The Podcast Engineering Show | Professional Podcast Production - Recording, Mixing, Editing, Mastering

My guest is Dave Hamilton, Co-host of Mac Geek Gab, Gig Gab, and The Small Business Show. He is also the Co-founder of The Mac Observer and BackBeat Media. We discussed tons of valuable info, including: Heil PR40 - since 2016 Presonus Quantum 2626 - the thunderbolt line Audio Hijack - to record the fully mixed audio LIVE Logic Pro Sending everything to a buss sent to BlackHole (what Soundflower was, creates 2 audio devices) Squadcast input set to BlackHole ICON Platform M+ --- external control surface, 9 faders, ~$450, least expensive WITHOUT motorized faders, He tested the Presonus Faderport 8 which is ~$1,200 Without motorized faders: Korg nanoKONTROL Studio Mobile MIDI Control Surface Processing in Logic Pro: EQ, noise gate, compressor, de-esser Mastering chain: Compression - quite heavy, de-esser, limiter Adding a touch of reverb to “put everyone in the same room.” Used to use an ART outboard reverb unit. In Logic he uses Chromaverb. Auphonic for leveling, processing, adding metadata, chapters (add manua

I overview recent Daily Goody's (from May 8 to May 21, see list below). 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. Be sure to check out the Focusrite Scarlett series of audio interfaces, the world’s best-selling USB interface range with over 3 million units sold worldwide. Choose from 6 different interfaces with 1, 2, 4, or 8 microphone inputs. Works with the recording software you’re already using and works with any type of XLR microphone. New unique Air feature adds brightness and presence to your voice. Thanks to Focusrite for sponsoring this episode! Also, at the end of this episode I discuss the competition that I was planning but then cancelled, the Podcast Audiolympics, as well as the Podcasters' Lounge and upcoming shorter courses from Podcast Engineering School. Here are the Daily Goody posts that we discussed in this episode: iZotope Article: 8 Tips for Editing Dialogue with RX 7 People. Process. Tools. Amplitude iRig Pro Duo

My guest is Jason Sheesley - owner of Abridged Audio providing audio production for podcasts and audiobooks, etc. Check out his site for some cool resources. He also runs Alphatone Audio offering custom audio cables for musicians and lots of other stuff. We discussed a ton, including: Shure SM58 microphone RME Babyface Pro audio interface Macbook Pro computer Thunderbolt 3 hub Wavelab Elements from Steinberg - 2 track editor Pro Tools Monitors - Mackie 626 MkII, powered Sennheiser HD600 headphones FabFilter Pro-Q3 for EQ , sometimes as a "de-esser," and sometimes using a dynamic band around 100-300 Hz to bring that area down if and when someone gets close to the mic. Also Tlit mode and Match EQ to match guest with host. FabFilter Pro-DS de-esser FabFilter Pro-C2 in clean mode, uses it lightly w/ 4:1 ratio, fastest attack time possible, knee halfway, FabFilter Pro-L2 with slower attack in Transparent mode Vocal Rider - only to turn down the signal The close relationship between compressor and limiter Slate Di

I overview recent Daily Goody's (from April 24 - May 7). 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 start date for the next PES will be July 7, 2020 and the semester after that will start in September. Due to my severe lack of marketing skills, please consider sharing this episode with any podcasters you know - you could send them a note saying, “Btw, here’s a show about podcast audio production you may find helpful.” You are welcome to support my content creation if you so desire. What did you learn in this episode? Let me know by commenting below. 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. W

My guest Dan Hughley - Marketing Manager at Focusrite, Audio Engineer and Producer, host of The Focusrite Pro Podcast (for which the post-production is done by PES graduate Bryan Entzminger from Top Tier Audio!). Dan is also the Executive Producer of the infamous Johnny Podcast Podcast (Spotify, Facebook, Apple). We discussed a ton, including: SM7b Soyuz Launcher gain booster - by design it colors the sound a bit (normally uses a DM1 Dynamite) Scarlett 2i2 3rd gen. WITH the Air button engaged. (He normally uses a Clarett) Hindenburg Journalist Pro (EQ, Magic Levels, saved profiles, etc.) Squadcast Ampify (to create the intro music for The Johnny Podcast Podcast!) Thanks for being 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, Pandora, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitc

I overview recent Daily Goody's (from April 10 - April 23). 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: Regarding all the stress caused by the virus and other sad events, you may want to check out my Mystic Show which explores spirituality, mindfulness and meditation. Due to my severe lack of marketing skills, please consider sharing this episode with any podcasters you know - you could send them a note saying, “Btw, here’s a show about podcast audio production you may find helpful.” You are welcome to support my content creation if you so desire. The start date for the next PES will be July 7, 2020 What did you learn in this episode? Let me know by commenting below. 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. DI

My guest is Ray A. Rayburn - Audio and Acoustic Consultant, Fellow of the Audio Engineering Society, and Member of the Acoustical Society of America. His audio "specialties" include legislative sound systems, church sound & acoustics, acoustic measurements, audio DSP programming, standards development for the AES and InfoComm. Check out Ray's articles, resume, and business selling mics and such: Superlux Microphones. We discussed a TON including: Attending monthly AES meetings in NYC early in his career. In 1984, Ray's involvement in upgrading Saturday Night Live's control room from mono to stereo. In 1992, Ray's involvement in installing the first all digital sound system in the world in the US Senate Chamber! A huge mix-minus setup with 100+ inputs and 100+ outputs! Settings drift - due to temperature and age. What should new podcasters know? Minimize the sound of your room's noise and reflections. Get the mic close to your mouth. Use pop filters/windscreens. Speech intelligibility is dependent on 2 th

I overview recent Daily Goody's (from Mar.27 - April 9). 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. *This episode was recorded while I was streaming LIVE on Twitch! Follow me there if you're a "Twitcher"  ;) Announcements: Regarding all the stress caused by this virus, you may want to check out my Mystic Show which explores spirituality, mindfulness and meditation. My lack of marketing skills - please share this Podcast Engineering Show with any podcasters you know - you could send them a note saying, “Btw, here’s a show about podcast audio production you may find helpful.” You are welcome to support my content creation if you so desire. The start date for the next PES will be July 7, 2020 What did you learn in this episode? Let me know by commenting below. I appreciate you listening, and if you have any questions please let me know :) If you know anyone who would like to learn more ab

My guest is Hannes Andersson, Marketing Manager at oeksound Ltd. in Helsinki, Finland! He is also a songwriter, music producer and mixer. We discuss two awesome oeksound plugins - soothe2 and spiff! We discussed: Hannes's personal equipment setup: Shure SM7b, UA Apollo 8p (he loves the Unison preamps), Precision channel strip, Distressor, 1176 compressor, Knifaudio.com K804 (2 different capsules - U67 and C12) soothe2 - a dynamic resonance suppressor: Taming harsh resonance, how it works, what it’s used for, parameter controls, best practices, methods for dialing in settings, CPU usage, Sharpness, Selectivity, and moving nodes up and down for sensitivity. spiff - an adaptive transient processor: How it works, what it’s used for, and methods for dialing in settings.  Thanks for being a great guest, Hannes! 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 Prod

I overview recent Daily Goody's (from Mar.13 - Mar.26). 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. FYI, here are the two plugins I mentioned - my two newest plugins which I will be discussing more soon ---> Brainworx bx_console Focusrite SC and Sonnox Oxford Inflator V3 Announcements: In this episode I used my RØDE NT1 microphone. Regarding all the stress caused by this virus, you may want to check out my Mystic Show which explores spirituality, mindfulness and meditation. My lack of marketing skills - please share this Podcast Engineering Show with any podcasters you know - you could send them a note saying, “Btw, here’s a show about podcast audio production you may find helpful.” You are welcome to support my content creation if you so desire. The start date for the next PES will be July 7, 2020 What did you learn in this episode? Let me know by commenting below. I appreciate you lis

My guest is Martins Popelis, Co-Founder of Sonarworks! Having achieved success with delivering reliable reference sound to over 30,000 music creators worldwide with Sonarworks Reference product, Martins is now a firm believer of delivering individually perfected sound to all music listeners, thus eliminating sound translation problem at its core. Note: I'm a proud user of Reference 4 and I also bought Sennheiser HD650 headphones from Sonarworks which included a customized calibration profile ;) Martins and I discussed: Sonarworks Reference 4 (How Reference 4 works, various ways it helps production, various use cases and equipment setups) Speakers, headphones and the room you're listening in effectively "EQ" the sound. Measurement microphones (37 measurement points) Re-measure after moving furniture, etc.? Yes. Headphone profiles - Sonarworks has calibrated hundreds of headphone makes and models to create profiles for each. Using Reference 4 Systemwide vs. within your DAW Systemwide: Virtual instrument, ~20 m

I overview recent Daily Goody's (from Feb.28 - Mar.12). 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. Thanks to Focusrite for sponsoring this episode! If you haven’t checked out the new Focusrite Scarlett 3rd Gen. series of interfaces yet, you can see them here. Announcements: In this episode I used my RØDE NT1 microphone. Regarding all the stress caused by this virus, you may want to check out my Mystic Show which explores spirituality, mindfulness and meditation. My lack of marketing skills - please share this Podcast Engineering Show with any podcasters you know - you could send them a note saying, “Btw, here’s a show about podcast audio production you may find helpful.” You are welcome to support my content creation if you so desire. The start date for the next PES will be April 28, 2020 What did you learn in this episode? Let me know by commenting below. I appreciate you listening, a

My guest is Kane Power from New Zealand! He's an audio engineer, podcast producer at Precision Podcasting, and host of Musicians Map. Check him out on Facebook, too. We discussed: Microphones: Shure SM7b, AT4040, AKG D5, SM58, SM57 Interfaces: Universal Audio Apollo Twin, Focusrite Sapphire Pro, Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 Monitoring: Audio Technica ATH-M50x headphones, Yamaha HS7 monitors Pro Tools (12) on a Macbook Pro iZotope RX7: Spectral De-noise, Mouth De-Click Waves plugins: EQ3, Vocal Rider, De-esser UAD plugins: Teletronix LA-2A Legacy compressor, Pultec EQ Maxim peak limiter Youlean Loudness Meter 2 Softube saturation Edit to client spec, final balance & master tweak, test bounce for levels, then final bounce Render to stereo MP3 at 192 kbps Thanks for being a great guest, Kane! 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? Lis

I overview recent Daily Goody's (from Feb.14 - Feb.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. *Enter to Win a Podcast Studio Makeover from Focusrite before April 17! Chosen winners will receive: (1) Focusrite Scarlett 18i8 3rd Gen Audio Interface (1) Heil Sound PR40 dynamic microphone and PL2T boom arm (1) ADAM Audio SP-5 Studio Headphones (1) Namba Gear Lil Namba Remix Backpack (1) 1-Free hour of coaching from Harry Duran, Host of Podcast Junkies, Founder of FullCast (1) Design session and a $500 store credit with Audimute for a custom sound treatment solution (1) $95 store credit with Hindenburg (enough for their Journalist software or use it to upgrade to Journalist Pro) (1) 50% off a SquadCast annual plan (1) Discount on podcast hosting Click here to enter! Announcements: For this episode I used my new RØDE NT1 microphone. Regarding all the stress caused by this virus, you ma

My guest is Jeremy Barker! He is the owner of Back Row Studios, host of Back Row Fantasy Show @TheBackRowShow and Back Row Talk Show. Also check out his YouTube channels - Obscure Mics and Back Row Reacts. Here are some of the things we discussed: RE320 RODE Broadcaster Beyerdynamic M99 His old studio - a guest house he turned into a recording studio Current studio built inside an Amish pre-made barn house! Lots of sound treatment, custom made table. VIVO boom arms Camera setup and lighting RODECaster Pro - built in effects: Big Bottom, sound pads, Aural Exciter MeldaProduction plugins: Compressor, MAGC Celestial from Acustica Was using 3 Rode Broadcasters - picked up A LOT of room noise, etc. Logic Pro Apple macbook (2013

I overview recent Daily Goody's (from Jan.31 - Feb.13). 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. FYI, for this episode I used my Avantone CV-12 microphone. Announcements: Regarding all the stress caused by this virus, you may want to check out my Mystic Show which explores spirituality, mindfulness and meditation. This show was included in this list: Top 10 Audio Engineering Podcasts You Must Follow in 2020 My lack of marketing skills - please share this Podcast Engineering Show with any podcasters you know - you could send them a note saying, “Btw, here’s a show about podcast audio production you may find helpful.” Support my content creation Shout out to Michael Merlino! (he loves the show) The start date for the next PES will be April 28, 2020 What did you learn in this episode? Let me know by commenting below. I appreciate you listening, and if you have any questions please let m

My guest is Eric Hunley - host and producer of Unstructured (podcast), and YouTube livestreamer! We discussed tons, including: Shure SM7b (He also has the following mics: EV RE27ND, Sennheiser E835, Shure SM58, ATR2100, Samson Q2U, Shure EV88, Heil PR40) RODE boom arm Standing desk Cloudlifter Rodecaster Pro (He previously used a Focusrite Scarlett Solo) Zoom H6 and Zoom H1 2012 iMac Adobe Audition (previously used Audacity) Izotope RX7 Advanced - de-reverb, mouthclicks, EQ, Auphonic He also own Logic Pro, Reaper, Hindenburg Journalist Pro, and Ferrite (for the iPad Pro). Descript (for de-umming) Kid3 to tag his MP3's Podbean Blubrry Thanks for being a great guest, Eric! 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, Pandora, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, Android, RSS, Em

I overview recent Daily Goody's (from Jan.17 - Jan. 30). 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. For this episode I used a Sennheiser MKH416 to record my voice and I only used a tiny bit of EQ in post -- not the more extensive processing I normally use. Also, thanks to Dan Hughley for having me on his Johny Podcast Podcast! (The episode is titled 'Some Hard Meditating') Announcement: The start date for the next PES will be April 28, 2020 Also, I set up a contribution page, if you want to support me creating all this content for everyone. What did you learn in this episode? Let me know by commenting below. 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

My guest is Florian Schartner, a German podcast producer based in Barcelona Spain. Check out his website here. We discussed SO MUCH including: UA Apollo Twin Duo Shure SM7b Fethead Slate ML1 or ML2 dbx 286s iMac 27” AKG K271 headphones Dynaudio BM6 mk2 RØDECaster Pro Yellowtec IXM with Beyerdynamics premium capsule Zoom H5 Izotope RX7 Advanced Studio One DAW Mouth-de-click Soothe Fabfilter Pro-DS, Pro-Q 3, Pro-C 2, Pro-L 2 Neutron Sculptor Gullfoss Vertigo vsc 2 Waves L1, De-esser, Vocal Rider Vertigo VSM 3 Maag eq4 RODE Podmic SSL SiX Sonible smart:comp and smart:EQ 2 Brainworks VSC-2 compressor 320 kbps MP3 - stereo Tag using ID3 Editor Captivate for media hosting (charges by the hour, not by file size) Trello - template, Butler function, Time management - GetHarvest app, Chrome extension, Thanks for being a great guest, Florian! 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

Welcome to episode #171 of The Podcast Engineering Show! Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, Android, RSS. I overview recent Daily Goody's (from Jan.3 - Jan. 16). 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, at the very end, enjoy some David Hooper's bloopers!  Announcement: The start date for the next PES will be April 28, 2020 What did you learn in this episode? Let me know by commenting below. 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?