The Keep on Ducking Podcast is a podcast that is streamed every Monday at 6:00 PM. It focuses on the many aspects of competitive duck herding. This podcast will help spread the word of competitive ducking herding, especially in the United States, where it is known by only a select few. It encourages efficient communication, teamwork, and the ability to focus under pressure. Duck herding combines fascinating stories, as well as historical and scientific facts. I ultimately wanted to do something completely obscure. I originally was going to do a cooking show, but since that was the example in class, I decided to change it to something else.
The audio aspect of the podcast uses voice recording, music, and sound effects. There are two “duck” sounds and since they were mainly sounds of only ducks, I classify them as sound effects. They both fad in slightly for half a second and fade out with a studio fade. The duck sounds help break up the audio into smaller sections, preventing a monotonous 30 seconds. The music is an instrumental jazz tune. For some reason jazz just seemed like the type of music that Ronald would listen to. It helped tie the entire audio segment together. The music fades out at the last second to create a gradual dissolve. I recorded myself for the voice portion. I used the limiter, normalize, filter curve eq, and the noise reduction effects to fine tune the voice recording.
Audio Credits:
Photo Credits:
- “Duck in Grass” by Kristian Thøgersen licensed under CC BY 2.0.
- “Duck Sotka1” by Nevit licensed under CC BY 2.5
Not gonna lie, the initial speech made me jump (I think mine does the same thing though). I do like the pacing and sounds that accompany the voice over. The subject manner is not something I would seek out to learn more about, but I do like your cover art, it did make me pause as I was scrolling through. I did not know there was such a thing as competitive duck herding, so I did learn something new. There were some instances, at least to my ear, where the quack or music outperformed the narrators voice. I like the humor at the end, it was a great touch!
Hey Ross,
I really liked the title of your podcast and the cover art you selected for it. It was smart and comical at the same time, not to mention that the image is perfectly focused, and the color of the text really complements the color of the image itself. I didn’t know anything about competitive duck herding, but your introduction does a great job of explaining what the podcast will be talking about. I think you may have been speaking too close to the microphone or overedited your voice because it was a little pitchy and yet still not loud enough. However, I really like the duck sound effects you added to break up the voiceover, and your outro was nice. I feel like after hearing your podcast, I know enough about it to decide if I want to continue listening to it, as it was very informative.