Author: Chris Curran

I purchased the BB N105 plugin hours after it was released and I tried it immediately. Love at first use 🙂 …but let me be clear – for podcast production this is not a must-have plugin.

It’s a channel strip plugin with EQ, saturation and preamp distortion. And to my ears, the saturation modeling they captured sounds AMAZING! We’ve heard many plugin creators say that their plugin “adds warmth”, but the warmth and thickness that the BB N105 adds sounds legendary (because the Neve 8078 console IS legendary).

From their website:

The BB N105 is a channel strip plugin modeled after the legendary console in Studio A at Blackbird Studio. Designed by KIT Plugins in partnership with John McBride and his team, we crafted a truly musical plugin that evokes emotion and inspires creativity just as the legendary console does for so many great artists.

The Neve 8078 console in Studio A at Blackbird is far from ordinary. After John McBride acquired the console for the studio, it underwent a massive restoration to bring it back to its former glory. The console received a series of modifications from some of the best minds in the audio industry, making it not only unique but arguably the best example of its namesake ever to exist.

We carefully examined the console’s legendary channel, from factory schematics to studying the way top producers and engineers use the console to better understand what made it so special. Our engineers carefully sampled the channel taking into account all of the factors – equalization, saturation, noise, distortion, depth and width and musicality. Our mission was to create a plugin that truly embodied the sound of recording in Studio A. To do this we sampled the channel in the console running through master bus B, and captured the samples using John’s favorite A/D converters. We truly believe we have captured the sound of this Neve 8078 in all it’s glory!

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I recorded the most recent episode of The Mystic Show immediately after livestreaming a meditation session. In the meditation room I held my ATR2100USB in my hand for my entire 13 minute monologue. Of course I was careful to hold it in the same position the entire time. You can hear the audio here on episode 195 of The Mystic Show.

What do you think of the sound?

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Steinberg WaveLab is mastering software used mostly for music production but some podcast producers/editors are using it too!

There’s an “Elements” version available for $99 (which Jason Sheesley uses!), and the full version is available for $479.99.

Check out all the features on its webpage here 😉

Have you tried this software yet?

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I’d love to try this SSL UC1 controller! There’s nothing like twisting physical knobs when dialing-in audio settings 😉

From their website:

SSL hardware for your SSL software

UC1 is a hardware plug-in controller like no other. Dedicated knob-per-function Channel EQ and Dynamics controls, centre section featuring full Bus Compressor controls and authentic moving-coil gain reduction meter combine to offer the most creative, intuitive, and ultimately effective way of controlling the new SSL Native Channel Strip 2 and Bus Compressor 2 plug-ins within your DAW session.

SSL production tools are the benchmark for studio ergonomics and workflow. UC1 draws on decades of analogue and digital console design to develop an intelligent and deeply integrated SSL plug-in control surface that lets you focus on your production goals and not the process.

UC1’s layout of encoders, switches and colour groupings offer professional SSL console ergonomics seamlessly integrated with our most advanced Channel Strip and Bus Compressor plug-ins to date. Multiple parameters can be controlled simultaneously and precisely, equipping you with a production tool that nurtures muscle memory, provides unmatched sonic flexibility and inspires operator confidence. To expand your hybrid workflow further, accompany with UF8 Advanced DAW Controller.

Would you like to try this?

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I purchased my MKH 416 a couple years ago and it’s one of the best sounding microphones I’ve ever heard. You might expect it to sound great due to it’s $1,000 price tag. I compared it to my Audio-Technica AT8035, a comparable microphone which costs around $269, and the 416 BLEW AWAY the 8035! I expected the 416 to sound better but it makes the 8035 sound very lacking.

From their website:

The venerable MKH 416 is a compact pressure-gradient microphone with short interference tube, highly immune to humidity due to its RF condenser design. Featuring high directivity, low self noise, high consonant articulation and feedback rejection, the MKH 416 can handle difficult exterior filming and reporting conditions without any difficulty. Supercardioid/lobar pattern, matte black finish, supplied with the MZW415 windscreen.

• Pressure gradient receiver with short interference tube
• Hypercardioid at low and medium frequency
• Above 2kHz approaches lobar pattern

Have you tried this microphone?

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Would you love to sign up new podcast production/editing clients within the next month? If so, our laser focused course may be helpful to you.

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I haven’t tried NUGEN AMB, but someone recently mentioned that you can use it to dial in integrated loudness, momentary loudness, max short term AND loudness range!

I believe that iZotope RX allows you to dial in most of these same specifications but not all of them.

Have you used NUGEN AMB?

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I bought the Rolls MS111 Mic Switch years ago and used it for a while and liked it. FYI, devices like these are also commonly known as “cough buttons.”

It works very well, but be aware that it doesn’t mute the signal 100% – it reduces the signal around 40-50 dB, so even with the switch engaged if you speak loudly into the mic a tiny bit of your voice will come through.

Have you ever used a cough button?

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