The Podcast Engineering Show

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PES 145: Barry Gary from The Louisville Cycling Podcast Aug 29, 2019

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My guest is Barry Gary from The Louisville Cycling Podcast! He hosts and produces the show, and he is a graduate of Podcast Engineering School.

We discussed a lot, including:

Zoom L-12 digital mixer
Using Zencastr, Zoom and exploring Squadcast
Heil PR-40
Shure SM7b
Cloudlifter
He also has an RE-320, Rode Procaster, Shure SM-58's, and some Sennheiser broadcast headsets that I can use in noisy locations
dbx 286s
Reaper
iZotope RX 7
Mac Pro desktop machine
Waves plugins
For my remote recording he uses either a Zoom FN8 or H5
Using plugins in Reaper (EQ, gate, compressors, etc)
Mix down to WAV
Detailed edit in Twistedwave
Assemble all episode audio Audition including music, intro, ads, conclusions, etc.
Final mixdown to a stereo WAV at 48K, as well as stereo MP3

Thanks for being a great guest, Barry!

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PES 144: Chris's Goody Bag Aug 22, 2019

Show notes

Enjoy my brief overview of recent Daily Goody's (from June 21 - July 3). Here's the link to view all those blog posts. 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.

Announcements:

The newly formed International Podcast Association wants to hear your voice! Please take a short survey here: https://internationalpodcastassociation.org/survey
The next semester of PES starts September 10, 2019.
Join our Podcaster's Lounge livestreams every Wednesday 9-11 PM Eastern / 6-8 PM Pacific via YouTube, Twitch, or Facebook!
Upcoming episodes: Barry Gary, Scott Somerville, and Tom Kelly!

Big Thanks to everyone who comments on the website Daily Goody posts!

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.

Punarmilāma!

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PES 143: Zachariah Moreno from SquadCast Aug 15, 2019

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My guest is Zachariah Moreno, Co-Founder & CEO at SquadCast.fm! He's also cohost of Between 2 Mics podcast.

We discussed tons including:

New SquadCast V2 features
ATR2100-USB
Blue Yeti
Focusrite 2i2 interface
Pixelbook - Chrome OS, touch screen,
Squadcast - WAV. files 16/44.1
Adobe Audition or Pro Tools
Headliner, Wavve, Buffer
Simplecast V2
How are you guys able to be so quickly responsive if and when there are issues?!

Thanks for being a great guest, Zach!

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PES 142: Chris's Goody Bag Aug 08, 2019

Show notes

Enjoy my brief overview of recent Daily Goody's (from June 7 - June 19). Here's the link to view all those blog posts. 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.

Announcements:

The next semester of PES starts September 10, 2019.
Join our Podcaster's Lounge livestreams every Wednesday 9-11 PM Eastern / 6-8 PM Pacific via YouTube, Twitch, or Facebook!
Upcoming episodes: Zach Moreno, Barry Gary, Scott Somerville, and Tom Kelly!

Big Thanks to everyone who comments on the website Daily Goody posts!

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.

DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. We appreciate you listening.

PES 141: Travis Vengroff Aug 01, 2019

Show notes

My guest is Travis Vengroff - producer, editor, and sound designer of audio dramas including Liberty, The White Vault, Vast Horizon, and the creator of Dark Dice - all under the umbrella of Fool and Scholar Productions.

And they were just announced as an honoree for the Webby Awards for Music and Sound Design in Podcasting!

Some of what we discussed:

Power regulator
Focusrite 6i6
Rode NTK mic, tube, external power supply
Asus computer
MixCraft software to record.
Reaper for mixing
H4n
H5n
Mixcraft to edit

And here's a briefly overview of Travis' post-production workflow:

All files are compiled onto a timeline in Mixcraft and EQ them to ensure a uniform quality.
I'll do a dialogue cut using the multiple takes given to me (each actor records remotely) with a basic ambient layer or two for context.
From there I'll make a second pass, adding ambiance and sound effects while fine-tuning all vocal tracks. If it's a stock audio track I've already recorded it goes in now. If it's something that needs to be recorded, I'll mark the timestamp. Processing takes place while I edit each sound.
I make an additional pass to record general sound effects, and a few more passes while recording motion sounds, footsteps, and similar noises that people unconsciously make.
The writer listens to the project for the first time and I make changes based on their suggestions.
I'll do a final pass making fine tuning, then export everything as STEM tracks with pre-labels for SFX, CHAR (character), and AMB (ambiance), before zipping and sending to the mixing engineer. S/he will make a few passes, I'll get them a revision list, and we repeat the process until we get the final mastered track. The writer hears the second to last mix and offers feedback.

Thanks for sharing so much great info, Travis!

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PES 140: Chris's Goody Bag, And Our New Announcer Guy Jul 25, 2019

Show notes

Enjoy my brief overview of recent Daily Goody's (from May 24 through June 5). Here's the link to view all those blog posts. 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.

Announcements (made by our new announcer guy....hehe):

The new Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 3rd Gen is really nice.
Join our Podcaster's Lounge livestreams every Wednesday 9-11 PM Eastern / 6-8 PM Pacific via YouTube, Twitch, or Facebook!
The next semester of PES starts September 10, 2019.
Upcoming episodes: Travis Vengroff, Zach Moreno, Barry Gary, and Scott Somerville!

Big Thanks to everyone who comments on the website Daily Goody posts!

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.

DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. We appreciate you listening.

PES 139: Adam Gordon Bell Jul 18, 2019

Show notes

Great conversation with Adam Gordon Bell, host of CoRecursive where he and guests discuss Software Engineering. He's on twitter @adamgordonbell

We covered a lot:

Pyle Pro PD
Shure A81WS
Rode boom arm
MixPre-6
Macbook Pro
Zencastr
Adobe Audition - 2 templates
Mixing to FLAC
Auphonic
RX 6 -- de-reverb, vocal isolate,

Thanks for being an awesome guest, Adam!

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PES 138: Chris's Goody Bag Jul 11, 2019

Show notes

Enjoy my brief overview of recent Daily Goody's (from May 10 through May 22). Here's the link to view all those blog posts. 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.

A few announcements:

Join our Podcaster's Lounge livestreams every Wednesday 9-11 PM Eastern / 6-8 PM Pacific via YouTube, Twitch, or Facebook!
The next semester of PES starts September 10, 2019.
Upcoming episodes: Adam Gordon Bell, Travis Vengroff, Zach Moreno, Barry Gary, and Scott Somerville!

Big Thanks to everyone who comments on the website Daily Goody posts!

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.

DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. We appreciate you listening.

PES 137: Dan Radin of Auxbus Jul 04, 2019

Show notes

Dig this wonderful chat I had with Dan Radin, Founder and CEO of Auxbus! Dan has a ton of pro audio experience including being a Neumann Product Manager, Alesis Product Manager, and working with many other companies including InMusic and Harmon.

*NOTE: Podcraft recently became Auxbus ;)

We discussed many interesting topics. Enjoy listening.

And here's some of the podcasting equipment Dan currently uses:

AT875R short shotgun mic
Blue boom arm
Presonus Audiobox USB96 interface
Mac computer
HD280 Pro headphones

Thanks for being such a great guest, Dan!

DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. We appreciate you listening.

PES 136: Chris's Goody Bag Jun 27, 2019

Show notes

Enjoy my brief overview of recent Daily Goody's (from April 24 through May 8). Here's the link to view all those blog posts. 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.

A few announcements:

Join our Podcaster's Lounge livestreams every Wednesday 9-11 PM Eastern / 6-8 PM Pacific via YouTube, Twitch, or Facebook!
The next semester of PES starts September 10, 2019.
Upcoming episodes: Dan Radin, Adam Gordon Bell, Travis Vengroff, Zach Moreno, Barry Gary, and Scott Somerville!

Big Thanks to everyone who comments on the website Daily Goody posts!

Here's the list of plugins I mention in the episode:

CLA-76
Fabfilter Pro-MB
Fabfilter Pro-Q3
Fabfilter Pro-DS
Vocal Rider (Fast mode, with Vocal Sensitivity all the way up)
Scheps Omni Channel
soothe from Oeksound
Kramer Tape
Ozone 8 Vintage Tape
J37 Tape
spiff from Oeksound
Gullfoss
Ozone 8 Spectral Shaper
Fabfilter Saturn
True Iron
Abbey Road TG Mastering
API 2500
Puigchild 660

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.

DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. We appreciate you listening.

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