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

My guest is Mike Russell, Founder and Creative Director at Music Radio Creative where he produces podcast intros, radio jingles, commercials and more. He also hosts the Music Radio Creative podcast - audio episodes since 2012, and now also streaming Live daily to various platforms including YouTube and Facebook. *Most importantly, check out Mike's YouTube channel for tons of instructional videos. A fraction of what we discussed: Microphones: TLM 103, AT 4033, Heil PR40 dbx 286s channel strip Soundcraft Signiture 12 MTK mixer iMac 27" (late 2015) Adobe Audition, including the remix tool, waveform view, spectral frequency display, spot healing tool Plugins: MeldaProduction MFreeFXBundle and Ring Modulator, Waves Meta Flanger and Tune Light iZotope Neutron and Vocal Synth OBS Studio Thanks for sharing so much helpful information, 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 Ca

My guest is Corey Coates - podcast producer, consultant, and Chief Expectations Manager at Podfly. Corey has a ton of experience producing podcasts as well as internet radio, and on top of that he's consulting with huge companies on their podcasting plans and strategies. Here's a partial list of what we discussed: In-the-box recording on a Mac Steinberg UR44 audio interface Rogue Amoeba's Audio Hijack, Loopback  and Nicecast software Sound Devices MixPre-6 Shure SM7B microphone Shure Beta 87A microphone dbx 286s channel strip Adobe Audition Thanks for hanging out with us, Corey! 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 Mike DelGaudio - voice actor, narrator for The NY Times, Atlas Obscura and Audible, and an absolute YouTube rockstar! Check out his Booth Junkie channel on YouTube. We go deep into: Voiceover recording Whisper Room booths Sennheiser MKH 416 mic Neumann TLM 103 mic CAD E100S mic Roles headphone amp Audient iD22 audio interface Recording into Reaper on a Mac Sennheiser HD 380 Pro headphones Shure E215 in-ear monitors Apogee Duet interface Waves X-click plugin Thanks for sharing soooo much knowledge, 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 Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Paul Isaacs, Director of Product Management and Design at Sound Devices. We discussed the MixPre-6 in lots of detail, and also covered a lot of other audio topics. In the right circumstances, the MixPre-6 could be a really valuable piece of gear for podcasters. It's a high quality recorder, interface and mixer. The microphone preamps are super-high quality. I was able to try the unit courtesy of Sound Devices, but you won't hear that episode session for a couple weeks. Thank you for being so helpful, Paul! 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

Welcome to session #69 of The Podcast Engineering Show! Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS. My guests are Rob Rogers and Anton Helman - both emergency room medical doctors!! As well as serious podcasters ;) Rob Rogers is also a medical educator, and his podcast is called Medutopia. Oh, and the amazing event he's organizing next year is called Ikigai Med Ed (I'll be there!). Anton Helman is also a medical educator, and his podcast is called Emergency Medicine Cases. I met these wonderful gentlemen in Lexington earlier this year when they asked me to speak at their podcast training conference. Here's some of what we discussed: Microphones: PR22, Sennheiser Clip Mic Digital, SM7B, AT2020, RE20, PR40, AT2005, H390 Logitech Headset Recorders: MixPre-6, Zoom F8, iPhone 6 Software: Sound Studio, Logic Pro X, Garage Band, Auphonic Other: Room treatment, EQ, compression, Logic Pro library of clips and music, noise reduction, Spreaker Thank you fo

My guest is Doug Kaye, audio engineer, self-proclaimed recovering veteran podcaster (hehe), and full-time amateur photographer. Doug was also one of the primary people responsible for the development of the popular software called Levelator as Executive Director of The Conversations Network. We covered a lot including some awesome history of podcasting, digital audio and more, including mono vs joint stereo MP3's, how much compression to use, what a compellor is (!), and ISDN lines. Equipment he currently uses: Steinberg CI2 audio interface Heil PR40 Mac computer and that's it! Thanks for a wonderful session, Doug! 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 VaShaun Jones, audiophile, host of The Delivering Access Podcast, and owner of Fedora Outlier, LLC. He's been podcasting for 5 years and LOVES great audio gear. We discussed a lot of the gear that VaShaun owns and uses. Here's a partial list: (listen to the entire session for the full effect ;) Mictek CV3 microphone Aphex Master Channel Strip PreSonus StudioLive AR12 USB Mixer and Audio Interface iMac Yamaha HS5 monitors with subwoofer JBL 8" monitors MXL CR89 microphone Shure Beta 58 wireless RE20 microphone Sennheiser ew 100 wireless system with Lavalier microphone Yamaha AG-06 Garage Band PreSonus BlueTube (with 2 preamps) X-Touch control surface Thanks for hanging with me and sharing so much, VaShaun! 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, Tune

My guest is Steve O'Neill, host and producer of Sharp (podcast). Listen to the full episode; we discussed SO much, including: Creative Commons and Freesound.org Rode Procaster Rode NT1 (for Voiceovers) Shure SM58 AT 3350 lav dbx286 strip (little compression, gate, de-esser) Scarlett Focusrite 2i4 Adobe Audition Zoom H5n Windows laptop PreSonus Eris E5 5" Powered Studio Monitors Sennheiser 280 Pro Studio in the corner he built himself with a gobo around the side Noise gate Multiband compressor EQ Levelling to - 16 LUFS *Also, here's Steve's post we mentioned titled Making an acoustic ‘gobo.’ Thanks for sharing so much, Steve! 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 Kyle P. Snyder, Lecturer at Ohio University School of Media Arts and Studies, freelance engineer and consultant for White Coat Audio, and Chair of education for the Audio Engineering Society (AES). Kyle and I got deep into many audio engineering subjects that are key to producing podcasts. Enjoy listening to the full session. We also talked about: "Painting a sonic portrait" - which is what Kyle teaches his students at Ohio University Sound Walks Fixing bad audio A Media in Medicine Podcast called Rotations Partial list of his gear and software: TLM 103 mic Yamaha Nuage - digital desk Neve preamp Nuendo DAW (Steinberg) Sound Devices USBPre 2 Neumann U87 Grace preamps Auralex Microphone Isolation Shield for Vocals and Voiceover Lavalier mics DPA d:vice™ Digital Audio Interface Btw, Kyle also hosts and produces the AES Journal Podcast. Thanks for hangin' with me and delivering the goods, Kyle! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any question

My guest is Curtis Judd, creator of Light and Sound Media. Especially check out his YouTube channel where he publishes a new video every week covering lighting, sound, and camera gear to help folks produce better video and film. Audio is a vital component of video and Curtis really takes his audio seriously. We discussed: RE20 Orion Studio audio interface (Antelope Audio) Focal Solo6 Be 6.5" Powered Studio Monitors Adobe Audition ProTools Analog vs Digital limiters in recorders Using multiple passes with less noise reduction in iZotope RX 6 iZotope Ozone 7 iZotope Nectar Linear phase EQ Listen to the full episode for all the goods ;) Thank you for being a great guest, Curtis! 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 Steve Stewart, owner-operator at Steve Stewart Podcast Productions and creator of Podcast Editor's Club (Facebook group). Steve also offers an Audacity workshop. We talked a lot about editing including advanced techniques like using very short fades to make edits feel natural, finding zero crossings, off-mic noise, keyboard shortcuts, breathing, joining half words, random noises, etc. *Note: Here's the link I mentioned to an older episode of Social Media Unscrambled where I initially forgot to press record and so we had to restart the episode, which was sooooo awkward. Listen to that craziness HERE. Here's a partial list of Steve's equipment and software: ATR2100-USB mic Audacity Backup recorder Ecamm call recorder Levelator iZotope RX 6 (de-breath, de-mouthclick, etc.) Thanks for sharing so much valuable info with us, Steve! 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

My guest is Michael Pettersen, Director of Corporate History at Shure Inc., and btw over the years he’s held many other positions at Shure. We discussed microphones in depth from every angle, I think. Listen to the full episode for all the amazing stories Michael told ;) Thanks for being a wonderful guest, Michael! 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 Travis Hill - host of Navigate Life Radio as well as microphone tester/reviewer at PodcastMic.com. We had a really fun session. Enjoy Here's some of what we discussed: Audio Technica AT875R Rode Broadcaster Audio-Technica BP40 Audio Hijack Screenflow Logic Pro 10 An Exciter in Logic Pro called Silver Shure SM7B dbx 286s Scarlett 2i2 Video recording with iPhone 6S+ Listen to the full episode to get the full effect ;) Thank you, Travis, for a wonderful session! 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 Jason Sanderson, podcast producer and audio engineer. He works on several extremely popular shows including The Art of Charm. His website is PodcastTech.com Here's the mammoth list of what we discussed in this session: Neve preamp Amek preamp/compressor Using the Abbey Road Test Disc for reference (specifically Alan Parson's voice) RX 6: de-clip, spectral de-noise, de-reverb, leveling, dialogue isolate, deconstruct (removes distortion) AKG 701 headphones (Quincy Jones model) Plugins: EQ in ProTools, Waves Renaissance De-esser, Waves 1176 (Blue Stripe), Scheps 73, SSL Mix Buss Compressor, Pultec EQ, ProTools Limiter, Master Fader Loudness monitor Cutting the high-mid whistle around 3.10, 3.11 or 3.12kHz ProTools HD Auphonic cross-gating function, sometimes RE20 Zoom H4 This session Jason is using an SM58 Listen to the full episode for all the goods ;) Thanks for sharing SO MANY awesome tips, Jason! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any ques

My guest is Steve Cherubino, long time podcaster and producer. Some topics we discussed: MXL 990 mic Mogami cables Avid M-box 3 interface How your computer sample rate can cause a problem with some audio VoIP services by not matching up. (see below for how to check your computer and adjust your machine's sample rate) Studio One software, version 3 KRK Rokit Powered 5 Generation 2 Powered Studio Monitor Shure SRH440 headphones Routing a guest out and back into Steve's computer 24 bit WAV mixdown file Final MP3 at 192kbps Mono dbx 266 XL compressor/gate Plugins: Pro EQ Waves NS1 Studio One Limiter on stereo buss Here are the instructions I mentioned on the show - how to check and change your computers sample rate: On a Mac you can do it via the Audio Midi Setup application: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202968 For windows, in the audio settings for recording devices (Win 7 example but I believe this hasn't changed): https://forums.adobe.com/thread/973133 Listen to the full episode for all the oozing

My guest is Alex Knight, producer/engineer at Hologram Radio, podcaster, and product manager at FeedPress. Partial list of the topics we discussed and the wisdom that flowed in this session: Shure SM7B, into a Warm Audio WA-12 mic pre (which models an old API), into a dbx 266 (for a little bit of compression) Aphex 204 aural exciter Mackie VLZ1604, analog mixer with 8 direct outs Avid M-box 3 (interface) Pro Tools, sometimes Audition Studio in living room with L-shaped IKEA desk, some acoustic panels, mic boom arms 6 channel headphone amp A 14U rack of gear and a patch bay! wow dbx 286 channel strip FabFilter Pro-Q 2 (for some low cut filtering) Using Compressors, de-essers, expanders Normalize each track to -19 LUFS Music pre-loaded in a template LM-Correct 2 (Loudness plugin) Listen to the full episode for all the juicy production tips ;) Thanks for hangin' with me and delivering the goods, Alex! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or re

My guest is Billy O - podcast host and producer, audio engineer and mixer. Obviously his show is The Billy O Show! Some of the schtuff we talked about: SM7B, and multiple people in one room Sapphire Pro 40 interface Macbook Pro with external Thunderbolt hard drive His DAW: Logic Pro X Sennheiser HD280 headphones Mixing on Sennheiser HD700 headphones EQ'ing voices - cut wide band, boost narrow band Listen to the full episode to hear all the fun and stellar info. Thanks for being a great guest, Billy O! 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, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

Mr. Ralph M. Rivera joins me once again and we cover a lot in this session! He's the man behind Podcaster's Toolbox (btw there's a woman behind there with him). They both host the Carbon Based Business Units podcast, too. We discussed: The Microphone Test Drive Booth at the upcoming Podcast Movement conference (which I will be running). The launch of Podcaster's Toolbox! It's a suite of tools that removes podcasters' headaches associated with coordinating guest bookings, organizing images and show notes, regularly sharing previous episodes, and much more. You'll need an invitation to start using it for free, so stop by their booth at Podcast Movement or ask me for an invite ;) Recap of Podcast Engineering School class of 17A, and a preview of the next PES course which starts Sep. 26th.  Ralph’s new headset setup using the Audio-Technica BPHS1 Broadcast Stereo Headset with Dynamic Boom Mic. My new Sonarworks headphone and speaker calibration software. Ralph and Carol Lynn's groovy podcast: Carbon Based Busine

Note* I now use and recommend Zencastr instead of CAST. As you listen to previous sessions you'll hear me mention CAST from time to time but their service has gone downhill badly and Zencastr is now the best in that space, in my opinion. First, I reflect on this show - A Walk Down Memory Lane! Session 1 - March 10, 2016 2016 break from Thanksgiving to the New Year 2017 start - Session 38 with Garth Humphreys - January 5, 2017 Thanks/Shoutouts: I am continually delighted by so many emails, tweets, and friendships that this show inspires. I appreciate all of you! Lexington friends - The Podcasting Course (Emergency Medicine):  Anton Helman Rob Rogers Salim R. Rezaie Scott Weingart Jess Mason Anand Swaminathan Will Sanderson Gita Pensa Julie Derringer 2017 Previous Guests:  Arik Levy Stephen Ric Viers Roy Stegman Kirk Bowman Mary Mazurek Mike Murphy Rob Greenlee Patrick Keller Jason DeFillippo Adron Buske Zack Hanni The Return of Max Flight Garth Humphreys - host and producer of Audio.Pizza Current PES St

My guest is Arik Levy - Law Enforcement Officer, Host of Firearms Nation Podcast, Creator of Shooter's Summit and the Firearms Nation YouTube channel. We had a fun discussion. Here is some of the equipment that Arik uses: Rode PSA1 Boom Arm dbx 286s Focusrite 2i2 Macbook Pro Logic Pro Zoom H6 Rode NT-1 He wants to try the Rode Broadcaster microphone Also interested in the upcoming release of Sound Devices MixPre 3 and MixPre 6 Listen to the full episode to hear all the fun and great info. Thanks for hangin' with me and Barry, Arik! 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 iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS