Your Hosts
Mark Boutet
Host of Digital and Dice, gamer, Canadian, and all around weird guy. Is not, in fact, a robot goat. @DigitalandDice |
The Lady Crass
Artist Supreme and full-time cursing enthusiast. (Doesn't have a twitter that she checks) |
The One Called Justin
Takes photos, plays World of Tanks, and reads fan fiction with a passion that rivals the greatest poets of our generation. @Jthuluphoto |
Sound Guy Stephen
Runs the soundboard and makes fun of us while we play! Don't get your fingers too close to his mouth while he's eating. Or any other time, really. @SoundGuyStephen |
Voiceover Guy Brian
He's just here for the beer. Sometimes he plays games, but mostly just the beer. @VoiceoverB |
FAQ
"What is Digital & Dice?"
Digital & Dice is a media production group with a podcast and YouTube channel hosted by Mark Boutet, Justin McCarthy, Brian Chamberlin, Amber Boutet, and Stephen Tabor. Nerds that live in Washington State and have just enough free time during their week (when they are not working and/or playing far too many games) to produce content. The podcast is centered around gaming news, in-depth discussions on game theory, very poorly done game reviews/previews, and pretty much anything else that is even vaguely gaming related.
"When are new episodes available?"
New episodes of the Podcast are available week or so on Mondays, with the episode being recorded live on the YouTube channel. New episodes of our various YouTube series are released every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Very specific events can and will interrupt our regularly scheduled show including SCA events, gaming/anime conventions, sickness and timely/untimely death.
"What recording equipment/software/location do you use?"
We record with 3 AT2020 Audio-Technica XLR cardioid condenser microphones in Adobe Audition. We are currently using a Behringer XENYX UFX1604USB Sound Board with 2 additional basic Pyle microphones for when there are more people around. The whole thing is mixed down to MP3 format and posted to our RSS feed distributor who sends it out to all our various sites for your listening pleasure. We use an Elgato HD video capture device to record our consoles and OBS capture software to record PC games and video calls. The shows are recorded in a room in Mark's house that we have attempted to sound proof with foam panels and on a couch in front of a TV. The PC that is running the programs and recording the show is a pieced together gaming machine with a failing HDD and enough RAM to not dissolve into it's component parts during production.
"Where did you get that awesome music that plays in the background of the show?"
Most of the background music for the show has been graciously approved for our use by Zircon! The music for the show is as follows:
Dirt Devil (Twit-face-mail-tumble-plus-site background), Drum and Bossa (News background), Full Speed Ahead (intro music), and Waste Water Wipeout (Main Topic background) You can find Zircon's music at all of these locations. Do yourself a favor and check him out, he is one hell of a talented musician.
Facebook (http://facebook.com/zirconmusic), SoundCloud (http://soundcloud.com/zircon-1), Website (http://zirconmusic.com/), and Bandcamp (http://zirconstudios.bandcamp.com/)
The rest of the background music is usually found at Incompetech's website which is full of many wonderful tracks that can be used with proper attribution. We highly suggest taking a look if you need music for a project! http://www.incompetech.com
"What is Digital & Dice?"
Digital & Dice is a media production group with a podcast and YouTube channel hosted by Mark Boutet, Justin McCarthy, Brian Chamberlin, Amber Boutet, and Stephen Tabor. Nerds that live in Washington State and have just enough free time during their week (when they are not working and/or playing far too many games) to produce content. The podcast is centered around gaming news, in-depth discussions on game theory, very poorly done game reviews/previews, and pretty much anything else that is even vaguely gaming related.
"When are new episodes available?"
New episodes of the Podcast are available week or so on Mondays, with the episode being recorded live on the YouTube channel. New episodes of our various YouTube series are released every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Very specific events can and will interrupt our regularly scheduled show including SCA events, gaming/anime conventions, sickness and timely/untimely death.
"What recording equipment/software/location do you use?"
We record with 3 AT2020 Audio-Technica XLR cardioid condenser microphones in Adobe Audition. We are currently using a Behringer XENYX UFX1604USB Sound Board with 2 additional basic Pyle microphones for when there are more people around. The whole thing is mixed down to MP3 format and posted to our RSS feed distributor who sends it out to all our various sites for your listening pleasure. We use an Elgato HD video capture device to record our consoles and OBS capture software to record PC games and video calls. The shows are recorded in a room in Mark's house that we have attempted to sound proof with foam panels and on a couch in front of a TV. The PC that is running the programs and recording the show is a pieced together gaming machine with a failing HDD and enough RAM to not dissolve into it's component parts during production.
"Where did you get that awesome music that plays in the background of the show?"
Most of the background music for the show has been graciously approved for our use by Zircon! The music for the show is as follows:
Dirt Devil (Twit-face-mail-tumble-plus-site background), Drum and Bossa (News background), Full Speed Ahead (intro music), and Waste Water Wipeout (Main Topic background) You can find Zircon's music at all of these locations. Do yourself a favor and check him out, he is one hell of a talented musician.
Facebook (http://facebook.com/zirconmusic), SoundCloud (http://soundcloud.com/zircon-1), Website (http://zirconmusic.com/), and Bandcamp (http://zirconstudios.bandcamp.com/)
The rest of the background music is usually found at Incompetech's website which is full of many wonderful tracks that can be used with proper attribution. We highly suggest taking a look if you need music for a project! http://www.incompetech.com
