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

My guest is Andrew Chadwick, long time radio engineer, and audio mixer and editor for Pod Save America! We discussed so much - here's a few things we covered: Extreme time pressure when producing audio Receive files, make edits, mix and assemble the show Submitting audio for QC Tight turnaround: Start recording at 1 PM Central, finish recording around 2:30 PM Central, post at 4 PM Central Manually ducking everyone when they’re not speaking Adobe Audition Different sessions for each segment of the show Limiting Audition’s Tube compressor plugin Mix to 32 bit 44.1kHz WAV file, then create the MP3 AM Radio experience Thanks for being a great guest, Andrew! 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 Aug. 2 - Aug. 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. 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. NOTE: I did not do any post processing on any of the audio in this episode, in order for you to hear the difference between the two microphones as well as the Scarlett 2i2 3rd gen. Sounds a lot different from a normal episode, right? That's because of the lack of compression and EQ, etc. Announcements: The start date for the next PES will be January 14, 2020 Upcoming episodes: Andrew Chadwick and Sarah Wendel! 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

My guest is Tom Kelly - audio engineer, podcast producer and editor at Clean Cut Audio. Check out his own shows - Reminiscent, Podcast Me Anything, and Podcarnage. We discussed almost a million things, including: Shure SM7b Apogee Ensemble Pro Tools 12 Double enders AKG Perception 420 Macbook Pro (maxed out) Waves WLM meter on Master Buss to determine LUFS level. Noise Shaping 1, 2, or 3 dither - when downsampling from 24 bit to 16 bit. MP3 - 128kbps stereo, Keyboard shortcuts Kensington SlimBlade trackball Strip silence, threshold of -29 db RX6 voice de-noise RX6 de-reverb Waves de-esser FabFilter Pro-Q 3 Waves Vocal Rider Waves API 2500 All vocals sent to stereo aux LinMB Maxim (only catching clips/peaks, not actually doing any dynamic work) Dither noise-shaping 3 WAV files: 16 bit / 44.1 kHz MP3s: 128kbps stereo Yamaha HS7s ATH-M50 headphones Squadcast Klipsch earbuds Thanks for being a great guest, Tom! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questio

Enjoy my brief overview of recent Daily Goody's (from July 19 - July 31). 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 January 14, 2020 Join the Podcaster's Lounge livestreams every Wednesday 9-11 PM Eastern / 6-8 PM Pacific via YouTube, Twitch, or Facebook! Whoever is your best friend who podcasts, please share this show with them today. Tell them, "Hey - you should check out The Podcast Engineering Show." The newly formed International Podcast Association wants to hear your voice! Please take a short survey here: https://internationalpodcastassociation.org/survey Upcoming episodes: Tom Kelly, Andrew Chadwick, and Sarah Wendel! 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

My guest is Scott Somerville, audio engineer and podcast producer! Here's some of what we discussed in terms of Scott's equipment, software, workflow, etc.: Wondery studio: Mac mini, UA Apollo 8 interface, Cloudlifter, RE20’s, Pro Tools. Plays theme song, adds a segment, edits it, mixes it, Art19 for hosting, etc. Headphones: Sony MDR7506 Speakers: Genelec 1029 (powered) with 4” woofers Home - SM57, UA Apollo (2 inputs) Mobile - Macbook pro, Presonus interface, various mics Plugins: Waves SSL E and G channel strips, Waves F6 Floating-Band Dynamic EQ (adaptable in itself, vocal cleaner preset), Waves WLM+ to monitor levels iZotope RX: de-click, etc. Lots of automation He chimes in on the “Ask Eliza Anything” podcast Thanks for being a great guest, Scott! 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

Enjoy my brief overview of recent Daily Goody's (from July 5 - July 17). 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 -- and the next semester after that will start in January 2020! Join our Podcaster's Lounge livestreams every Wednesday 9-11 PM Eastern / 6-8 PM Pacific via YouTube, Twitch, or Facebook! Upcoming episodes: Scott Somerville, Tom Kelly, and Andrew Chadwick! 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 KN

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/Engi

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

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 Subscrib

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 r

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

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 Pro

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

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 b