Allen Pike writes about an idea he had for a professional app dedicated to recording podcasts and interviews remotely to replace Skype:
Okay, so, crazy idea: why doesn’t our team at Steamclock build a Mac app that solves all of these problems? A replacement for Skype, Call Recorder, and all that crap, specifically designed for recording high fidelity interviews? Something that takes the pain out the process, but results in a higher quality end product? A polished, professional tool for people that take podcasts seriously?
Last winter I started investigating exactly this. I spoke with various podcasters whose work I enjoy, and they were incredibly enthusiastic. One said, and I quote, “Take all my money. No, really, this sounds amazing, like an app of my dreams, and I love it.” Okay, that’s a good sign. Every podcaster I talked to about the idea, even ones who weren’t doing double-enders, had various awesome feature ideas. I was giddy with excitement.
It’s sad that there may not be a huge market for a small independent studio to build this kind of product. I’ve been podcasting with Myke and Stephen for over a year now, and working around Skype’s limitations and connection problems is always a pain. Skype wasn’t meant to handle podcasts with multiple guests, but it somehow became the de facto standard because, at least on OS X, it’s still easier to host a Skype call with integrated audio and chat than use FaceTime Audio and Messages for the same task.
And let’s not even mention recording podcasts on iOS without having to use separate hardware or multiple devices. Perhaps someday there will be an app specifically built for podcasters. Like Allen writes, I would pay so much money for that.
