Jason Gambrell, Technical Director for Pushkin Industries (Revisionist History, Against the Rules, Broken Record and more) – PES 219

I had a top-notch chat with Jason Gambrell, Technical Director for Pushkin Industries. Jason works on several/many Pushkin shows. We covered his podcast audio production in great depth. You’ll learn a lot in this episode.

We discussed SO MUCH in this episode including:

• RE20
• SM7b
• Austrian Audio OC18
• MixPre-3, NoiseAssist
• Pro Tools Carbon Interface
• AVS technology
• MacBook Pro 2.6GHz i7
• ICON Platform M+ Controller (USB, 8 channels, can control faders, arm tracks, transport, zoom in and out, and MOSTLY Jason uses it for writing automation on the score track, sound fx and voices, etc.
• AKG 701 Headphones (open back)
• JBL monitors
• Malcolm’s studio setup in Hudson, NY – 3 hours North of NYC (8 channel Grace preamps, 5 RE20’s, U87 for voiceovers, and wired with Dante – an “audio over IP language” using ethernet cables)
• iZotope RX8 and Ozone
• FabFilter Pro L-2 — *there’s a setting called “podcasting” under “safe”
• Fabfilter Pro Q-3
• TC Electronic Clarity M Loudness Meter — standalone screen and plugin with timed graph, circular graph, etc.
• Gain vs volume
• Master fader: Pro L-2, Clarity M
• Neutron 3 — give a shape to a hosts voice, dynamic compression, sculptor – automated dynamic compression?
• Uses level automation all the time for mumbles, etc. Gain which goes into the plugins instead of adjusting fader levels.
• Pro Tools 2021
• RX Voice De-noise
• Stereo mixes – open up mixes with a bit of panning
• Publishes MP3’s in Stereo at 192kbps
• Uncompressed mixes in stereo at 24 bit 48 kHz
• Megaphone for hosting, dynamic ad insertion, etc.
• Playing in Punk rock bands
• Next purchase? Hardware compressor!

Thanks for sharing so much with us, Jason!

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