# Found an old audio clip! Vintage DPP!

**Source:** Don's Pinball Podcast (patreon feed)  
**Type:** podcast_episode  
**Published:** 2024-04-26  
**Duration:** 3m 52s  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://www.patreon.com/posts/found-old-audio-103050980

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## Analysis

Don from Don's Pinball Podcast tests a new Rode Podcaster Pro microphone with technical audio adjustments and sound checks. The episode is fragmented and heavily corrupted by transcription errors, making most content unintelligible. Brief mentions include references to Pinball Expo timing, game-specific ramp mechanics, and casual banter about equipment setup.

### Key Claims

- [HIGH] Don is testing a new Rode Podcaster Pro microphone — _Opening statement: 'I'm trying out my new Rode Podcaster Pro, and man, I am having some fun with these sound buttons here.'_
- [LOW] Pinball Expo is starting at 5 a.m. — _Corrupted segment: 'So, let us go. All right, guys, the Finball Expo is right now starting at 5 a.m.' — unclear context and likely transcription artifact_
- [MEDIUM] Don previously played Pro and Premium editions of a game and had difficulty hitting a metal ramp on the right side — _Segment discussing gameplay: 'In the past, I played the pro, I played the premium, I could not hit that metal ramp on the right side.' Specific game unclear due to transcription corruption._

### Notable Quotes

> "I'm trying out my new Rode Podcaster Pro, and man, I am having some fun with these sound buttons here."
> — **Don (Don's Pinball Podcast)**, Opening
> _Establishes episode purpose: equipment testing and audio level checks._

> "In the past, I played the pro, I played the premium, I could not hit that metal ramp on the right side."
> — **Don (Don's Pinball Podcast)**, Mid-episode
> _References gameplay experience across game editions; suggests ramp difficulty mechanic discussion._

> "And that's all I got for this edition of me playing around with my new podcaster pro. It's been 3 minutes and 30 seconds. Good lord."
> — **Don (Don's Pinball Podcast)**, End
> _Acknowledges brevity of episode and concludes equipment testing session._

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Don | person | Host of Don's Pinball Podcast; conducting microphone testing and technical audio setup |
| Rode Podcaster Pro | product | New microphone equipment being tested by Don; featured prominently in episode for audio level checks and sound button exploration |
| Pinball Expo | event | Referenced in corrupted segment; timing and context unclear due to transcription errors |
| John Papadiuk | person | Name appears in corrupted transcription segment; unclear if actual reference or artifact |

### Topics

- **Primary:** Podcast equipment and audio setup, Microphone testing and technical calibration
- **Secondary:** Pinball game mechanics (ramp difficulty), Pinball Expo event timing

### Sentiment

**Neutral** (0.5) — Don appears upbeat and playful about testing new equipment ('having some fun'), but episode is heavily corrupted with transcription errors making overall sentiment assessment difficult. The coherent portions show casual, lighthearted tone.

### Signals

- **[content_signal]** Don testing new Rode Podcaster Pro microphone with audio level checks and sound button exploration (confidence: high) — Multiple explicit references to new microphone, EQ settings, sound buttons, and audio level monitoring in green zone
- **[event_signal]** Reference to Pinball Expo starting; timing and details unclear due to transcription corruption (confidence: low) — Corrupted segment mentions 'Finball Expo is right now starting at 5 a.m.' with unclear context
- **[gameplay_signal]** Discussion of metal ramp difficulty on right side of playfield across Pro and Premium editions (confidence: medium) — Don reports inability to hit metal ramp in previous play sessions; specific game title obscured by transcription errors

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## Transcript

 All right, everybody, what's going on? I'm trying out my new Rode Podcaster Pro, and man, I am having some fun with these sound buttons here. Anyway, so the first thing I want to do is just go ahead and talk through this intro music. I'll check the audio levels. I know I got the EQ on my pod mic going just fine. I'm right in the middle of the green lines where I need to be. So we're just going to sit back, relax and roll through maybe about 90 seconds of total content so I can Sincerely, John Papadiuk, Black Water, Kaneda's Pinball Podcast, Twippies Awardspread That's Match superscript Webcom miejories nós tom qual.jpg knockoff easy output Pop pop pop up top Ciche27 propayけれce Top shortcut Capaccję Wait Your Peritonealliamo Crapman, Crapman Subtitles by the Amara community tectonic juni 26 xen spur to spend all time i don ask for magic comes a little pack at zoo lobby deal i like to add a little the semester contrans VI experience pretty they it anyway so uh They have a pay forago dollar or whatever and them um dedans we finalized asleep at our live and you'll really traditions for a by the way can i get a referee's like their at dollar and unlike i still want it till rice sudden chXT chXT she hollers back And yet, again, I don't even know if I'm doing this right. Preview of everyone's pick showcase, Saturday, March 7 awards 그때 Knapp. AtPacước.com So, let us go. All right, guys, the Finball Expo is right now starting at 5 a.m. So it's gonna be like, four years know and we haven't got a whole lot of people out. So we're gonna be like unless we cook all the stuff where there's nothing even to be added cakegame on the 세상 and we don't announce something who else has something for anyone like happy holiday important. See or else certainly no? Besides, you aren't gonna have a party tonight so we got some free software or whatever is out there, some keeping voice or someone's해서playspist talking an gel,. So, let me show you nuestros experience while we kill some to igual, friends, new toys, and we're going to play Flash especially up afore we play. In the past, I played the pro, I played the premium, I could not hit that metal ramp on the right side. I guess the villains one, right, is the one that's facing down towards the flippers and then the side one is the henchman ramp. Couldn't do it. But you know what? I'm going to keep trying. Anyway, let's hit some lo-fi hip hop. The Come gangsta listen to that beat change my pentameter to a yambic check the levels I gotta turn this all the way up. Oh That just looped kind of hard If I'm paying attention I can listen and then give us one of these Pop pop Ed Boon right back there. I guess in the future wreck and edit these audio levels They'll just drop off at the end like this about to do ready and And that's all I got for this edition of me playing around with my new podcaster pro. It's been 3 minutes and 30 seconds. Good lord. Alright, I'm going to play this intro out and then I don't know, I'll do this back. Holler!

_(Acquisition: groq_whisper, Enrichment: v3)_

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*Exported from Journalist Tool on 2026-04-13 | Item ID: 6ea7ae79-dbd8-41d2-9c34-1ae0964b83ff*