Adam Curry's CastBlaster podcasting app in beta

by Jordan Running Jun 26th 2005

CastBlaster, the much-hyped podcasting app from Adam "The Podfather" Curry, is now available in beta form. CastBlaster looks to eliminate the post-production from creating a quality podcast by allowing you to queue up music and sound effects and manage audio levels easily. David Jackson did a screencast review of CastBlaster that's worth watching, or you can head straight to the beta download. Unfortunately, it's not freeware: you're limited to 10 minutes of recording unless you buy a license key.

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Andy in VT said 1:00AM on 6-28-2005

Am I understanding this right? You have to pay $50 to run this beta software for more than ten minutes? $50. There are more than 6000 podcasts out there not using this software. How can this bit of beta be worth $50. Couldn't they have waited to their first final version to start gouging holes in podcaster wallets? This seems too much like a rush to make money off of podcasting. Not a thoughtful group of developers trying to support an new artform! Save your money and wait for the open source version that will appear soon. In the meantime use Audacity.

Jose said 11:33PM on 7-07-2005

I am trying to remember where I saw another program that lets you do something similar (recently reviewed) including adding your own intros and present effects...any ideas?

Richard said 2:59PM on 7-26-2005

Probably WebPod Studio, the next version will allow you to mix in sound bites.. Though WebPod Studio was release well before CastBlaster

Featured Time Waster

Civiballs is a beautiful, soothing physics puzzle Time Waster

I have an absolute weakness for physics games, and while Civiballs isn't the strongest physics-based game, what it lacks in the physics department it makes up for a few times over in style and fun.

In Civiballs, you are presented with a few colored balls, and your goal is to get those balls into the same-colored urn on the level. The "civi" part of Civiballs is that there are 3 sets of levels to play, each representing a different civilization. While the civilization doesn't affect gameplay, the artwork for each level is beautifully themed to it's appropriate era.

To play the game, you are given only one tool - a sword with which to cut the chains that are holding the balls. The puzzle part of the game is in figuring out what order, and with what timing to cut each chain. Do it right, and all the right balls end up in the right urns, with no stray balls entering an urn (a no-no). Do it wrong, and you get to start over again.

Civiballs is not terribly deep on gameplay; the entire game can be completed in about 15 minutes. But if you enjoy this type of game, it will be a very enjoyable 15 minutes.

View more Time Wasters