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

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 mod

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 missin

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) T

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

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 Podca

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, RS

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 Night

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

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 uninte

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

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 Hav

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

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 Trac

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 lis

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 :

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

My returning guest is Billy O - host of The Billy O Show, podcast producer and audio engineer. We discuss post-production specifically, and of course meander in and out of other podcast production topics including: Mixing “in the box” Waves plugins: EQ, Vocal Rider, X-hum FabFilter Pro-Q2 and Pro-MB plugins Nomad Factory plugins - cheaper but pretty good General EQ advice: Cut wide and boost narrow How to apply EQ and compression directly on a channel vs. using sends for reverbs and delays Chris mentions his new way of subgrouping voices so he doesn't "re-master" the intro and outro music Playing tracks off Spotify via through his Pioneer DJM 400 mixer Editing Also, if you're interested in recording music at home,  check out Billy O's 5-part series covering DIY Home Recording, published as episodes 19-23 of his Billy O Show podcast. Thanks Billy O for a great session! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! W

Enjoy this solo session packed with lots of recent production scenarios I faced bravely. Hopefully some of what I share will help you in your production. Announcements and Stuff: Last call for the PES semester starting in a week and a half (Enroll and be classmates with a "podcast celebrity" student to be named later!) If you or someone you know would be a great guest for this show please let me know. On a personal productivity note: I’ve removed lots of apps from my phone: all social media, YouTube, Twitch, Wikipedia, etc. I listed off all the audio and podcasting apps I still have on my phone. I recently taught a webinar titled "How to EQ" for Steve Stewart's Podcast Editors Club Facebook group. Check it out here. A recent message I received from VaShaun Jones (who was my guest on session #67) responding to my recent call for screen-sharing app recommendations: "You should use Team Viewer Quick Support for your remote access concerns. It's free and tried and true. I've been using it for 8 years." My recent

My guest is John Bukenas, podcast engineer, owner of Audio Editing Solutions, and graduate of Podcast Engineering School! We discussed lots, including: Various on-location recording scenarios Mistakes podcasts hosts make when recording audio De-reverb plugins Upgrading equipment RE320 microphone dbx 286s channel strip Mackie 1624 mixer Focusrite 18i20 audio interface Macbook Pro Adobe Audition, including effects and match volume, etc. Auphonic multitrack Paying homage to previous guests Darrell Darnell and Daniel J. Lewis. Thanks for hanging out with us, John! 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 Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Chad Sowash - host and producer of The Chad & Cheese Podcast. We covered a lot including: Audio-technica ATR2500-USB Zencaster Audacity Windows Surface Laptop On-location recording Noise reduction (if necessary) Normalization Compression Editing Soundcloud Rev.com Thanks for being a great guest, Chad! 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 Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS