's a good idea then let's nail it at the source.

I stopped listening to Shackcast when they stopped breaking it down so I could jump to the parts that interested me. Anyone know when the TF2 discussion comes up?

I have a friend who can't play FPS games on PC without hooking up his 360 controller to his PC since he's so used to console games. I had to setup the controller for him, since he didn't buy the "PC edition" of the controller, which I believe costs more and comes with the drivers, but we just downloaded the drivers.

Also...I hate text messaging. Half of my friends could type a novel in under a minute on those things, not even a qwerty blackberry like thing either, just numpad keys. 0_0, I can't understand.

To clarify my mostly incoherent Breckon-related TF2 ramblings:

I woudn't be surprised it Infection eventually made its way to the game, but I think his friend is reading a bit too much into the exact wording of the statement regarding the upcoming changes.

Thank you Chris Remo for ending recording when you did. That was about to get very weird, and slightly illegal.

Faylor's outburst just made my afternoon.

For the record, every episode Faylor gets insulted by the crew. I love you, Faylor.

Hey, just my .02 again....

1. Stop the 'on air' bickering please. There's no need to pick on every stupid thing someone says. Some people may find it funny but I find it really annoying. I've lost count of how many times I've heard:

Faylor: *BLAH BLAH, I'M A NERD*

Remo: "W-w-What does that.... I just can't... how did.... i mean...... it's got nothing to do....like y-you know... ahhh, let's move on"

I'm not just talking about Faylor here. It's like every few minutes the show gets derailed because everyone feels the need to shit-can each other's comments. I've heard how other shows handle strange/off-topic comments and they either just ignore them or have a quick laugh and move on.

2. Any chance of upping the audio quality somehow? I know that you guys don't have the luxury of being in the same room like some of the bigger shows but can you record at a higher bitrate or something?

3. The show is pretty low key, beginning with the sombre introductions and general dreary tone of everyone. Is that deliberate? The Shack may cater to a more hardcore crowd, but you're still allowed to get excited about video games...

That was a ridiculously wacky but nonetheless rad thing to say, moving on

Haha, fair enough, fair enough

I so hope the change is the medic getting infectious needles...

rocketto wa sugoi

tsubabababa !!

hehe.. Next is an awesome movie. I'm always up for terrible Hollywood versions of Philip K. Dick stories, so watched it immediatly on discovering its existence. Must have been the most silent film release ever, as I only found out about it randomly searching for stuff on imdb. It was surprisingly good fun though.. honestly.

Wise guys eh? Screw you Guys I'm Goin' Home.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppm3MIsqsK4

Sounds like Faylor needs one a couple of weeks off. that conversation felt like high school jackasses. NO YOUR FRIENDS ARE SO FUCKING WRONG.... lol. dudes faylor knows.

This is what Feylor in the podcast reminds me of:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5syAP4ZHz4

So how wrong was dantastic?

I'm guessing "Revenge" should be "Paradise" in the third paragraph.