Stephen – PES 052

My guest is Stephen, a mix engineer working on mostly hip hop, rock, and alternative music.

We talked about many aspects of audio engineering that will definitely help podcast engineers/producers, including:

• Processing the human voice
• Rode NT-1
• Neumann TLM-103
• ProTools 12.5
• EQ’ing first
• Pultec EQ
• De-esser before and/or after EQ
• Multiple compressors in series:
  • The first one having slow attack and fast release
  • The second one having fast attack and slow release (around 3 full seconds!)
• Listening on different speakers in different environments
• FGX mastering software by Slate (he used to use Ozone 7)
• Constant Gain Monitoring

Thanks for having fun with us on the show, Stephen!