Category: The Podcast Engineering Show

Chris Curran chats with podcasters about their audio equipment, software, and workflow. Learn step-by-step how they are producing podcasts, solutions to common audio issues, and plenty of tips and tricks. By listening every week, you will gain a TON of audio production knowledge and skills that will make a HUGE difference in the quality of your sound.

  • Chris’s Goody Bag – PES 118

    Chris’s Goody Bag – PES 118

    Enjoy my brief overview of the past 14 days of the Daily Goody.

    Here’s the link to view all the Daily Goody posts: https://podcastengineeringschool.com/category/daily-goody/

    And don’t forget that you can sign up to receive the Daily Goody in your email every day or every week. Sign up here.

    I made some announcements, too:

    • Soon I’ll be discussing AAC (.m4a) vs. MP3 encoding (*And this episode is my first .m4a episode!!!)
    • PES starts April 16th
    • Will you be at Podfest Mar. 6-9 in Orlando? If so, let’s hang out.
    • Upcoming episodes with Bryan Entzminger, Brodie Brazil, and Colin Gray!
    • Slight website revamp here
    • Call for affiliates who want to promote PES and earn cashola

    If you have any questions please let me know 🙂

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  • Brad Hargis from The Cinema Guys – PES 117

    Brad Hargis from The Cinema Guys – PES 117

    I chat with Brad Hargis, cohost of The Cinema Guys podcast, about how he records and produces episodes with his two cohosts, Justin and the Cinemaiden.

    We discussed:

    • Ferrite for on-location recording
    • Microphones: ATR 2100 (Brad), Knox Gear KN-UM01 USB/XLR Mic (Cinemaiden), PylePro PDMIC58 (Justin)
    • Mixer: Mackie ProFX8v2
    • Recorders: Main EVISTR L53, backup EVISTR L150
    • Edit with Audacity on a 15 inch MacBook Pro
    • Auphonic
    • iTunes to convert to a M4A file
    • Recording: Mics connected via XLR to Mixer I record My mic (ATR 2100) on L channel and co-hosts(Knox and Pyle) on R channel. Record to WAV file on the L53 main recorder.
    • After recording, copy audio files to computer and open in Audacity to 1. Use noise reduction, 2. Compress to level audio down, 3. Amplify to set audio to -1 dB, and 4. Use Nyquist Noise Gate on each channel.
    • Edit all the audio adding music in post.
    • Auphonic to set the final level to -15 LUFS.
    • To finalize the file I import the .WAV into iTunes to convert to 96k Stereo M4A file adding artwork and metadata to the file.
    • Upload file to Blubrry and post to my WordPress website that is hosted on godaddy using PowerPress.

    Thanks for being such a great guest, Brad!

    Comment below with any questions or comments.

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  • Chris’s Goody Bag – PES 116

    Chris’s Goody Bag – PES 116

    Enjoy my brief overview of the past 14 days of the Daily Goody.

    Here’s the link to view all the Daily Goody posts: https://podcastengineeringschool.com/category/daily-goody/

    If you have any questions please let me know 🙂

    And don’t forget that you can sign up to receive the4 Daily Goody in your email every day or every week. Sign up here.

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  • Jennifer Longworth – PES 115

    Jennifer Longworth – PES 115

    Enjoy this awesome chat with Jennifer Longworth, podcast editor and host of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur Podcast.

    We talked about LOTS of podcast production topics.

    Here’s a small portion of what we discussed:

    • iZotope RX6 plugins: De-plosive, de-click, de-clip, hi-pass/lo-pass filters
    • EQ presets for different clients
    • Master to -16 LUFs with -2dB peak
    • Mixing voices
    • Squadcast to record remote guests
    • Adobe Audition
    • ATR 2100USB microphone
    • HP Workstation desktop computer
    • Zoom H4N
    • Sharing files via Dropbox

    Thanks for being such a great guest, Jennifer!

    Comment below with any questions or comments.

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  • Chris’s Goody Bag – PES 114

    Chris’s Goody Bag – PES 114

    I overview recent Daily Goody posts. Here’s the link to view all the Daily Goody’s. 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.

    Here are the Daily Goody posts that we discussed in this episode:

    .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.

  • Noah Sniderman – PES 113

    Noah Sniderman – PES 113

    Me and Noah Sniderman had an awesome chat. He is the producer of The Dopist and producer/host of Innovating Employment. He also works at CJRU in Toronto.

    Here’s some of what we discussed:

    • SM7b
    • Shure SM57 w/A81WS windscreen
    • Sound Devices MixPre-3
    • Adobe Audition
    • iZotope RX 6: De-bleed, spectral de-noise, EQ (General Enhance preset), de-plosive, de-esser (Simple Voiceover preset),
    • Auphonic: Desktop versions of both regular Auphonic as well as Auphonic Multitrack, and its crossgate feature
    • Hazel
    • Forecast app for chapters, etc.
    • Spreaker
    • Recording on location
    • Shure Beta87a
    • “I can log into my headless Mac Mini (at home) while I’m at work, and de-bleed in the other direction while I’m de-bleeding on my laptop. I use a program called Screens 4 for this.”
    • Tascam DR10x – inline recorder, records a backup 10dB lower
    • Rode Reporter mic

    Thanks for being such a great guest, Noah!

    Comment below with any questions or comments.

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  • My 416 Experience so Far, and More – PES 112

    My 416 Experience so Far, and More – PES 112

    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 this revealing sample of audio: Audio Technica 8035 vs Sennheiser MKH-416

    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 mode, and my usual amount of to-tape compression (mild).

    ANNOUNCEMENT: I started the Daily Goody!

    I discuss a use case for Auphonic Multitrack – leveling all voices to the same LUFS level before mixing and editing.

    I describe me EQ’ing the last quarter of a guests track because she moved away from the computer and there was suddenly background noise and she also lost some clarity.

    REVEALED: My 5 days in a cabin in the woods.

    The 9 books I mentioned which are going to help me excel in 2019: (in no particular order)

    Here’s to the best 2019 you could possibly have!!!

    Sennheiser MKH-416 Specifications:

    • Transducer: Pressure Gradient/Interference Receiver Condenser
    • Polar Pattern: Low, Mid: Hypercardioid — Above 2 kHz: Lobar
    • Frequency Response: 40 to 20,000 Hz
    • Dynamic Range (Typical): 117 dB
    • Signal-to-Noise Ratio: 81 dB
    • Maximum Input Sound Level: 130 dB (@ 1 KHz)
    • Sensitivity: 25 mV/Pa +/- 1dB
    • Power Requirements: Phantom Power 48 V (± 12 v)
    • Output Impedance: Nominal Impedance: 25 Ohms, Minimum Terminating Impedance: 800 Ohms
    • Output Connectors: XLR-3M Type
    • Pad: None
    • Low Frequency Roll-Off: None
    • Applications: Film, Radio and Television, Especially for Outside Broadcast Applications
    • Dimensions (L x Diam): 9.84 x 0.74″ / 250 x 19 mm
    • Weight: 5.82 oz / 175 g

    .Comment below with any questions or comments.

  • Bobby Owsinski, Audio Engineer and Author – PES 111

    Bobby Owsinski, Audio Engineer and Author – PES 111

    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 missing
      • Reverby recording – de-reverb with RX6
      • Master buss – Fabfilter L2, has a LUFS meter
    • He edits quite a lot, mostly for continuity and pacing, and mostly himself
    • Audio fundamentals that new podcasters should know

    And here are more (not nearly all) of Bobby’s accomplishments:

    • Mixed a #2 album on the Billboard Blues charts for Adrianna Marie and her Bluescutters.
    • Authored several courses for Berklee College of Music.
    • Author of 24 books that are now staples in audio recording, music and music business programs in colleges around the world, including the best selling “Mixing Engineer’s Handbook,” “The Recording Engineer’s Handbook,” and “Music 4.0: A Survival Guide For Making Music In The Internet Age” (all now in their 4th edition). He has also penned hundreds of audio-related articles for a variety of popular industry trade publications such as Surround Professional, EQ, Billboard, Film & Video, Hollywood Reporter, Pro Sound News, Mix, Grammy Magazine, Electronic Musician, Recording Engineer/ Producer and Music Executive Insider, among others.
    • Music Production blog at https://bobbyowsinskiblog.com/
    • Surround projects and DVD productions for a variety of legendary superstar acts including The Who, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, Iron Maiden, The Ramones, and Chicago, and more.

    Thanks for hanging out with us, Bobby!

    Comment below with any questions or comments.

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  • Announcements, and Detailed Overview of the PES Program – PES 110

    I spend most of this episode detailing what is included when attending the Podcast Engineering School full 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:

    1. Jump on our email list – Monthly Resources for Podcasters and Producers
    2. I’m looking for guests for this show. If you can recommend someone please send them HERE: https://podcastengineeringschool.com/guest
    3. 2019 events:

    Testimonials of graduates:

    This course is one of very few that I’ve ever actually completed (of the many I have purchased online), and it’s hands-down been the best, and the most fun. I seriously looked forward to it every week. What makes it so different from all the other courses I’ve purchased over the years is the live, in-person element. It makes it so much more enjoyable, and I know for a fact I would never have made it through all this material if it were a self-paced, video course.
    ~Adam C., Class 18D Alumni

    If you are serious about producing podcasts and would like to learn from a true leader in the field, Chris Curran’s Podcast Engineering School is a huge value. This is a lifetime of experience that will benchmark your knowledge among the best in podcast sound engineering. I am now highly aware of the process, production, and importance of professional sound for podcast listeners – and I know how to make it happen!
    ~Jim C., Class 17A Alumni

    As a beginner in the world of audio, I really benefited from Chris’s Podcast Engineering School. Chris is a very good professor because he was very interactive with every single classmate and very patient with all the help he would give. After graduating I feel WAY more confident producing audio than I ever would have without this program. Overall, I highly recommend PES to anyone interested in learning the straight to the point no fluff version of professional audio engineering for podcast production.
    ~Erika K., Class 17A Alumni

    The Podcast Engineering School is an absolutely stellar course. It’s amazingly thorough while remaining focused on providing you exactly what you need to become a professional podcast producer.
    ~Bryan E., Class 17A Alumni

    Podcast Engineering School is a worthwhile and valuable investment for anyone who wants to produce a high quality podcast. Chris is very attentive and accessible for participants, and each class session went far beyond my expectations in terms of what I hoped to learn. Best of all, it’s all very practical, and I’m able to apply it immediately so I can “SOUND GREAT!
    ~Barry G., Class 18B Alumni

    I learned tons about recording, mixing tracks, adding effects to create higher quality podcasts, and so much more. I’m already applying these skills big time. Chris is a great teacher who really knows what he’s talking about when it comes to sound engineering. Overall, I would highly recommend this course to anyone who wants to improve their podcast production skills by leaps and bounds.
    ~Ben L., 15 yrs old, Class 17A Alumni

    If you’re thinking of signing up for Podcast Engineering School, do yourself a favor and sign up now. Chris’s passion and deep knowledge of all things audio made this course both fun and highly informative. Having listened to every episode of The Podcast Engineering Show, I had high expectations when I started the course. The experience exceeded my expectations. I’m using a lot of what I learned to make the shows I work on Sound Great!
    ~Ed S., Class 18D Alumni

    Again, if you’d like some very special pricing for our January semester, contact me asap.

    Thanks for hangin’ with me!

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  • Daniel Hager – PES 109

    Daniel Hager – PES 109

    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 output of -16 LUFS (Audition has a Loudness Radar as an effect which I put on the master track)
    • File Output, adding an image, title, description or other meta information is also done all within Audition
    • Daniel blogs about audio gear at https://all-geared-up.com

    Thanks for hanging out with us, Daniel!

    Comment below with any questions or comments.

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  • Auphonic’s New Advanced Features, with Georg Holzmann – PES 108

    Auphonic’s New Advanced Features, with Georg Holzmann – PES 108

    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:

    • 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

    Also, here’s the video I mentioned that I made when testing Auphonic’s brand new advanced parameters. (*NOTE: After I made this video Auphonic updated their user interface, etc., but all the audio processing details I discuss are still 100% relevant to their updated controls.

    Thanks for hanging out with us, Georg!

    Comment below with any questions or comments.

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  • Jim Collison – PES 107

    Jim Collison – PES 107

    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, Audiomack, 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!

    Comment below with any questions or comments.

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  • Andy Wang, Host and Producer of Inspired Money Podcast – PES 106

    Andy Wang, Host and Producer of Inspired Money Podcast – PES 106

    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:

    1. Setup at work
      • CAD E100 microphone
      • Rode PSA boom arm
      • QSC TouchMix-16
      • Surface laptop
      • Doing interviews via Skype
      • Sennheiser HD280 headphones
    2. 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
    3. 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
    4. Auphonic website for leveling and tagging
    5. Upload to Libsyn
    6. A few Nightmare Sessions!
    7. Andy’s next purchase???

    Thanks for hanging out with us, Andy!

    Comment below with any questions or comments.

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  • Ross Brand: Podcaster and Livestreamer – PES 105

    Ross Brand: Podcaster and Livestreamer – PES 105

    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 R800
    • Capture Card – Magewell
    • Software – BeLive (for Facebook Live)
    • Software – Wirecast Studio (switcher, encoding, streaming, recording, live production)
    • Hardware Encoder – LiveU Solo (cellular streaming from remote, bandwidth challenged locations without computer)

    Ross’s post-production workflow: (mixing, software, effects processing, editing, mastering, etc.)

    • Record in MixPre-3 as wave file on SD card and edit in Screenflow
    • Edit out any gaps, edit out the worst “ums” “and uhs” and occasionally a segment that detracts from the overall conversation
    • Boost softer or lower louder areas to make overall volume more consistent
    • Record into and outro
    • Add music tracks
    • Check volume levels again
    • Export final mix as m4a
    • Upload to Auphonic and use default settings
    • Download mp3 from Auphonic

    Thank you for hanging out with us, Ross!

    Comment below with any questions or comments.

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  • Marc Bakos of Cleanfeed – PES 104

    Marc Bakos of Cleanfeed – PES 104

    My guest is Marc Bakos – audio engineer and partner at Cleanfeed.

    We discussed Cleanfeed 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 uninterrupted?
    • Good metering
    • Cart wall – cool, but no volume control at this time.
    • Multiple input devices – bring several devices into Cleanfeed.

    Thank you for being a great guest, Marc!

    Comment below with any questions or comments.

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  • René Coronado: Sound Designer and Audio Engineer – PES 103

    René Coronado: Sound Designer and Audio Engineer – PES 103

    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 are easily searchable.
    • Mixing plugins: ProTools channel strip, Sound Particles, Twisted Sound “whoosh,” using distortion to bring up mids (20% distortion), Native Instruments delay called Replika.

    I also asked René: “What advice do you have for podcast engineers and producers?” Listen for his answer 😉

    Thank you for being a great guest, René!

    Comment below with any questions or comments.

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  • Dan Gonzalez from iZotope – PES 102

    Dan Gonzalez from iZotope – PES 102

    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!

    Comment below with any questions or comments.

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  • Dan Dugan, Inventor of the Automatic Microphone Mixer – PES 101

    Dan Dugan, Inventor of the Automatic Microphone Mixer – PES 101

    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 discussed:

    • 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 his “camp” and the mics.
    • Mics: Sennheiser MKH series mics are good for dealing with humidity and self noise. Lower than 16dba self-noise starts to be quiet enough to record soundscapes. “Light” system: electrets, 14dba self noise. Adequate “Heavy” system: MKH mics, 8-10dba self noise, RF condenser, uses 55 db of gain. Rode short shotgun, RF condenser type as well. Best to use mics with hot output so you don’t have to preamp it as much.
    • Basic rig recording on 4 channels. Technique: use stereo array for front channels (MS, XY, AB, ), pair of omni mics on a 12 inch diameter Jecklin disc baffle with mics on either side, and 2 outrigger mics toward the rear. Front pair is the imaging pair – gives you a panorama of images, rear speakers are fair apart and are “uncorrelated” and they just fill in. Sound Devices 744T Recorder, with its pre-record buffer of up to 8 seconds!

    Thank you, Dan, for doing such great work your whole life and for being a great guest!

    Comment below with any questions or comments.

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  • Celebrating 100 with Ralph M. Rivera and 19 Friends – PES 100

    Celebrating 100 with Ralph M. Rivera and 19 Friends – PES 100

    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!:

    1. Arik Levy – Ep’s 54, 82, 92 (Firearms Nation Podcast, Shooters Summit)
    2. Billy O – Ep’s 57, 96 (Podcast Producer, Audio Engineer, The Billy O Show)
    3. Bryan Entzminger (PES Alumni, Top Tier Audio, Engaging Missions Show)
    4. Carey Green – Ep. 12 (Podcast Fast Track, host of Podcastification)
    5. Dave Jackson – Ep’s 11, 78 (School of Podcasting, and host of many shows including Podcast Rodeo Show)
    6. Garth Humphries – Ep’s 38, 75 (Host and producer of Audio Pizza, Aussie Mac Zone and iBlindTech)
    7. David Hooper – Ep. 5 (marketing guy, radio host, RED Podcast, Build a Big Podcast)
    8. Jason DeFillippo – Ep. 43 (Podcast Producer, Grumpy Old Geeks Podcast, Jordan Harbinger Show)
    9. John Bukenas – Ep. 94 (Owner of Audio Editing Solutions, and graduate of Podcast Engineering School)
    10. Josh Rivers – Ep. 26 (Owner of Podcast Guy Media and host the Creative Studio Podcast)
    11. Chris Krimitsos (Podfest Multimedia Expo)
    12. Landen Hardy (PES Alumni, Supporter Sound Studios)
    13. Mary Mazurek – Ep’s 21, 47 (Recording Engineer and Radio producer at WFMT Chicago)
    14. Jonathan Messinger – Ep. 33 (Producer and host of The Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian, and creator of other interactive story podcasts for kids)
    15. Mike Russell – Ep. 73 (Company and podcast: Music Radio Creative)
    16. Steve O’Neill – Ep. 66 (Host and producer of Sharp podcast)
    17. Liam Neeson
    18. Ross Brand (LivestreamDeals, Podcaster, www.LivestreamUniverse.com)
    19. Steve Stewart – Ep. 63 (Steve Stewart Podcast Productions, creator of Podcast Editor’s Club Facebook Group)

    Links to a couple things we mentioned:

    FYI – Upcoming outstanding episodes: 101 Dan Dugan, 102 Dan Gonzalez from iZotope, and 103 Rene Coronado! …seriously, tremendous 😉

    OUTRO SONG: Xolo – Accoutrements by Bryant W. Jackson. Check out his website and Vimeo channel. Thank you, Bryant!

    Lots of heartfelt gratitude to all listeners, friends, previous guests and Ralph! Thank you for supporting me and the show so well.

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