Episode 367 Volume Problem
Added 2024-12-09 23:51:32 +0000 UTCHey all, audio editor Esper Quinn here.
Recently we started releasing the "SICK FREAK MIX" of episodes due to insistence by many forum members and other listeners that the buzzer isn't loud enough. I DO NOT WANT THE SHOW TO SOUND LIKE THAT, so for a long time I have considered making separate versions of the show that have louder and quieter buzzers as the audience likes.
In the past this was impossible, because all audio uploaded to Patreon was immediately pushed in the podcast feed. A new feature let me decide what goes into the feed and what doesn't. Clearly that new feature failed, as many of our paying subscribers were served the Sick Freak Mix in place of the normal episode. While I triple-checked every setting to make sure this would not happen, I still apologize for it.
I don't want anyone who isn't prepared for Sick Freak Mix listening to it. Not joking here, I don't think anyone should listen to it. I don't like making or presenting it, but some people really seem to love it, so I did. The absolute worst thing a chef can do is serve you food that makes you sick, and the absolute worst thing an audio editor can do is give you audio that hurts your ears. First, do no harm. It sounds silly but I take this stuff really seriously.
That post has been deleted. Going forward these versions of the show will only be available as a link to a google drive, which I will include in Patreon feed show notes. You'll have to download them yourself if you'd like to listen to them. Again, I apologize. Thanks for your time and understanding.
Comments
Definitely not what we intended! patreon is frustrating and getting harder to use the more "features" they put in.
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2024-12-11 19:29:32 +0000 UTCthanks, looks like patreon is doing something weird
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2024-12-11 19:28:54 +0000 UTCI was not affected but I wanted to say thank you Esper for taking your work so seriously! :)
Aly
2024-12-11 05:21:22 +0000 UTCYeah it just showed up that way. Perhaps because I have my app set up to grab new episodes of everything and the loud episode appeared after the quiet/normal ones it was therefore considered the “latest” episode and was put on deck
TJ B
2024-12-10 12:45:18 +0000 UTCSame here as a data point
Rauno Villberg
2024-12-10 08:58:44 +0000 UTCOh god thank you! And I can confirm that this mix was the one I was served by the Apple Podcast app.
Philipp
2024-12-10 05:32:50 +0000 UTCI received both the regular and SICK FREAK MIX versions of the episodes in my podcast feed in PocketCasts so I could choose which I preferred, in case that adds to data! Thanks for looking into it still!
a chicken lad
2024-12-10 02:11:01 +0000 UTC(brandon:) for the people to whom this happened, can you confirm that you were just listening to the show as usual, and it showed up in your feed? Just kind of adding to my list of complaints about/to patreon, is why I ask. and also confirming that esper certainly didn't want to wound anybody!!
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2024-12-10 00:15:30 +0000 UTCTHANK YOU!!!
TJ B
2024-12-09 23:58:58 +0000 UTCSeconded. Thank you, Esper.
Monster
2024-12-09 23:56:02 +0000 UTCEsper, you are great. Thank you for all that you do.
Lukas Iverson
2024-12-09 23:53:19 +0000 UTC
