Sarah Wendel – PES 153

My guest is Sarah Wendel – editor and sound designer. She’s an editor for Astonishing Legends and has a background in film audio production. And previously nominated for an Emmy! 

We discussed tons including:

• Pro Tools Ultimate
• She was speaking through a Shure SM7b microphone
• Sometimes she records legal disclaimers herself
• Pro Tools First – has limited functionality
• Mbox Pro (allows 5.1 deliverables)
• Monitors: Dynaudio MkII’s – 8” woofers
• Audio-Technica Headphones
• She sometimes checks mixes on earbuds
• Argosy Halo sit/stand desk – https://argosyconsole.com/halo/halo-ge
• Building the room – one bay, designer Gary Hedden, the HVAC System is incredibly quiet. 
• Pro Tools episode templates
• Processing: EQ, roll off low frequencies,
• iZotope RX7: Noise reduction and dialogue cleanup
• Waves plugins: Compressor, De-esser, L2 at end
• Vox subgroup with peak limiter on it
• Stems – a component of audio segregated from all other audio
• Mixing in sound design elements
• Philosophy of compression
• Philosophy of editing
• Sarah’s favorite plugin? Mouth De-click 😉

Thanks for being a great guest, Sarah!

Comment below with any questions or comments.

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