If you're looking for a solution to connect with one or more guests using their iPhones
and capture really high quality video and audio that you can use for your podcasts and
YouTube videos. Then this video is for you.
Hello and welcome to the Pod Sound School. I'm Veronica, on our channel, we talk about
podcasting, videos, and social media tips. If that's something that interests you, make
sure you subscribe and come be part of our community. If you have tried to record a podcast
interview remotely, then you know the pain of trying to get your guests to sound and
look good.
Remote recording is the hot new thing for content creators. Connecting remotely is fun
and very convenient, but it can be a huge struggle to get good audio and video recordings
using the solutions like Zoom, Anchor, Skype, or Discord, the audio and video quality, especially
from our guests, is pixelated.
It has a low quality internet sound to it. Luckily there's a great solution. Riverside
FM. Riverside FM allows you to record high quality, audio and video remotely to use for
your podcast, episodes and YouTube videos without all that nasty pixelation and internet
noise that you get with other solutions.
We use Riverside FM ourselves, and we recommended Riverside event to our clients. Students because
we prioritize high quality audio and video. And recently Riverside of him just came out
with an app for iOS that allows your guests to use their iPhones for remote recordings.
I find this so cool for four main reasons.
First, this is really convenient for your guests. And make scheduling and nailing down
that interview a lot easier. You can simply text your guests the link and they can join
your recording session. You send their iPhone with just one click. Second, the camera does
owner iPhones are much better than cameras built into laptops and computers.
In fact, the newest iPhone can record video and ultra high definition or 4k, which Riverside,
a fan supports. There are many people with iPhones also have AirPods or headsets with
a microphone that can help them capture really good audio during the interview. And Ford,
and this is the best part they can connect from anywhere.
And the quality of the recording is not dependent on their internet connection. Okay. So now
I'm going to go to Riverside FM on my computer and show you how easy it is to use. I'll take
the invite link to studio. Steve, who has the Riverside FM app already downloaded onto
his phone. We'll talk about some best practices to get the most out of your remote recording
sessions.
Okay. So I locked into my side of them account and I'm going to create a new studio. So I
click here, create a new studio, and I'm going to give this studio name, let's say about
sound school. And then I'm going to click enter studio now. So the first thing that
I want to do is to change my name, Veronica, and here on your right.
And this is the thing I like the most about Riverside is that I can use my 4k camera set
up to record my podcast interviews from this drop down menu on the right. You can choose
which camera you want to use, and also which audio you want to use. So here I'm going to
change this option so I can use my 4k camera.
There you go, before you enter the studio, you need to tell Riverside whether you're
using headphones or not. You should be using headphones. So right here, I'm going to click.
Yes, I am using headphones and now I'm ready to go enter the studio.
Your ad can copy the link and texted to studio. Steve. So copy link.
All right. So as I'm waiting for Veronica to text me the Riverside FM join link, I want
to let you know that your guest will need to download the Riverside app, but it's super
easy. You just go to the app store and search for Riverside or Riverside FM, and you can
download the app by doing that. And if you want to get really good results, there's a
couple of things you can ask your guests to do.
And that's to first off tell them that you're planning on using this for YouTube video and
that you're, they're going to be on camera and see if there's any way they can get their
phone onto a tripod of sorts. And I kind of have this bulky tripod here that I'm going
to use. It can come up high and be right here in the setup I have, but you can use whatever
tripod you have.
They can even Mount their phone up on a bookcase or something close by them. And if they don't
have any light, you can just ask them to go sit close to a window, just so they look really
nice and flattering, also pay attention to the composition that's on, on frame with their
phone is their phone down here, pointing up at them in a really unattractive way.
And they can show you their double chin or is it up really high or way too much headroom
all of these things, don't be afraid to have that conversation. With your guests. Okay.
And it looks like Veronica has texted me and I have the join link right here. I'll go ahead
and click that. And it already pops open into the Riverside app for me.
And it says connecting to your studio. And here I could just type in my name. I'll put
Steve in there and say, join the show. And now I have a really nice. Preview where I'm
in a green room, you could say, and this gives me a chance to check the camera, check the
microphone and everything else. And here's another thing that's really important to ask
your guest and that's to wear headphones of any kind with their phone.
Luckily, a lot of people have AirPods or something similar, or even classic headsets that have
a little microphone do dad that hangs right here. That will work really good. So for me,
I'm going to use these AirPods here. Okay. And then once I get the shot, the way I want
it, I can join the show. So now that I have my guest studio, Steve here in the studio,
I'm going to go ahead and press record.
Um, are you ready? Okay. I'm a little nervous, but I'm ready. Okay. Let's go. Let's press
record. And there's a countdown. On my side. I see a countdown to on mine. That's cool.
Okay. Now, so basically what we want to do here is to make sure that all the technical
is working properly is working the way that it's supposed to be working before we I'll
go ahead and keep going with the interview, right?
I think you already mentioned. That, uh, just to have AirPods or to have, uh, headphones
with a little built-in microphone. You have that going on. I can see also that you have
very good lighting in your studio. That's very important. Also make sure that you come
to the interview prepared. Okay. I can tell it from my end, you look very, very good.
Cause you're using. And iPhone 11, right? Yes. I'm using iPhone 11. I've got a light
on me and the iPhone 11, we mentioned has a way better camera on it. Even the one that's
flipped, even the one on the front of the phone is a way superior camera to anything
you'll find on a laptop or a computer. And it's in 10 ADP.
Which is almost double the resolution as what you find in most computer cameras as well,
too. So it gives the host, it gives you more flexibility in post-production to maybe do
a little bit of color correction and kind of make my picture pop even more if you want
to. So you can, this is just a whole new thing for content creators, because we're able to
actually capture really high quality recordings locally using the bad-ass smartphones we have,
this is going to be pretty cool.
And not to mention that you're going to make things very, very easy for your guests. And
there you go, skis. If you want to try Riverside for free, you can find the link into the description
of this video. Also, if you want to learn more about Riverside of them and all of its
cool features, we have this video right here is showing you how to use Uber side.
And before you go, remember just two things and don't forget to subscribe to our channel.
Happy casting, Amigos. That'd be Cassie.