The Podcast Engineering Show

My guest is Barry Gary from The Louisville Cycling Podcast! He hosts and produces the show, and he is a graduate of Podcast Engineering School. We discussed a lot, including: Zoom L-12 digital mixer Using Zencastr, Zoom and exploring Squadcast Heil PR-40 Shure SM7b Cloudlifter He also has an RE-320, Rode Procaster, Shure SM-58's, and some Sennheiser broadcast headsets that I can use in noisy locations dbx 286s Reaper iZotope RX 7 Mac Pro desktop machine Waves plugins For my remote recording he uses either a Zoom FN8 or H5 Using plugins in Reaper (EQ, gate, compressors, etc) Mix down to WAV Detailed edit in Twistedwave Assemble all episode audio Audition including music, intro, ads, conclusions, etc. Final mixdown to a stereo WAV at 48K, as well as stereo MP3 Thanks for being a great guest, Barry! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. We appreciate you listening. Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, Android, RSS, Email

Enjoy my brief overview of recent Daily Goody's (from June 21 - July 3). Here's the link to view all those blog posts. And don't forget that you can sign up to receive the Daily Goody in your email every day or once per week. Sign up here. Announcements: The newly formed International Podcast Association wants to hear your voice! Please take a short survey here: https://internationalpodcastassociation.org/survey The next semester of PES starts September 10, 2019. Join our Podcaster's Lounge livestreams every Wednesday 9-11 PM Eastern / 6-8 PM Pacific via YouTube, Twitch, or Facebook! Upcoming episodes: Barry Gary, Scott Somerville, and Tom Kelly! Big Thanks to everyone who comments on the website Daily Goody posts! I appreciate you listening, and if you have any questions please let me know :) If you know anyone who would like to learn more about the technical production of podcasts, please share this show with them. Punarmilāma! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. We appreciate you listening. Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, Android, RSS, Email

My guest is Zachariah Moreno, Co-Founder & CEO at SquadCast.fm! He's also cohost of Between 2 Mics podcast. We discussed tons including: New SquadCast V2 features ATR2100-USB Blue Yeti Focusrite 2i2 interface Pixelbook - Chrome OS, touch screen, Squadcast - WAV. files 16/44.1 Adobe Audition or Pro Tools Headliner, Wavve, Buffer Simplecast V2 How are you guys able to be so quickly responsive if and when there are issues?! Thanks for being a great guest, Zach! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. We appreciate you listening. Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, Android, RSS, Email

Enjoy my brief overview of recent Daily Goody's (from June 7 - June 19). Here's the link to view all those blog posts. And don't forget that you can sign up to receive the Daily Goody in your email every day or once per week. Sign up here. Announcements: The next semester of PES starts September 10, 2019. Join our Podcaster's Lounge livestreams every Wednesday 9-11 PM Eastern / 6-8 PM Pacific via YouTube, Twitch, or Facebook! Upcoming episodes: Zach Moreno, Barry Gary, Scott Somerville, and Tom Kelly! Big Thanks to everyone who comments on the website Daily Goody posts! I appreciate you listening, and if you have any questions please let me know :) If you know anyone who would like to learn more about the technical production of podcasts, please share this show with them. DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. We appreciate you listening. Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, Android, RSS, Email

My guest is Travis Vengroff - producer, editor, and sound designer of audio dramas including Liberty, The White Vault, Vast Horizon, and the creator of Dark Dice - all under the umbrella of Fool and Scholar Productions. And they were just announced as an honoree for the Webby Awards for Music and Sound Design in Podcasting! Some of what we discussed: Power regulator Focusrite 6i6 Rode NTK mic, tube, external power supply Asus computer MixCraft software to record. Reaper for mixing H4n H5n Mixcraft to edit And here's a briefly overview of Travis' post-production workflow: All files are compiled onto a timeline in Mixcraft and EQ them to ensure a uniform quality. I'll do a dialogue cut using the multiple takes given to me (each actor records remotely) with a basic ambient layer or two for context. From there I'll make a second pass, adding ambiance and sound effects while fine-tuning all vocal tracks. If it's a stock audio track I've already recorded it goes in now. If it's something that needs to be recorded, I'll mark the timestamp. Processing takes place while I edit each sound. I make an additional pass to record general sound effects, and a few more passes while recording motion sounds, footsteps, and similar noises that people unconsciously make. The writer listens to the project for the first time and I make changes based on their suggestions. I'll do a final pass making fine tuning, then export everything as STEM tracks with pre-labels for SFX, CHAR (character), and AMB (ambiance), before zipping and sending to the mixing engineer. S/he will make a few passes, I'll get them a revision list, and we repeat the process until we get the final mastered track. The writer hears the second to last mix and offers feedback. Thanks for sharing so much great info, Travis! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. We appreciate you listening. Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, Android, RSS, Email

Enjoy my brief overview of recent Daily Goody's (from May 24 through June 5). Here's the link to view all those blog posts. And don't forget that you can sign up to receive the Daily Goody in your email every day or once per week. Sign up here. Announcements (made by our new announcer guy....hehe): The new Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 3rd Gen is really nice. Join our Podcaster's Lounge livestreams every Wednesday 9-11 PM Eastern / 6-8 PM Pacific via YouTube, Twitch, or Facebook! The next semester of PES starts September 10, 2019. Upcoming episodes: Travis Vengroff, Zach Moreno, Barry Gary, and Scott Somerville! Big Thanks to everyone who comments on the website Daily Goody posts! I appreciate you listening, and if you have any questions please let me know :) If you know anyone who would like to learn more about the technical production of podcasts, please share this show with them. DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. We appreciate you listening. Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, Android, RSS, Email

Great conversation with Adam Gordon Bell, host of CoRecursive where he and guests discuss Software Engineering. He's on twitter @adamgordonbell We covered a lot: Pyle Pro PD Shure A81WS Rode boom arm MixPre-6 Macbook Pro Zencastr Adobe Audition - 2 templates Mixing to FLAC Auphonic RX 6 -- de-reverb, vocal isolate, Thanks for being an awesome guest, Adam! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. We appreciate you listening. Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, Android, RSS, Email

Enjoy my brief overview of recent Daily Goody's (from May 10 through May 22). Here's the link to view all those blog posts. And don't forget that you can sign up to receive the Daily Goody in your email every day or once per week. Sign up here. A few announcements: Join our Podcaster's Lounge livestreams every Wednesday 9-11 PM Eastern / 6-8 PM Pacific via YouTube, Twitch, or Facebook! The next semester of PES starts September 10, 2019. Upcoming episodes: Adam Gordon Bell, Travis Vengroff, Zach Moreno, Barry Gary, and Scott Somerville! Big Thanks to everyone who comments on the website Daily Goody posts! I appreciate you listening, and if you have any questions please let me know :) If you know anyone who would like to learn more about the technical production of podcasts, please share this show with them. DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. We appreciate you listening. Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, Android, RSS, Email

Dig this wonderful chat I had with Dan Radin, Founder and CEO of Auxbus! Dan has a ton of pro audio experience including being a Neumann Product Manager, Alesis Product Manager, and working with many other companies including InMusic and Harmon. *NOTE: Podcraft recently became Auxbus ;) We discussed many interesting topics. Enjoy listening. And here's some of the podcasting equipment Dan currently uses: AT875R short shotgun mic Blue boom arm Presonus Audiobox USB96 interface Mac computer HD280 Pro headphones Thanks for being such a great guest, Dan! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. We appreciate you listening. Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, Android, RSS, Email

Enjoy my brief overview of recent Daily Goody's (from April 24 through May 8). Here's the link to view all those blog posts. And don't forget that you can sign up to receive the Daily Goody in your email every day or once per week. Sign up here. A few announcements: Join our Podcaster's Lounge livestreams every Wednesday 9-11 PM Eastern / 6-8 PM Pacific via YouTube, Twitch, or Facebook! The next semester of PES starts September 10, 2019. Upcoming episodes: Dan Radin, Adam Gordon Bell, Travis Vengroff, Zach Moreno, Barry Gary, and Scott Somerville! Big Thanks to everyone who comments on the website Daily Goody posts! Here's the list of plugins I mention in the episode: CLA-76 Fabfilter Pro-MB Fabfilter Pro-Q3 Fabfilter Pro-DS Vocal Rider (Fast mode, with Vocal Sensitivity all the way up) Scheps Omni Channel soothe from Oeksound Kramer Tape Ozone 8 Vintage Tape J37 Tape spiff from Oeksound Gullfoss Ozone 8 Spectral Shaper Fabfilter Saturn True Iron Abbey Road TG Mastering API 2500 Puigchild 660 I appreciate you listening, and if you have any questions please let me know :) If you know anyone who would like to learn more about the technical production of podcasts, please share this show with them. DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. We appreciate you listening. Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, Android, RSS, Email

Enjoy my awesome conversation with Evo Terra, host of Podcast Pontifications, and podcast strategist who has been podcasting since Oct. 14, 2004! He's the 40th podcaster EVER!!! And he's also the head honcho at Simpler Media Productions. We discussed TONS including: The real history of the beginnings of podcasting! Shure SM7b Fethead Zoom H6 Mac Mini 2018 Hindenburg Journalist Pro iZotope RX 6 Waves Sibilance plugin Dealing with sibilance with EQ On location recording with lavaliers (SM93's), Zoom H4, H6, and SM58's Visiting France, Copenhagen, Belgium, England, Italy, Bangkok, Thailand, Hong Kong, Australia Thanks for sharing so much, Evo! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. We appreciate you listening. Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, Android, RSS, Email

Enjoy my brief overview of recent Daily Goody's (from April 12 through April 24). Here's the link to view all those blog posts. And don't forget that you can sign up to receive the Daily Goody in your email every day or once per week. Sign up here. A few announcements: Join our Podcaster's Lounge livestreams every Wednesday 7-9 PM Eastern / 4-6 PM Pacific via YouTube, Twitch, or Facebook! The next semester of PES starts June 25, 2019. Upcoming episodes: Evo Terra, Dan Radin, Adam Gordon Bell, Travis Vengroff, Zach Moreno, Barry Gary, and Scott Somerville! I appreciate you listening, and if you have any questions please let me know :)

My guest is Nick Dunkerley, Creative Director at Hindenburg! They make the very popular podcasting DAW software Hindenburg Journalist Pro. We discussed LOTS including: Lots of specifications of Hindenburg Nick's personal equipment: RE20 microphone and Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 interface Nick's experience building a radio station in Africa His engineering team at Hindenburg Automated EQ profiles Clipboard Comparison of the Pro version vs the regular version Differences in the podcasting industry and events in Europe vs. USA See some screenshots of Hindenburg here Thanks for being a great guest, Nick! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. We appreciate you listening. Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, Android, RSS, Email

Listen to me talk with each and every 2019 Podcast Movement Technical Track speaker about their presentations, except, unfortunately, for the Hall of Fame podcaster Dave Jackson. Podcast Movement will be held in Orlando, Florida from August 13-16, 2019. Find all the info at https://podcastmovement.com/. Here are the speakers and what each will be speaking about: "Skype Alternatives" presented by Jody Maberry "5 Steps to Building a Sought-After Podcast Production Company" presented by a panel including: Steve Stewart Darrell Darnell "Painting Stories with Sound - Podcast Editing for Beginners" presented by Nick Dunkerley from Hindenburg. "Podcasting Systems: The 3 Key Automated Systems Podcast Hosts and Guests Need to Have in Place to Scale" presented by Yann Ilunga. "The Most Common Audio Problems in Podcasts and How to Fix Them" presented by Marcus dePaula. "People Breathe: The Art of Editing an Interview" presented by Carrie Caulfield Arick. "Help Us Help You: Tech Support Tips for Podcasters" presented by a panel including: Mackenzie Bennett (Blubrry) Dave Jackson (Libsyn) Mike Dell (Blubrry) Shannon Martin (Podbean) "Post Production: Effective Tips & Techniques for a Seamless Edit" presented by Sarah Wendel. "Great Quality, Low Cost + ROI" presented by Alexis Parris. "Advanced Audio Production: Waaay Beyond Just Removing Umms, Etc." presented by Chris Curran, founder and lead instructor of Podcast Engineering School. And special thanks to Ralph M. Rivera of Podcaster's Toolbox for the audio introductions in this episode. Few announcements: Join the Podcaster's Lounge #Livestream every Wednesday evening. Details here. Watch and comment on podcasting news, Q&A and conversation. Lounge with your podcast friends and fans. Note: The music I play as the outro at the very end of this episode was played and recorded by me about 25 years ago ;) Have fun exploring previous episodes of this show the Podcast Engineering Show. If you ever need help with your technical production, please reach out to me. I appreciate you listening, and rock on! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. We appreciate you listening. Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, Android, RSS, Email

My guest is Shawn Kitchen - host of the Northwest Corner Podcast. He lives in Spartanburg, SC, was formerly trained in radio and tv, and is currently records his show using a Live format to reduce post-production time. We discussed his production workflow and equipment in detail, including: Using a Kindle tablet to play sound FX Riding faders Live Mixer has one knob compression on each channel Mic technique Using subgroups: Voices to one group, music to another group, then record each group separately on his Zoom H6 Chris's Compression Dynamics plugin within Audacity Noise reduction in Audacity by creating and using a custom noise profile (he removes 14 or 15 dB of noise!) Record everything 24 bit / 44.1 kHz Soundcloud Behringer X2222USB analog mixer Behringer UMC404HD interface Tascam DR-40 field recorder Zoom H6 field recorder Behringer XM8500 dynamic mics MXL FR-355K lavalier mics Audacity Hindenburg Soundpad app for Android on Kindle Fire 8HD tablet iRig 2 instrument interface Behringer headphone distribution amp and headphones (for up to 8 people) All post-production done in-house on Dell desktop with Core I5 processor using primarily Audacity, but have been using Hindenburg more frequently in recent time. Pre-recorded music tracks (except show theme) are separated into new tracks. All vocals are run through a combination of soft limiter, compression, and then amplification to -1.0 dB. Noise reduction is done at the *end* of all other processing, using a 5-second segment of silence with all mics open at the beginning of each recording session. I've found that applying noise reduction at the end yields us with the clearest results. Thanks for being a great guest, Shawn! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. We appreciate you listening. Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, Android, RSS, Email

Enjoy my brief overview of recent Daily Goody's (from March 29 - April 10). Here's the link to view all those blog posts. And don't forget that you can sign up to receive the Daily Goody in your email every day or once per week. Sign up here. Also hear: A clip of me calling Bob Bergey on the phone and him recording us both on his RØDECaster Pro. A clip of Addy Saucedo, author of The Podcast Planner, starting to interview me in the NAB podcast studio for her Modern Vintage Radio podcast. She decided not to use this interview because of audio quality issues. Hear for yourself. A few announcements: The next semester of PES starts June 25, 2019. Upcoming episodes: Shawn Kitchen, Nick Dunkerley, Evo Terra, Dan Radin, Adam Gordon Bell, Travis Vengroff, Zach Moreno and Barry Gary! Hang out on our Podcaster's Lounge livestreams every Wednesday 7-9 PM Eastern / 4-6 PM Pacific! I appreciate you listening, and if you have any questions please let me know :) DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. We appreciate you listening. Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, Android, RSS, Email

My guest is Glenn the Geek - founder of the Horse Radio Network (founded July 2008), cohost of Horses in the Morning, cohost of Finding Florida, and cofounder of the Florida Podcast Network. Every morning he livestreams Horses in the Morning like this: Audio only livestream via Blogtalk originally, now via Mixlr. Has a 5 computer setup. Call-in Studio to take live phone calls via Skype. The master Live feed is sent out through Mixlr, which streams through their own app, as well as players embedded on their website. Producer sets up guests off-air. Hosts and producer chat privately using Skype. The final audio podcast is published within 30 minutes after finishing the Livestream. Uses a 12 year old Belkin mixer (still, after trying a few newer mixers). Uses ATR2100's or the Behringer XM1800's. All PC's, no Mac's. Uses Total Recorder to record Skype. Uses Mixcraft to edit. Uses Auphonic to run all episodes through, to tag and send to destinations. Plays sound clips via iTunes. For the on-location recording of Finding Florida: Go to a place and do ten activities in 3-4 days and record everything. For interviews, they record with a Tascam DR-05 and two XM1800 microphones. They also record on their phones (as a backup while recording with the DR-05) using the Hi-Q app on Android to record and immediately upload to Dropbox. There exists audio of Glenn breaking his ribs in the Daytona beach episode of Finding Florida! Post-production of episodes using Mixcraft to add music, transitions, etc. Other hosts on the Horse Radio Network: All connect with and record guests using Skype. Use Google Sites for production notes. Are all hosts streaming Live? No. *I asked Glenn if he ever recorded audio of any of his horses. He said YES - and he played some clips in this episode! Thanks for being a great guest, Glenn! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. We appreciate you listening. Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, Android, RSS, Email

Enjoy my chat with James Cridland. He's the editor of Podnews which is a daily email and podcast that delivers tons of significant news and info. Sign up for his amazing daily email here. Listen to the daily audio version here. We also discuss LUFS and Bitrates. Here are a couple of James' articles that we reference: The correct LUFS level: https://podnews.net/article/lufs-lkfs-for-podcasters The right bitrate to use: https://podnews.net/article/podcast-analysis We also covered: RØDE Podcaster (USB microphone) - V2 has a quieter output, and a level LED that turns orange and red for peaking, etc. Auphonic Edit app to record on the road Hindenburg to record and edit. Some compression, EQ, etc. James publishes two versions of the Podnews daily podcast: An 80 kbps AAC+ at -16 LUFS for his regular feed, and a 320 kbps stereo MP3 at -14 LUFS for Alexa and Spotify. Note: Alexa and Spotify both cache your audio but don't change the LUFS level. Self hosts with Amazon S3, and using Amazon Athena for some stats Macbook Pro Thanks for sharing so much, James! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. We appreciate you listening. Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, Android, RSS, Email

Enjoy my chat with Carrie Caulfield Arick - podcast editor, host of Just Podcasting, and owner of Ya Ya Podcasting. We discussed tons, including: Adobe Audition: Essential Sound, Spectral Heal as needed, sometimes a De-esser, light compression, speech volume leveler (careful setting), dynamics processing, Match Loudness RX7 Advanced: De-plosive, EQ, Normalize, De-Ess, Mouth De-click, Voice De-noise ATR-2100 Samson Q2U Squadcast iZotope Nectar and Nectar 3 Adding a tiny bit of reverb Export as .WAV (32 bit float for Audition) Dell Inspiron 8th gen, i7 quad-core, 16GB RAM, 2-in-1 hybrid drives iBuyPower i7 7th gen processor, 16GB RAM, hybrid drives On location: Zoom H4N, Tascam DR-40, two ATR-2100's Thanks for sharing so much, Carrie! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. We appreciate you listening. Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, Android, RSS, Email

Enjoy my brief overview of recent Daily Goody's (March 15-27). Here's the link to view all those blog posts. And don't forget that you can sign up to receive the Daily Goody in your email every day or once per week. Sign up here. I also recapped my experience at NAB last week -- details. First I made a few announcements: Enter to win a win a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 here!: https://focusrite.com/Focusrite-Podcast-Engineering-School-Giveaway The next semester of PES starts June 25, 2019. Upcoming episodes: Carrie Caulfield, 'Glenn the Geek' Hebert, Shawn Kitchen, Nick Dunkerley, Evo Terra, Dan Radin, Adam Gordon Bell, and Travis Vengroff! Podnews - a daily briefing in your inbox every weekday about podcasting and on-demand. My NAB Recap My awesome booth mates at the Ask The Expert booth in the Podcast Pavilion area!: Addy Saucedo - The Podcast Planner. She also interviewed me for her Modern Vintage Radio podcast. Ralph and Carol Lynn Rivera - Podcaster's Toolbox. Interesting: The podcast studio across the aisle. Condenser mics with no pop filters. Hmm. I met Brandon Gonzales in person! (my guest on episode 84) Dan Hughley from Focusrite interviewed me in their booth for their upcoming podcast. SSL - I met Fernando who lives in Denver. He let me mix for a bit on a Live console. I also saw the new SiX in person! Waves - I dropped by their booth. Dan Dugan Sound Design (my guest on episode 101) - dropped by his booth and thanked him in person for being my guest. Joel from Sound Devices. Michelle from Heil. Mark Bakos from Cleanfeed. Ira from Samson. Greg Laney from Apogee. Gina Clement from Gator. We discussed the Gator Frameworks GFW-MIC-0822 Telescoping Boom Mic Stand. Arielle Nissenblatt from EarBuds Podcast Collective. Ever Gonzalez in person! He's the founder of The Outlier Podcast Festival, a traveling national event held in major cities across the U.S. *In Denver July 12-13! Zachary Davis from Sound Education, a conference for educational audio producers and listeners. October 10-12, 2019 at Harvard University. Audionamix, regarding the IDC: Instant Dialogue Cleaner plugin. Philipp Sonnleitner, CEO of Mikme! Soren Pederson, Sr. Product Specialist (Wired Microphone) at Shure. Sarah Logan Gregory - Host of the Emerging Infectious Diseases Podcast. Mark Ethier, CEO of iZotope! Rodger Cloud - He gave me a Cloudlifter! James Cridland from Podnews! Didn't get to meet: Durin Gleaves from Adobe, and the RODE rep at the B&H booth. REMINDER: Enter to win a win a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 HERE! I appreciate you listening, and if you have any questions please let me know :) DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. We appreciate you listening. Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, Android, RSS, Email

Hang out with me and Emily Prokop. She is the host of The Story Behind podcast, a podcast editor and consultant, and author of The Story Behind: The Extraordinary History Behind Ordinary Objects! We discussed Emily's equipment and workflow, and lots more: Blooper track: She copies clips onto a dedicated track for bloopers. Handling loud breaths: She moves all the loud breaths onto a dedicated track where she lowers their volume! Noise reduction Hi-pass filtering In her "studio": Moving blankets around her desk and curtains to dampen room noise, white shears Reaper and Reaper templates iZotope RX 6: De-plosive, Mouth De-click ATR2100 microphone Sony MDR-7506 Headphones Publishing a 96kbps mono MP3 for her show Auphonic leveling to -16 LUFS (! her mono track!) Hardwired to internet Previously Emily was on Dave Jackson's show discussing structuring and presenting good content on podcasts because she has more than 10 years editing experience in print journalism. That episode is titled Journalism 101 For Podcasters. Thanks for sharing so much great info, Emily! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. We appreciate you listening. Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, Android, RSS, Email

Hear and discern the audio quality differences between 3 popular podcast recording services - Zencastr, Squadcast and Ringr. Then let me know which service you think I used to record clip #1, #2 and #3. I play each of them twice and also give my evaluation of the 3 clips. Also enjoy my brief overview of recent Daily Goody's (March 1-14). Here's the link to view all those blog posts: https://podcastengineeringschool.com/category/daily-goody/ And don't forget that you can sign up to receive the Daily Goody in your email every day or every week. Sign up here. I made some announcements, too: PES starts April 16th, and we conduct the course Live every quarter. Upcoming episodes: Emily Prokop, Carrie Caulfield, 'Glenn the Geek' Hebert, Shawn Kitchen, Nick Dunkerley and Evo Terra! NAB conference - we will be manning the Ask The Expert booth in the Podcast Pavilion area from April 8-11 in Las Vegas. Addy Saucedo with her Podcast Planner, and Ralph & Carol Lynn Rivera with their Podcaster's Toolbox. If you have any questions please let me know :) DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. We appreciate you listening. Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, Android, RSS, Email

Colin Gray joins me! He is the founder of The Podcast Host, host of Podcraft and Hostile Worlds, and founder of the podcast app named Alitu. We discussed many areas of Colin's podcast production: Studio in his office Rode PSA-1 boom arms 3 Rode Procaster microphones Yamaha MG10 mixer Zoom H5 and H6 Mac mini Adobe Audition iZotope RX7 Editing in Audition Final MP3's: 128kbps stereo or 96kbps mono Hosts at Blubrry, Buzzsprout, and Transistor.fm Thanks for being a great guest, Colin! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. We appreciate you listening. Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, Android, RSS, Email

Enjoy my brief overview of recent Daily Goody's. Here's the link to view all those blog posts: https://podcastengineeringschool.com/category/daily-goody/ And don't forget that you can sign up to receive the Daily Goody in your email every day or every week. Sign up here. I made some announcements, too: If you can help me out I would greatly appreciate it. If you know any 18-25 year olds who might want to produce podcasts and earn really good money doing it, please mention PES to them. I appreciate it! Podfest was awesome. If you want to grow a podcasting business or grow your presence in the podcast industry, the major podcasting events are SO helpful. PES starts April 16th! Upcoming episodes: Colin Gray, Emily Prokop, Carrie Caulfield, 'Glenn the Geek' Hebert, Shawn Kitchen, Nick Dunkerley and Evo Terra! If you have any questions please let me know :) DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. We appreciate you listening. Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, Android, RSS, Email

Brodie Brazil is here! He's a TV broadcaster and hosts the Oakland A's & San Jose Sharks Pre/Postgame Live on NBC Sports California. Check out his YouTube. He has won 13 Regional Emmy Awards and nominated for 32! Also check out his podcast, Brodie Brazil. We discussed a ton, including: Packing blankets and rug in his home studio Mics: TLM103, SM7B through Fethead, RE320's, MD46's, HMD26 Mixer: Soundcraft 12 MTK Channel strips: dbx 286's Remote interface: UMC202HD Recorders: Zoom H5 & H6 Computer: MacBook Pro running Audition (old version!) Headphones: Beyerdynamic DT-770's On-location: Zoom H6 w/ two RE320's TV mic: Sennheiser MD-46 Because I do a lot of live streaming - need most of my processing (comp, EQ, de-essing, gate) baked in. So I have that for both the Neumann and Shure mics. I do add a little post-processing for podcasts and YouTube videos with just some light compression... normalization, then clip gain matching to -16 lufs. Everything exported to .wav for videos and editing. eventually .mp3 for podcasting to... Soundcloud(!) I know, but it works best for me (I can explain). Thanks for hanging with us, Brodie! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. We appreciate you listening. Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, Android, RSS, Email

This is quick announcement episode. If this is your first time hearing the show, check out previous episodes where I'm interviewing people about their equipment, software and production workflow. Enter to win $300 here! Get $350 off Podcast Engineering School tuition using coupon code PME19. Next semester starts April 16th! Thanks for listening, and congrats on all your learning! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. We appreciate you listening. Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, Android, RSS, Email

Great discussion with Allan Tépper. He is the host of Beyond Podcasting, as well as a a Pro Audio/Video specialist, tech journalist, broadcaster, author and consultant. (and my previous guest on episode 74) *DISCLAIMER: We are not advocating for anyone to switch from MP3 to AAC (.m4a). If you're contemplating it, please do more research and decide for yourself. We discussed many aspects of MP3 vs. AAC (.m4a): Advanced Audio Coding is designed to be the successor of the MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, known as MP3 format, which was specified by ISO/IEC in 11172-3 (MPEG-1 Audio) and 13818-3 (MPEG-2 Audio) The widespread reluctance to even THINK about publishing podcast episodes in any other format than MP3. .m4a is the most common extension, but not the only extension, used for AAC. Sound quality: AAC sounds better than MP3 especially when encoded at lower bitrates. This means that your final episode file can be smaller in size and still sound as good or better than MP3. Chris's experience: "When I convert my .WAV file to MP3 using iZotope RX 7, the resultant MP3 is 0.4 LUFS lower in volume than the original .WAV. Whereas when I convert to .m4a the resulting LUFS level of the .m4a is exactly the same as the original .WAV file. Interesting..." Compatibility with ad insertion platforms: Rob Greenlee says, "Hey Chris, Most of the platforms that utilized dynamic ad insertion technology, oftentimes require MP3 files only." TPES episodes that published in .m4a: 118 - Chris's Goody Bag 119 - Bryan Entzminger ID3 Tags: Bryan Entzminger says, "I did a test with an episode. I didn't like that Libsyn didn't pull the id3 info from the file (because it's not an MP3) but that's not a really big deal." A few popular shows that use .m4a files: Podnews (James Cridland's show, @ 44.1 kHz so far) 60 Sec Torah Byte (Zalman Levin / Podbean 44.1 kHz so far) Morning Mantra (Coach MK / Anchor) BeyondPodcasting (Allan Tépper's show, @ 48 kHz) Podcast Engineering Show (Barry and Chris's show, @ 48 kHz) Technical analysis of top podcasts - James Cridland's post looking at bitrate. LUFS, mono/stereo, etc.: https://podnews.net/article/podcast-analysis?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=podnews.net:2019-01-17 AAC's improvements over MP3 (from Wikipedia) Blind tests in the late 1990s showed that AAC demonstrated greater sound quality and transparency than MP3 for files coded at the same bit rate. Improvements include: more sample rates (from 8 to 96 kHz) than MP3 (16 to 48 kHz) up to 48 channels (MP3 supports up to two channels in MPEG-1 mode and up to 5.1 channels in MPEG-2 mode) higher coding efficiency for stationary signals (AAC uses a blocksize of 1024 or 960 samples, allowing more efficient coding than MP3's 576 sample blocks) higher coding accuracy for transient signals (AAC uses a blocksize of 128 or 120 samples, allowing more accurate coding than MP3's 192 sample blocks) much better handling of audio frequencies above 16 kHz more flexible joint stereo (different methods can be used in different frequency ranges) Encoding: *NOTE: NONE of these lists is exhaustive. We did not investigate every single program in existence ;) Programs that can encode .m4a files: iTunes Fission (Mac only. Also can tag and create chapters. Allan Tépper's favorite 1-track audio editor for Mac. Unique because it can also edit lossy formats without generation loss. Can't save tag data but can copy and paste tag data. Chris was confused because Fission's tag data doesn't have a 'Copyright' field.) Hindenburg Journalist Pro (also can tag and create chapters. Allan Tépper's favorite multitrack audio editor for conventional computers) TwistedWave (Mac and online only. Good program but no playback speed adjustment!) Amadeus Pro 3rd Party Encoder Plugins (Paul Figgiani suggested Sonnox's Codec Toolbox ~47 USD and Pro Codec ~400 USD.) Programs that encode MP3s using the Fraunhofer MP3 Encoder algorithm: Adobe Audition iTunes (Source: Cliff Ravenscraft on October 27, 2010) Windows Media Player (Source: Richard Farrar) Programs for which you can buy an optional Fraunhofer plugin for US$339.15 Pro Tools Logic Cubase Nuendo Sequoia Wavelab Programs that DON'T use the Fraunhofer MP3 Encoder algorithm: Hindenburg Reaper RX 6, 7 Players Compatibility with players and apps: .m4a files are compatible with all podcast players we could find. Thanks for sharing so much great info, Allan! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. We appreciate you listening. Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, Android, RSS, Email

Great conversation with Bryan Entzminger, host of Engaging Missions and podcast engineer/editor. We discuss his podcast production and quite a bit about his preferred DAW which he is quite skilled in using: Hindenburg Journalist Pro. Here is Bryan's Live Demonstration of Hindenburg Journalist Pro, and here's a 90-day free trial of Hindenburg Journalist Pro. Here are Bryan's production details: Electro-Voice RE320 Rolls cough switch Sound Devices MixPre-3 For remote internet calls, I use a second computer (an old Dell) into the line in for the MixPre-3 using a hardware mix-minus in the MixPre I record 2 tracks right onto the SD card in the MixPre. I also run 2 tracks via USB into my MacBook Pro and record into Hindenburg Journalist Pro Voice profiler in Hindenburg can create custom profiles! For editing, I use Hindenburg Journalist Pro along with iZotope RX7 for audio restoration and Ozone 7 for mastering and a variety of Waves and other plugins depending on the need. I mix and edit in multitrack mode, export to WAV fully mastered but not normalized to -16/-19. I then bring that mastered file back into Hindenburg to level using the loudness matching and either convert to MP3 using Hindenburg or RX7. If I use Hindenburg, I'll also apply the id3 tags and upload right to Libsyn from there. Also, Bryan got back to me about the Hindenburg auto-leveling feature that we discussed in the episode: "I did several checks with the auto-level with effects and it appears my original assumption was correct. The auto-level is at the "region" (clip) level upon input - prior to ANY processing within Hindenburg." Thanks for sharing so much great info, Bryan! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. We appreciate you listening. Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, Android, RSS, Email

Enjoy my brief overview of the past 14 days of the Daily Goody. Here's the link to view all those blog posts: https://podcastengineeringschool.com/category/daily-goody/ And don't forget that you can sign up to receive the Daily Goody in your email every day or every week. Sign up here. I made some announcements, too: Soon I'll be discussing AAC (.m4a) vs. MP3 encoding (*And this episode is my first .m4a episode!!!) PES starts April 16th Will you be at Podfest Mar. 6-9 in Orlando? If so, let's hang out. Upcoming episodes with Bryan Entzminger, Brodie Brazil, and Colin Gray! Slight website revamp here Call for affiliates who want to promote PES and earn cashola If you have any questions please let me know :) DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. We appreciate you listening. Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, Android, RSS, Email

I chat with Brad Hargis, cohost of The Cinema Guys podcast, about how he records and produces episodes with his two cohosts, Justin and the Cinemaiden. We discussed: Ferrite for on-location recording Microphones: ATR 2100 (Brad), Knox Gear KN-UM01 USB/XLR Mic (Cinemaiden), PylePro PDMIC58 (Justin) Mixer: Mackie ProFX8v2 Recorders: Main EVISTR L53, backup EVISTR L150 Edit with Audacity on a 15 inch MacBook Pro Auphonic iTunes to convert to a M4A file Recording: Mics connected via XLR to Mixer I record My mic (ATR 2100) on L channel and co-hosts(Knox and Pyle) on R channel. Record to WAV file on the L53 main recorder. After recording, copy audio files to computer and open in Audacity to 1. Use noise reduction, 2. Compress to level audio down, 3. Amplify to set audio to -1 dB, and 4. Use Nyquist Noise Gate on each channel. Edit all the audio adding music in post. Auphonic to set the final level to -15 LUFS. To finalize the file I import the .WAV into iTunes to convert to 96k Stereo M4A file adding artwork and metadata to the file. Upload file to Blubrry and post to my Wordpress website that is hosted on godaddy using PowerPress. Thanks for being such a great guest, Brad! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. We appreciate you listening. Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, Android, RSS, Email

Enjoy my brief overview of the past 14 days of the Daily Goody. Here's the link to view all those blog posts: https://podcastengineeringschool.com/category/daily-goody/ If you have any questions please let me know :) And don't forget that you can sign up to receive the4 Daily Goody in your email every day or every week. Sign up here. DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. We appreciate you listening. Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, Android, RSS, Email

Enjoy this awesome chat with Jennifer Longworth, podcast editor and host of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur Podcast. We talked about LOTS of podcast production topics. Here's a small portion of what we discussed: iZotope RX6 plugins: De-plosive, de-click, de-clip, hi-pass/lo-pass filters EQ presets for different clients Master to -16 LUFs with -2dB peak Mixing voices Squadcast to record remote guests Adobe Audition ATR 2100USB HP Workstation desktop computer Zoom H4N Sharing files via Dropbox Thanks for being such a great guest, Jennifer! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. We appreciate you listening. Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, Android, RSS, Email

Enjoy these topics which I go over briefly: Ear Training Mixers The Connection Speed of Internet Guests Background Noise Mixdown Resolution Tape Emulation How Long Will it Take to Get Good? Storing Gear When Not in Use Area Rugs Using Templates in Your DAW Creating That Telephone Call Sound The Two Extremes of Editing Philosophy LUFS Loudness Standard, Kinda Deciding to Edit Other Shows for Money Lifetime Membership to the PES Closed Community of Alumni and Students DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. We appreciate you listening. Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, Android, RSS, Email

Me and Noah Sniderman had an awesome chat. He is the producer of The Dopist and producer/host of Innovating Employment. He also works at CJRU in Toronto. Here's some of what we discussed: SM7b Shure SM57 w/A81WS windscreen Sound Devices MixPre-3 Adobe Audition iZotope RX 6: De-bleed, spectral de-noise, EQ (General Enhance preset), de-plosive, de-esser (Simple Voiceover preset), Auphonic: Desktop versions of both regular Auphonic as well as Auphonic Multitrack, and its crossgate feature Hazel Forecast app for chapters, etc. Spreaker Recording on location Shure Beta87a "I can log into my headless Mac Mini (at home) while I'm at work, and de-bleed in the other direction while I'm de-bleeding on my laptop. I use a program called Screens 4 for this." Tascam DR10x - inline recorder, records a backup 10dB lower Rode Reporter mic Thanks for being such a great guest, Noah! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. We appreciate you listening. Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, Android, RSS, Email

First, I give you my initial reactions and use cases for my new Sennheiser MKH-416 microphone. *NOTE: This is not an in-depth review or anything like that. Also, don't miss two revealing samples of audio: Audio Technica 8035 vs SennheiserMKH-416 My processed MKH-416 on my stream called Meditate With Chris I also discuss the 416's: Specifications (at the bottom of this post) Quality: Lots of smooth clarity in mid and high end. Smooth low end. My accessories: Shock mount, My laser gun holder Testing close miking: Definitely getting plosives even when using the included foam windscreen. Plosives are easy to fix in post, but if you're streaming Live it would be awesome to avoid the plosives going out on the Livestream. My streaming use case: Picks up my HVAC unit really well, mostly because there are no walls in between. My Portico II processing: 48v Phantom Power, since mic is not close to my mouth I'm adding quite a bit of low end at 220 shelving, rolling off the low end around 80 Hz, using the Blue Silk mode, and my usual amount of to-tape compression (mild). ANNOUNCEMENT: I started the Daily Goody! I discuss a use case for Auphonic Multitrack - leveling all voices to the same LUFS level before mixing and editing. I describe me EQ'ing the last quarter of a guests track because she moved away from the computer and there was suddenly background noise and she also lost some clarity. NEWS: Podcaster's Lounge is now on hiatus. NEWS: I just started a twice-daily meditation stream called Meditate With Chris REVEALED: My 5 days in a cabin in the woods. The 9 books I mentioned which are going to help me excel in 2019: (in no particular order) Rejection Proof by Jia Jiang Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins Deep Work by Cal Newport The War of Art by Steven Pressfield Rest by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz The Laws of Manifestation by David Spangler Above Life's Turmoil by James Allen The One Thing by Gary Keller with Jay Papasan Here's to the best 2019 you could possibly have!!! Sennheiser MKH-416 Specifications: Transducer: Pressure Gradient/Interference Receiver Condenser Polar Pattern: Low, Mid: Hypercardioid -- Above 2 kHz: Lobar Frequency Response: 40 to 20,000 Hz Dynamic Range (Typical): 117 dB Signal-to-Noise Ratio: 81 dB Maximum Input Sound Level: 130 dB (@ 1 KHz) Sensitivity: 25 mV/Pa +/- 1dB Power Requirements: Phantom Power 48 V (± 12 v) Output Impedance: Nominal Impedance: 25 Ohms, Minimum Terminating Impedance: 800 Ohms Output Connectors: XLR-3M Type Pad: None Low Frequency Roll-Off: None Applications: Film, Radio and Television, Especially for Outside Broadcast Applications Dimensions (L x Diam): 9.84 x 0.74" / 250 x 19 mm Weight: 5.82 oz / 175 g DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. We appreciate you listening. Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, Android, RSS, Email

My guest is Bobby Owsinski - Audio Engineer, Producer, Author, Coach, and host of Bobby Owsinski's Inner Circle Podcast! Bobby has earned many engineering and producer credits on popular music, and he has authored 24 books on recording, music, the music business and social media. Check out lots of Bobby's credits and accomplishments below. On this episode Bobby and I discussed tons, including: Shure SM7B 1073 clone from Golden A Used to use an 1176 clone (Warm Audio WA76) UAD Apollo Twin MKII 2013 iMac, about to upgrade Soundflower ATM50X Headphones (Has HD650's but open back doesn't work that well) Wireworld pro cables Monitors: Equator D8's (soon he will have Ampheon 218's, whic are not powered) Acoustic treatment - a lot of ASC Tubetraps, round cylinders, one in every corner, 18-20 total. Post processing: Gentle gate, 15 db reduction Compressor - Fabfilter C2 EQ curve in Fabfilter, one for Skype, one for phone Waves F6 dynamic EQ for de-esser Mog Audio EQ4, famous air band, gives it the air that's missing Reverby recording - de-reverb with RX6 Master buss - Fabfilter L2, has a LUFS meter He edits quite a lot, mostly for continuity and pacing, and mostly himself Audio fundamentals that new podcasters should know And here are more (not nearly all) of Bobby's accomplishments: Mixed a #2 album on the Billboard Blues charts for Adrianna Marie and her Bluescutters. Authored several courses for Berklee College of Music. Author of 24 books that are now staples in audio recording, music and music business programs in colleges around the world, including the best selling "Mixing Engineer's Handbook," "The Recording Engineer's Handbook," and "Music 4.0: A Survival Guide For Making Music In The Internet Age" (all now in their 4th edition). He has also penned hundreds of audio-related articles for a variety of popular industry trade publications such as Surround Professional, EQ, Billboard, Film & Video, Hollywood Reporter, Pro Sound News, Mix, Grammy Magazine, Electronic Musician, Recording Engineer/ Producer and Music Executive Insider, among others. Music Production blog at https://bobbyowsinskiblog.com/ Surround projects and DVD productions for a variety of legendary superstar acts including The Who, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, Iron Maiden, The Ramones, and Chicago, and more. Thanks for hanging out with us, Bobby! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. We appreciate you listening. Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, Android, RSS, Email

I spend most of this episode detailing what is included when attending the Podcast Engineering School program, specifically: Who should attend PES? Why attend PES? The audio background of your instructor (me) Mentorship aspect of the program LIVE classes, not pre-recorded All class topics Tons of teaching topics Contact me if you're interested in starting January 15th Also, a few announcements: Hang with us on the Podcaster's Lounge livestream every Wednesday 7-9 PM Eastern / 4-6 PM Pacific. Lounging, news and Q&A for podcasters, editors and FANS of podcasting! Watch on YouTube, Twitch, Facebook. Jump on our email list - Monthly Resources for Podcasters and Producers I'm looking for guests for this show. If you can recommend someone please send them HERE: https://podcastengineeringschool.com/guest 2019 events: Podfest Multimedia Expo (March 7-9, 2019 in Orlando) I'll be heading up the "Ask The Expert" booth at NAB from April 8-11, 2019 in Las Vegas Podcast Movement (August 13-16, 2019 in Orlando) Testimonials of graduates: "This course is one of very few that I've ever actually completed (of the many I have purchased online), and it's hands-down been the best, and the most fun. I seriously looked forward to it every week. What makes it so different from all the other courses I've purchased over the years is the live, in-person element. It makes it so much more enjoyable, and I know for a fact I would never have made it through all this material if it were a self-paced, video course." ~Adam C., Class 18D Alumni "If you are serious about producing podcasts and would like to learn from a true leader in the field, Chris Curran's Podcast Engineering School is a huge value. This is a lifetime of experience that will benchmark your knowledge among the best in podcast sound engineering. I am now highly aware of the process, production, and importance of professional sound for podcast listeners – and I know how to make it happen!" ~Jim C., Class 17A Alumni "As a beginner in the world of audio, I really benefited from Chris's Podcast Engineering School. Chris is a very good professor because he was very interactive with every single classmate and very patient with all the help he would give. After graduating I feel WAY more confident producing audio than I ever would have without this program. Overall, I highly recommend PES to anyone interested in learning the straight to the point no fluff version of professional audio engineering for podcast production." ~Erika K., Class 17A Alumni "The Podcast Engineering School is an absolutely stellar course. It's amazingly thorough while remaining focused on providing you exactly what you need to become a professional podcast producer." ~Bryan E., Class 17A Alumni "Podcast Engineering School is a worthwhile and valuable investment for anyone who wants to produce a high quality podcast. Chris is very attentive and accessible for participants, and each class session went far beyond my expectations in terms of what I hoped to learn. Best of all, it's all very practical, and I'm able to apply it immediately so I can "SOUND GREAT!" ~Barry G., Class 18B Alumni "I learned tons about recording, mixing tracks, adding effects to create higher quality podcasts, and so much more. I'm already applying these skills big time. Chris is a great teacher who really knows what he's talking about when it comes to sound engineering. Overall, I would highly recommend this course to anyone who wants to improve their podcast production skills by leaps and bounds." ~Ben L., 15 yrs old, Class 17A Alumni "If you're thinking of signing up for Podcast Engineering School, do yourself a favor and sign up now. Chris's passion and deep knowledge of all things audio made this course both fun and highly informative. Having listened to every episode of The Podcast Engineering Show, I had high expectations when I started the course. The experience exceeded my expectations. I'm using a lot of what I learned to make the shows I work on Sound Great!" ~Ed S., Class 18D Alumni Again, if you'd like some very special pricing for our January semester, contact me asap. Thanks for hangin' with me! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Daniel Hager from Germany, host of Let's Talk Re-Touching, owner of Hager Media, and award-winning, internationally published retoucher and Adobe Photoshop Certified Expert. We covered a ton including: A self-modified OEM branded mic with a capsule similar to the Shure Beta 27 dbx 286s channel strip Power conditioners Presonus 192 Mobile interface (used to use a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2) Balanced/unbalanced Zoom H1 Tascam DR 60D (can record up to 4 tracks) Self-built Windows computer Adobe Audition DAW and its multi-band compressor targeted for plosives, EQ to match the host and guest, sometimes a bit of compression, and on the mix-bus track for voices a multi-band compressor, limiter, and sometimes an additional eq to affect all voice tracks Presonus Studio 1 DAW VB-Audio VoiceMeeter, a virtual mixer for Windows machines Recording 4, 6, or 8 tracks in one .WAV file at 24 bit resolution De-click De-noise Microsoft cloud services for media hosting Feed generated in WordPress Mastering to the desired output of -16 LUFS (Audition has a Loudness Radar as an effect which I put on the master track) File Output, adding an image, title, description or other meta information is also done all within Audition Daniel blogs about audio gear at https://all-geared-up.com Thanks for hanging out with us, Daniel! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My returning guest is Georg Holzmann from Austria, founder of Auphonic! He was previously on episode 22. These new features are GREAT news for podcasters and editors, etc. We cover all the brand new advanced parameters of Auphonic's audio processing algorithms. Auphonic has been tremendously helpful to podcasters for many years, and now they have stepped up their game A TON! *If you want to try these new features, simply contact Auphonic and ask them to enable these new features for you. Here's some of what we covered in depth: The Basics: How Auphonic levels different voices on the same track, machine learning, best practices, etc. Adaptive Leveler Presets Dynamic Range Compression Separate parameters for Music and Speech Loudness Target Maximum Peak Level Noise and Hum Reduction Thanks for hanging out with us, Georg! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Jim Collison, gadget podcaster at TheAverageGuy.tv and co-host of the Ask the Podcast Coach show. We discussed tons, including: At home, 2 PC setup At work, 3 PC setup Windows software: Audacity, Tried Audition but decided to go back to Audacity, Auphonic to level and create MP3 files, Windows Movie Maker Publishing to many different platforms: Podamatic, Spreaker, Soundcloud, Mixcloud, Audiomac, Podcast.com, Archive.org One of Jim's NIGHTMARE SESSIONS ATR2100 microphone Mackie ProFX12 and ProFX8 Logitech C920 webcam Google Hangouts LIVE Eggcrate foam on the walls Webcam IN FRONT of computer screen Jim's next purchase? Probably a new PC Thanks for hanging out with us, Jim! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Andy Wang, host and producer of the Inspired Money podcast! He's also a guitarist, investor, and fee-only financial advisor. We discussed lots of podcast production equipment, workflows and techniques including: Setup at work CAD E100 microphone Rode PSA boom arm QSC TouchMix-16 Surface laptop Doing interviews via Skype Sennheiser HD280 headphones Setup at home Wife's iMac computer (for editing) Apogee Duet interface Cheap condenser mic - $50, sent it to a guy in cape cod ($300) to modify the capsule to sound like a U87 Originally use Garage Band (overwrote a file tragically) but recently changed to Reaper (loves crossfading, etc.) Fabfilter plugins: gate, compression, EQ Waves: Vocal Rider (before compression), CLA vocals, L3 Multimaximizer on master track Mobile setup Shawn Smith's iOS mobile recording rig setup ART Dual Pre interface (2 xlr inputs) iPad or iPhone to record Two Sennheiser e935 Auphonic app to record Auphonic website for leveling and tagging Upload to Libsyn A few Nightmare Sessions! Andy's next purchase??? Thanks for hanging out with us, Andy! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Ross Brand from LivestreamUniverse.com! We discussed podcasting, Livestreaming, equipment and tons more. Enjoy listening! Ross's audio equipment: Primary Studio Mic - Shure SM7B (Had compared RE20, SM7B, PR40 & RE27 in B&H mic room before deciding on SM7B) Primary Reporter Mic - Electro-voice RE50, Omni, Backup/Guest Mic - Samson Q2u Primary Audio Interface/Mixer/ Recorder - Sound Devices MixPre-3 Backup Studio Audio Interface - Audient iD14 Secondary Studio/iOS Audio Interface - Shure MVi (I have a two interface setup that enables me to get both myself and guest's audio on Instagram Live while also livestreaming to FB Live with no additional mics needed) Mobile Audio Interface - iRig Pre Headphones: Sennheiser HD280Pro, closed back Computer - 15" MacBook Pro (mid 2015) Mobile: iPhone 7 DAW: Screenflow (I know, I know...) - boosts level in places, Auphonic sometimes Likes and uses the Spreaker web player, chapters, Ross's video equipment: Webcam - Logitech C922x Camcorder - Canon Vixia R800 Capture Card - Magewell Software - BeLive (for Facebook Live) Software - Wirecast Studio (switcher, encoding, streaming, recording, live production) Hardware Encoder - LiveU Solo (cellular streaming from remote, bandwidth challenged locations without computer) Ross's post-production workflow: (mixing, software, effects processing, editing, mastering, etc.) Record in MixPre-3 as wave file on SD card and edit in Screenflow Edit out any gaps, edit out the worst "ums" "and uhs" and occasionally a segment that detracts from the overall conversation Boost softer or lower louder areas to make overall volume more consistent Record into and outro Add music tracks Check volume levels again Export final mix as m4a Upload to Auphonic and use default settings Download mp3 from Auphonic Thank you for hanging out with us, Ross! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Marc Bakos - audio engineer and partner at Cleanfeed. We discussed his service as well as lots more: Marc's setup: TLM 49, Yamaha MG-12 mixer, Dbx 286s on insert, Prism Sound Titan external 1U sound card ($3k) PMC TB2+ speakers in his home studio What is Cleanfeed? The audio and technical backgrounds of Cleanfeed's creators Chrome on Android works well! Audio Quality: Pro version offers up to 320kbps quality. Standard voice 64kbps. And it can record in Stereo. Constant bitrate CODEC so there are no artifacts (OPUS) No drops - how? Will try peer to peer initially. Fully encrypted. If firewalled, it goes through a relay server. Ducking? No!, but can turn it on on a per participant basis. Leveling/Processing? No. No local recording for participants - all recording is done in the "studio's" Chrome browser. Remote guests are combined onto one track How does it avoid dropouts and glitching, etc.? Downloading mid-show? Yes. What can participants do to make sure their audio comes through clear and uninterrupted? Good metering Cart wall - cool, but no volume control at this time. Multiple input devices - bring several devices into Cleanfeed. Thank you for being a great guest, Marc! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is René Coronado - audio engineer, sound designer at Dallas Audio Post Group, and cohost of the Tonebenders Podcast. Enjoy this awesome episode; we discussed: Speed Round #1 for his Tonebenders Podcast: Shure SM7B, Sound Devices MixPre-3, Skype, record onto SD Card, ProTools, Soundcloud. Speed Round #2 for his work at Dallas Audio Post (Control Room A):Avid C24 Controller, Genelec monitors, ProTools, computers are in a separate machine room, AT 4050 (workhorse), TLM 103, U87, MKH 50 and 416. Wave Rider (from Quiet Art) on the voices, aims at -25 dB RMS using averaging mode EQ, Compression, Master compressor The room where works is calibrated for -23 LUFS so he knows what that sounds like. Bounce the mix into RX6 Loudness to -18 LUFS stereo, then back into ProTools for encoding the MP3. Field recording: Line Audio CM3 Studio recording (Voiceovers, etc) Sound design techniques Track layouts Separate chains - dialogue, voiceover Soundminer - sound fx software program, tagged with metadata so the sounds are easily searchable. Mixing plugins: ProTools channel strip, Sound Particles, Twisted Sound "whoosh," using distortion to bring up mids (20% distortion), Native Instruments delay called Replika. I also asked René: "What advice do you have for podcast engineers and producers?" Listen for his answer ;) Thank you for being a great guest, Rene! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Dan Gonzalez, Senior Product Manager at iZotope, Inc. for Ozone 8, Neutron 2, and Nectar 3. He is also an audio engineer and musician. Btw, PES students get student discounts on iZotope software! We discussed tons, including: Proprietary audio algorithms developed in-house by their RnD team Nectar Elements - Vocal Mixing Plugin Vocal Assistant: Uses machine learning? Yes. Ozone 8: We went through all the modules as well as the Master Assistant Neutron 2: Taught an algorithm what each instruments sound like O8N2 Bundle: Ozone 8 Advanced and Neutron 2 Advanced! Tonal Balance Control Maybe someday I can visit their full mastering studio at iZotope headquarters! Mix Wednesday - YouTube channel (Live 2 hour classes on mixing, etc.) Spire Studio: Now available in the USA. RX6, of course ;) Thank you for being such a great guest, Dan! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Dan Dugan of Dan Dugan Sound Design, inventor of the automatic microphone mixer! He has been active in the professional audio industry for more than 50 years, and is a board member of the Nature Sounds Society. We discussed his automixer as well nature recording - DEEP stuff. Enjoy. Topics: Speed round: Sennheiser MKH 416, Sound Devices 788 T recorder Automixer: His invention licensed into the Sound Devices 633 and 688, Yamaha mixers, Waves "Rack," Waves LV1 (virtual console, touchscreen, 64 channels Dugan Automixer), and others. Also available as "black boxes" that patch into the insert points of mixers. Its Gain Sharing algorithm is where the magic happens ;) Nature recording: How to deal with airplanes?, the "Dawn Chorus" when the birds wake up in the morning, which in the summer starts around 4:00 AM. In Spring there is an evening chorus, too. Records nature using a scientific protocol, which allows him to get permission to camp in places no one is normally allowed. Uses an 80' snake between his "camp" and the mics. Mics: Sennheiser MKH series mics are good for dealing with humidity and self noise. Lower than 16dba self-noise starts to be quiet enough to record soundscapes. "Light" system: electrets, 14dba self noise. Adequate "Heavy" system: MKH mics, 8-10dba self noise, RF condenser, uses 55 db of gain. Rode short shotgun, RF condenser type as well. Best to use mics with hot output so you don't have to preamp it as much. Basic rig recording on 4 channels. Technique: use stereo array for front channels (MS, XY, AB, ), pair of omni mics on a 12 inch diameter Jecklin disc baffle with mics on either side, and 2 outrigger mics toward the rear. Front pair is the imaging pair - gives you a panorama of images, rear speakers are fair apart and are "uncorrelated" and they just fill in. Sound Devices 744T Recorder, with its pre-record buffer of up to 8 seconds! Thank you, Dan, for doing such great work your whole life and for being a great guest! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

Join me and my good friend Ralph M. Rivera as we celebrate the 100th episode of this show! Hear audio clips from 19 awesome friends and previous guests roasting and/or congratulating me! (see the all-star list below) Also hear a 10 min. audio piece I created called "Audio Adjectives and What They Sound Like." Hear what these sound like: Big, Small, Boomy, Muddy, Boxy, Hollow, Midrangy, Biting, Presence, Clarity, Brightness, "Air," and Telephone Sound. Ralph has joined me previously on episodes 19, 36, and 56. He is currently creating Podcaster's Toolbox, and his podcast show is called Carbon Based Business Units. Ralph also did the segments Nightmare Session and Next Purchase? Thanks to all these friends and previous guests for sending audio clip wishes!: Arik Levy - Ep's 54, 82, 92 (Firearms Nation Podcast, Shooters Summit) Billy O - Ep's 57, 96 (Podcast Producer, Audio Engineer, The Billy O Show) Bryan Entzminger (PES Alumni, Top Tier Audio, Engaging Missions Show) Carey Green - Ep. 12 (Podcast Fast Track, host of Podcastification) Dave Jackson - Ep's 11, 78 (School of Podcasting, and host of many shows including Podcast Rodeo Show) Garth Humphries - Ep's 38, 75 (Host and producer of Audio Pizza, Aussie Mac Zone and iBlindTech) David Hooper - Ep. 5 (marketing guy, radio host, RED Podcast, Build a Big Podcast) Jason DeFillippo - Ep. 43 (Podcast Producer, Grumpy Old Geeks Podcast, Jordan Harbinger Show) John Bukenas - Ep. 94 (Owner of Audio Editing Solutions, and graduate of Podcast Engineering School) Josh Rivers - Ep. 26 (Owner of Podcast Guy Media and host the Creative Studio Podcast) Chris Krimitsos (Podfest Multimedia Expo) Landen Hardy (PES Alumni, Supporter Sound Studios) Mary Mazurek - Ep's 21, 47 (Recording Engineer and Radio producer at WFMT Chicago) Jonathan Messinger - Ep. 33 (Producer and host of The Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian, and creator of other interactive story podcasts for kids) Mike Russell - Ep. 73 (Company and podcast: Music Radio Creative) Steve O'Neill - Ep. 66 (Host and producer of Sharp podcast) Liam Neeson Ross Brand (LivestreamDeals, Podcaster, www.LivestreamUniverse.com) Steve Stewart - Ep. 63 (Steve Stewart Podcast Productions, creator of Podcast Editor's Club Facebook Group) Links to a couple things we mentioned: The iMac reset trick that just helped me - How to reset the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac - https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201295 RØDE SC6-L, an interface destined to change everything for compact 2-channel audio recording on iOS devices (for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad). Check out Allan Tepper's post: https://www.provideocoalition.com/rode-sc6-l-a-game-changer-for-compact-2-track-recording-on-ios-devices/ ) FYI - Upcoming outstanding episodes: 101 Dan Dugan, 102 Dan Gonzalez from iZotope, and 103 Rene Coronado! ...seriously, tremendous ;) OUTRO SONG: Xolo - Accoutrements by Bryant W. Jackson. Check out his website and Vimeo channel. Thank you, Bryant! Lots of heartfelt gratitude to all listeners, friends, previous guests and Ralph! Thank you for supporting me and the show so well. DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Michael Helms - my long time friend, audio engineer and host of the Location Sound Podcast. Mike and I met when we were both working at Soundtrack Studios in New York City in 1993. Mike has gained tons of audio wisdom from working on music production, commercial voiceover production and currently location sound. We discussed: Mike's main podcast setup: RE20, MixPre-10T, Macbook Pro, Squadcast, Adobe Audition Match loudness Processing: Compression, EQ, roll off 80 Hz and below Mix buss effects: Multiband compressor and limiter Previous equipment: Sterling Audio ST-51 mic, Zoom H5 Good lavalier mics (Sanken COS-11 and others) Working on music and voiceovers in NYC Previous Pro Tools studio in Florida What's in Mike's location sound equipment bag? A recent Nightmare Session... Editing philosophy Next Purchase? The MKH416 is a beast Thanks for hanging out with us, Mike! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is myself. hehe I cover many topics that can help your podcast production, and a quick fyi that the next semester of PES starts Sep.18 and early-bird pricing is available for the rest of July. Oh, and Podcast Movement is next week and I'll be streaming Live from there. Check out all the platforms I'll be streaming on and follow/subscribe on whichever platform is your favorite: https://podcastengineeringschool.com/live/ Here are the things I cover in this episode: NIGHTMARE SESSION segment: Lately, I've faced more of the usual - guests connecting in non-optimal ways, having bad mic technique, computers running lots of programs, etc. NEXT PURCHASE segment: Mine may be the Sennheiser MKH416 shotgun microphone when it comes on sale again ;) And btw I just bought another Scheps Omni channel plugin for my old production machine. Mixing INTO your mastering multiband compressor. A recent email from Allan Tepper: "Sadly, Forecast (Podcast MP3 encoder with chapters) downsamples our 48 kHz master to 44.1 kHz :( Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. Fortunately, Hindenburg Journalist Pro respects 48 kHz when encoding MP3, as do Fission, RX6 and even iTunes. Hindenburg Journalist Pro also has built in chapter creation with graphics." Recently observed: Removing everything below 30-40 Hz DOES NOT affect the overall LUFS level of the audio. I remove those frequencies in RX6, usually 30 Hz and below, because those frequencies are barely audible and not very relevant to the human voice. My new fave: Waves CLA-76 plugin - Bluey mode (as opposed to Blacky). Does a really great job of bringing a voice closer and more in your face in a very transparent way. My response to a listener commenting that he doesn't use that much compression because less compression sounds more natural. "Yes, less compression sounds more natural, or course, but real-world listening environments are not dead quiet, and so compression makes the audio more intelligible in those noisy environments. If you listened to a pop music radio station in a very quiet environment you would not like it, but the compression and limiting that the station uses helps the audio be more audible over the road noise, etc." Idea to play around with: For folks with bad mic technique, in addition to processing their main track, send their signal to a separate track and use a multiband compressor on it. Crush the signal, and then mix in a bit of that crushed signal with the original. You probably want to heavily gate it first, too. I'll be doing this on one of my upcoming streams, if you'd like to tune in. I hope that my thoughts and suggestions help you produce better sounding podcasts in less time :) Sound great! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Ben Scheirman, who runs NSScreencast.com and creates the media content there. He also produces two podcasts at Vibrato.fm and Appdevdiary.com. And we rolled out a new segment called Nightmare Sessions! We discussed A LOT, including: UA Apollo 8 Quad (4 XLR's) Heil PR40 (with shock mount/boom) Audio-Technica ATR-2100 USB Rolls Mic Mute Audio Hijack and Loopback on the Mac (for podcasting) Magewell HDMI USB3 Capture Screenflow Logic Pro (for music), Mainstage Beyerdynamic DT770 headphones (80 ohm) Onyx Blackjack (interface) Onyx 820i firewire mixer Mix minus KRK Rokit 5 mounted on wall API Vision channel strip plugin Thanks for being a great guest and sharing so much, Ben! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS