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

My guest is Stephanie Lesher - Production Manager at WRLT Lightning 100 in Nashville. Among other shows, she produces Music Business Radio with host David Hooper! We discussed a ton: Recording at the station in her office David Hooper and at least one guest in the room Avid Mbox interface with 4 XLR inputs RE20 mics with foam windscreens Pro Tools 10 Recording resolution: 44.1kHz, 16 bit uncompressed files Each episode ends up bring 54 minutes consisting of four 13 min. segments Editing in Pro Tools X Noise plugin - removes background noise Renaissance Vox compressor from Waves (applying about 3dB of compression usually) De-esser (rarely) Parallel compressor - waves max volume Buss limiter in pro tools Adds music Puts into database of audio to play on the air Recording commercials using her voice Thanks for being a great guest, Stephanie! 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

I overview recent Daily Goody's (from Dec. 20 - Jan. 2). 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. 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? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, Android, RSS, Email

This is a preview of the Podcast Editors Conference happening on March 6, 202 in Orlando, FL. I speak with Steve Stewart and Mark Deal, organizers of the Podcast Editors Conference and leaders of the Podcast Editors Club on Facebook. SESSIONS and SPEAKERS: Branding & Marketing -- Emily Prokop/Carrie Caulfield Arick Pricing & Hiring the Right Clients -- Britany Felix Mathew Passy (mod), Chris Hines, Jaime Legagneur Processes and Systems -- Jeni Wren Stottrup PANEL: Building a Company -- Darrell Darnell, Chris Curran, Christy Haussler, Steve Stewart (mod) Client Communications & Customer Service -- Audrey Bell-Kearney Ethics of Editing & Disfluencies -- Craig Wealand Nore info HERE. We hope to see you at the conference! It's never too late for you to decide to attend. Big Thanks to Michael Jerry, PES graduate, for mixing and editing this episode! 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 p

My awesome guest is Pascal Wyse! He does sound design, mixing and musical composition for Cautionary Tales (podcast). He wrote the theme tune for Folsom Untold - an Audible series about Johnny Cash’s prison gig, and also did sound design for that. And among many other credits, he also worked on Haunted for Panoply. Here's a fraction of what we discussed: Keeps different cues in different DAW sessions. (Some folks write their music in Logic and then ProTools has the main session) Reaper sub-projects: Opens up as a tab - another working session, the same length as the Master session, when you save it renders and inserts it into the Master session.  For creating atmosphere/space: Altiva Convolution reverb Mixes on speakers, and for final pass he monitors on headphones.  Genelec 1029 with Genelec Subwoofer Headphones: Beyerdynamic DT990’s Microphones: Sennheiser MKH range mics, DPA Lavalier mics (tiny, can get them into extraordinary places) Double mid-side!!!  Parabolic mic, mounted inside a satellite dish thin

I overview recent Daily Goody's (from Dec. 6 - Dec. 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. 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? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, Android, RSS, Email  

My guest is Chris Williams - host of Badass Agile, audio engineer and musician! We discussed SO MUCH!.....including: Mics: Manley Reference Cardioid mic ---> UA Arrow (API Vision channel strip with no EQ or compression) Neumann U87, TLM103 RODE NTK Shure KSM32 Shure SM7B EV RE20 Various Handhelds - Shure Sm58, Beta58, Beta87, Neumann KMS105 Mixer - Behringer Eurorack, M-Audio Profire2826, UAD Console Virtual Mixer Preamplifiers: Neve Shelford Channel Great River me1nv Grace Design M101 UA Solo 610 Interfaces: UAD Apollo Twin Duo  Twin Quad  x6 Arrow Recorders: Tascam DR40 Sound Devices MixPre-3 Computer - Macbook Pro 15 (2019) Post-production: Recordings go from MixPre or Tascam, exported into logic or Reaper, or directly into Logic 1 of 2 ways: Desktop/portable rig Mic->UA Arrow or Twin Quad, through Unison Mic Pre (usually API Vision) Rack - Mic->Mic pre->balanced line out into UAD x6, bypass onboard preamps and into converters Editing and Mixing done in Logic, some mixing in Reaper or P

My esteemed colleague Ralph M. Rivera and I overview recent Daily Goody's (from Nov. 22 - Dec. 4). 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. Announcement: The start date for the next PES will be April 28, 2020 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. 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? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Pod

My returning guest is Bandrew Scott! He hosts the Bandrew Says Podcast and makes awesome videos on his Podcastage YouTube channel. He also runs Geeks Rising podcast network ;) Since his first appearance on this show, Bandrew has changed/upgraded almost everything with regards to how he produces podcasts. We discussed A TON of stuff including: Neumann U87ai microphone Acoustic foam and blankets from Audimute OC White low profile boom arm Shure SM7B microphone RODE NTG3 shotgun microphone Mogami mic cables Warm Audio WA73 (Preamp and EQ) Universal Audio LA-610 Mk II (tube preamp, optical compressor) UA Apollo x8 interface (rack mount, 4 unison preamps, 4 line inputs) 2017 iMac computer Audio Hijack Logic Pro (just for processing, no editing) Mouth de-click in iZotope RX7 LA-2A plugin from UA Fabfilter Pro Q-3 Fabfilter Pro-DS Master buss compressor - a stock Logic Pro compressor plugin Auphonic for -16 LUFS Final Cut Pro Thanks for being a great guest, Bandrew! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of

I overview recent Daily Goody's (from Nov. 8 - Nov. 20). 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. Notes on my production for this episode: Recording: I used a Samson Q2U microphone going XLR into a Focusrite 2i2 3rd Gen. interface (picture above) with the Air mode activated. My mouth was about 1-2" from the foam windscreen. I recorded the raw audio in SoundForge Pro. Post-Production: First I had to de-plosive the raw recording because it had huge plosives on it due to my close proximity, even though I had a windscreen on the mic. Then for mixing I mostly used the Abbey Road TG Mastering Chain plugin from Waves, as well as a bit of Fabfilter Pro-G gate and Vocal Rider from Waves. My thoughts on the final sound of my voice: Please note I limited myself to the Abbey Road TG Mastering Chain plugin in this episode (except for the couple others listed above) so I could try it out in full. I

I overview recent Daily Goody's (from Oct. 25 - Nov. 6). 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. Notes on my production for this episode: Recording: I used a Heil PR30 microphone and my mouth was about 1-2" from the foam windscreen. The mic was plugged directly into a Sound Devices MixPre-6 and recorded using Audio Hijack. Post-Production: First I had to de-plosive the raw recording because it had huge plosives on it due to my close proximity, even though I had a windscreen on the mic. Then for mixing I mostly used the Celestial plugin from Acustica (which is Free until February 14, 2020) as well as a bit of Fabfilter Pro-G gate and Vocal Rider from Waves. My thoughts on the final sound of my voice: Please note I limited myself to the Celestial plugin in this episode (except for the couple others listed above) so I could try it out in full. I like the Celestial plugin a lot but I woul

My guest is Jim Harold! He is a full-time podcaster, host of Podlords, The Paranormal Podcast, Jim Harold's Campfire, and creator of Jim Harold’s Spooky Studio App. Check out his free website here. We discussed A TON, including: RE27 microphone (previously Jim used a Heil PR40 mostly, then RE20) Re-pop pop filter Heil boom arm (he may soon try a RODE or Blue or O.C. White) Mic flag from Impact PBS Mogami cables RØDECaster Pro Sound Devices MixPre-3 for live interview Guests connecting: Phone calls - RØDECaster Pro Pro to plug in his cell phone, Google Voice, Squadcast - Zoom - doesn’t use their recording function, he records locally on his hardware. Streamyard - doesn’t use their recording function, he records locally on his hardware. Considering Comrex Opal. $1500-1700? Adobe Audition iZotope RX7 - Breath control on himself, De-noise, De-reverb Scheps Omni Channel Vocal Rider Mackie CR3 monitors Headphones - Sony MDR7506 Auphonic (local app) - leveler only Mono 128 MP3! Tags using iTunes Premium episodes

I overview recent Daily Goody's (from Oct. 11 - Oct. 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. Announcement: The start date for the next PES will be January 14, 2020 Did you learn anything from 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? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, Android, RSS, Email  

My returning guest is David Hooper - host of Build a Big Podcast, author of Big Podcast, and a media marketing expert specializing in getting people’s message out via podcasting, building audiences, and more. David recorded 8 different clips using 8 different microphones, and in this episode him and I listen to each one, give our thoughts on the sound, and at the end David reveals which clips were recorded with which microphones! Play along by doing this: BEFORE you listen to the episode and hear our opinions, go to the very end of the episode and listen to all the clips yourself and make notes of your opinions of each clip. Then listen to the episode and hear our opinions, which you can then compare to your own. Personally, I grouped the clips into 4 tiers. Tiers 1 is the best sounding, tier 2 is the next best, tier 3 is OK, and tier 4 kinda OK sounding. Near the end David reveals which clips were recorded with which mic's! Thanks for being a great guest, David! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose o

I overview recent Daily Goody's (from Sep. 27 - Oct. 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. Announcement: The start date for the next PES will be January 14, 2020 Did you learn anything from 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. 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, Pandora, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, Android, RSS, Email

My guest is Marcus dePaula - audio engineer, podcast producer and website designer at Me Only Louder. We discussed podcast production in depth (see the partial list of topics below) and at the end of the episode we shared some stories from our pro-audio pasts - Marcus engineering Live concerts and me engineering music in the studio. We discussed: Two Shure SM7b’s with high-mid frequency boost enabled and Popper Blockers inserted inside the grille. Two Audio-Technica AT875R mini shotgun mics. Two Samson MBA38 mic boom arms with custom integrated Mogami 2552 mic cable and Switchcraft AAA Series Low-Profile XLR connectors Sound Devices MixPre-3 (1st gen) with limiters enabled Monoprice 4-output headphone amplifier (for guest headphones) 2019 15” MacBook Pro with LG 4K Ultrafine display Logic Pro X and Adobe Audition CC Kensington Expert Mouse trackball (right hand) Contour ShuttlePRO v2 (for left hand editing control) iZotope RX 7 Standard Softube Console 1 control surface and plugins with SSL 4000 E (gate+EQ+s

First Ralph M. Rivera and I discuss an interesting distinction and the relationship between content/story and audio editing/production. Then I overview recent Daily Goody's (from Sep. 13 - Sep. 25). 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. Announcement: The start date for the next PES will be January 14, 2020 Did you learn anything from 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. 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, Pandora, Google Podcasts

My guest is Andrew Gelina - host of Underserved (a podcast aimed at the tech industry) and CEO of the software consulting firm Syrinx. We discussed so much: Shure SM7b (love/hate relationship) Shure SM58's All mics go through Cloudlifters, SM7B also goes through a dbx 286s Behringer Xenyx 1832 mostly just for mix minus to two dedicated Skype machines Zoom-Zoom setup (H6 as primary recorder of all vox on separate channels, H5 as a backup off the mixer/backup mode -12db as well) Copy 48K/24 bit WAVs off Zooms to a Dell Windows 10 PC (desktop, 4 monitors), import into Reaper WAVs rendered, converted to MP3, upload to Libsyn for distribution to everywhere, and use Libsyn for podcast website too. Backblaze for backups, Microsoft OneDrive for syncing, and a Macbook Pro laptop for working on editing mobile and experimenting with video. Started with Audacity for an episode, then learned Reaper Normalize each track separately to -23 LUFS with SWS Extension (free) Auto Trim / Split Silence 250 ms -32db (Reaper built-i

What does a good mix between a hosts voice and the intro music sound like? Hear my voice at 3 different levels over the same music and decide which one you prefer! Do you like the voice louder over the music, or the voice buried within the music, or a happy medium? *Comment here with which level of voice you liked best: Clip 1, 2 or 3! Also enjoy my brief overview of recent Daily Goody's (from Aug. 30 - Sep. 11). 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. Announcement: The start date for the next PES will be January 14, 2020 Did you learn anything from 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. Punarmilāma! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comm

My guest is Sarah Wendel - editor and sound designer. She's an editor for Astonishing Legends and has a background in film audio production. And previously nominated for an Emmy!  We discussed tons including: Pro Tools Ultimate She was speaking through a Shure SM7b microphone Sometimes she records legal disclaimers herself Pro Tools First - has limited functionality Mbox Pro (allows 5.1 deliverables) Monitors: Dynaudio MkII’s - 8” woofers Audio-Technica Headphones She sometimes checks mixes on earbuds Argosy Halo sit/stand desk - https://argosyconsole.com/halo/halo-ge Building the room - one bay, designer Gary Hedden, the HVAC System is incredibly quiet.  Pro Tools episode templates Processing: EQ, roll off low frequencies, iZotope RX7: Noise reduction and dialogue cleanup Waves plugins: Compressor, De-esser, L2 at end Vox subgroup with peak limiter on it Stems - a component of audio segregated from all other audio Mixing in sound design elements Philosophy of compression Philosophy of editing Sarah's favori

Enjoy my brief overview of recent Daily Goody's (from Aug. 18 - Aug. 29). 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: The start date for the next PES will be January 14, 2020 Upcoming episodes: Sarah Wendel and Andrew Gelina! Big Thanks to Jim Harold, creator and host of The Paranormal Podcast and more, for purchasing his custom settings for the Scheps Omni Channel plugin from Waves. This is a service I offer to help people dial in the best sound for themselves. And thank you 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 t