I’ve been podcasting since June of 2005, and since June of 2005 I’ve been using Skype for every episode of every show we’ve ever done. For years, Skype was sensitive to the needs and use-cases of podcasters and worked quite well. Unfortunately, over the past year this has changed, and Skype’s interface and audio codec have changed such that it’s now difficult to use and adds a lot of noise (!) into the connection. With that, I sought out another solution and that solution is Discord.

Sure, Discord doesn’t feature built in desktop-audio capturing, but I was able to figure that out. And I can’t wait to start using this app to make better content. Jul 13, 2017 - This wikiHow teaches you how to get started with Discord when you're using a computer. WikiHow's Content Management Team carefully monitors the work from our. How to install updates for nvidia. This is optional, but if you want to install the Discord desktop app (which. They're not just making education more accessible -- they are.

Discord has been around since May, 2015, and was built as a platform for gamers to chat. It features, text, audio, and video chatting, and can be tweaked to attain very high sound quality with zero extra noise. Discord is also built such that it can be used entirely inside a web browser, meaning your interview guests don’t have to download the Discord app. In fact, there’s a way to set it up so that your interview guests don’t even have to sign up for a Discord account. Create yourself (and your podcast) a Discord server.

During initial setup, Discord will ask if you want to Create a Server or Join an existing one. For your podcast, create a server. It’s free, and this allows you to tweak your settings the way you want. Once your server is created, it will auto-create two channels. Both channels are called “general”, but one will be a Text Channel and the other will be a Voice Channel.

You’ll automatically be joined to both. And while Discord does allow person-to-person calls, most everything you’re going to do for your audio podcast will be inside a Voice Channel. The first thing to do is customize your channel. Click on the Edit Channel settings icon next to your General Voice Channel. In there, set the Bitrate all the way up to 96kbps. You’re podcasting and you’ll want as much signal as possible.

You can also change your channel’s name here. Then click Save Changes. Don’t worry about the rest for now. Set your Discord audio channel’s bitrate as high as it will go. Tweak Your Audio One of the biggest reasons I like Discord is because it gives us easy control over our audio settings. At the bottom of the Discord window, you’ll see the little User Settings gear. Click that, then choose Voice & Video. Aim assist for mac fortnite.

There are quite a few changes to consider and experiment with on this screen. I’ll go through how I consider each one, and then I’ll leave you to experiment with what works best for your particular setup.