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The Podcast Engineering Show

Chris Curran chats with podcasters and audio experts about their equipment, software and workflow. You will learn step-by-step how they are producing podcasts, solutions to common audio issues, and plenty of tips and tricks. You will glean A TON of audio engineering knowledge and skills that will make a HUGE difference in the quality of your sound, and save you a lot of time.

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Latest Episodes:

PES 086: Niel Guilarte Mar 08, 2018

Show notes

My guest is Niel Guilarte, founder of Wildstyle Media working on high-end video production, film, podcast production, and audio for gaming. He is also the Director & Editor of The Messengers: A Podcast Documentary!

We discussed a lot, including:

Rode Procaster microphone
Focusrite Clarett 8 Pre audio interface
Logic Pro X software
Waves plugins
iZotope RX
Focusrite plugins
Softube
Machina - plugins
Behringer X-touch controller
Producing episodes for The Horse Radio Network
Tascam portable recorder - DR-701-B w/ SMPTE timecode,
Final Cut Pro for video editing
Motion 5 for graphics
After FX

Thanks for such a fun conversation, Niel!

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Quick Hello Feb 22, 2018

Show notes

A couple quick announcements...

Tim Cumings — PES 085: Tim Cumings Feb 15, 2018
Show notes

My guest is Tim Cumings - Producer of the Cooking in the Dark podcast!

We discussed:

GoldWave

Ferrite noise suppressor

Presonus Audiobox iTwo audio interface into a PC

Sennheiser HD202 headphones

Audio-Technica BPHS1 broadcast headset

CAD GXL-3000 condenser microphone

Plantronics audio 995 USB multimedia headset with noise cancelling microphone

Mackie 802 vlz3 mixer

PLEXTALK Pocket- Portable Daisy-MP3 Player and Voice Recorder

Triton Audio Fethead Microphone Preamp

VOX Pop Stop Microphone Filter

RODE PSA1 Swivel Mount Studio Microphone Boom Arm

Studio: Spare room / computer/guest room

Auphonic

Thanks for hanging out with me, Tim!

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Brandon Gonzales — PES 084: Brandon Gonzales Feb 08, 2018
Show notes

My guest is Brandon Gonzales - host of Podcasting on a Plane. He's also an Air Traffic Controller!

Some of what we discussed:

Kaotica Eyeball

Apogee MiC - $200 small diaphragm condenser

iRig Pre-HD

Side tone

CAD E100s mic for home studio use

Apple Mac Mini

Zoom H6 to record as well as using it as a USB audio interface

Logic Pro (Brandon recently "upgraded" from Garageband)

AKG K702 Headphones

Blue Everblue Bluebox - in ear monitor

The Auphonic Mobile App. Brandon said, "It Records 24/48 WAV, -16 LUFS, and your file goes straight to Auphonic server from your phone for processing if you wish. Georg is a damn genius!"

ATR-2100 mic

And here's the picture of the Kaotica Eyeball hanging in Brandon's car! (as we discussed)

Thanks for being a great guest, Brandon!

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PES 084: Brandon Gonzales Feb 08, 2018
Show notes

My guest is Brandon Gonzales - host of Podcasting on a Plane. He's also an Air Traffic Controller!

Some of what we discussed:

Kaotica Eyeball

Apogee MiC - $200 small diaphragm condenser

iRig Pre-HD

Side tone

CAD E100s mic for home studio use

Apple Mac Mini

Zoom H6 to record as well as using it as a USB audio interface

Logic Pro (Brandon recently "upgraded" from Garageband)

AKG K702 Headphones

Blue Everblue Bluebox - in ear monitor

The Auphonic Mobile App. Brandon said, "It Records 24/48 WAV, -16 LUFS, and your file goes straight to Auphonic server from your phone for processing if you wish. Georg is a damn genius!"

ATR-2100 mic

And here's the picture of the Kaotica Eyeball hanging in Brandon's car! (as we discussed)

Thanks for being a great guest, Brandon!

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Sam Matla — PES 083: Sam Matla Feb 01, 2018
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My guest is Sam Matla - host of The EDM Prodcast and Electronic Music Producer at EDMProd.

Here's some of what we discussed:

Ableton Live

Audio-Technica ATH-M50 Headphones

Blue Bluebird - Large Diaphragm Cardioid Condenser Microphone

CAD pop filter

Focusrite 2i2

iZotope Ozone for mastering

Volume automation if there's louder or softer parts

Podtrac for analytics

Zencastr

Macbook pro 2015

Compression

EQ

Saved chain for Sam's track

Music tracks and transitions

Splitting tracks for different topics for shownotes times

Mix to MP3 128kbps

Soundcloud - that's where his community is/was. That's changing now; they're mostly on Spotify now ;)

NOTE: Here are the three exceptional albums Sam mentioned when I asked him what his favorite music was:

BT - This Binary Universe

Koan Sound & Asa - Sanctuary EP

Mat Zo - Damage Control

Thanks for sharing so much, Sam!

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Arik Levy - Firearms Nation Podcast — PES 082 - The Return of Arik Levy Jan 25, 2018
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My returning guest is Arik Levy - Law Enforcement Officer, Producer and Host of Firearms Nation Podcast, Creator of Shooter's Summit and the Firearms Nation YouTube channel.

Since his last appearance on the show, Arik has upgraded his production gear and workflow significantly. I was happy to chat with him about all the gory details.

A small portion of what we discussed:

Rode Broadcaster

Using his dbx 286s again

Sound Devices MixPre6

Switching from Logic Pro X to Adobe Audition

The difference that replacing an XLR cable can make…

iZotope plugins: Nectar 2 (Arik uses the gate), Neutron, Ozone, RX 6

Zencastr

Using video and Skype for his Shooter's Summit

Thanks for hanging with us again, Arik!

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Noah Chelliah — PES 081: Noah Chelliah Jan 18, 2018
Show notes

My guest is Noah Chelliah - host of The Ask Noah Show, and President at Altispeed.

From his studio he sends his show audio to the FM station from which it's broadcast. He also records locally and publishes the podcast version later. When he's on the road, he hosts his show remotely by sending uncompressed audio back to his studio which then is sent to the FM station. Also fyi, he built his broadcast studio with 100% Linux.

Some of what we discussed:

Axia Broadcast Console - preamp and processing

YellowTec M!ka Arm

Telos HX Telephone Hybrid

Tieline Via Remote IP Codec (for on location)

Lexicon Alpha Interface

Marantz PMD580 AES3 Recorder

OBS software

RE20

PR40

Sony 7506 headphones

Thanks for so many insights, Noah!

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Simon Barber — PES 080: Simon Barber Jan 11, 2018
Show notes

My guest is Simon Barber - cohost and producer of Sodajerker On Songwriting, as well as musician, songwriter, academic and researcher.

We discussed:

Recording interviews on location, as well as the necessary post-production

Apogee Duet audio interface

ESI Record M.

Multitrack Auphonic

Amadeus Pro

Audio Hijack

Rode NT USB microphone (cardioid condenser w/ pop shield)

Zoom H6

Shure SM 58's

iZotope RX 6

Shure SM 57 with the A81WS windshield (as mentioned in our previous session with Allan Tepper)

Thanks for sharing so much great information, Simon!

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iMac Pro — PES 079: Chris Updates, 2017 Reflections and 2018 Plans Jan 04, 2018
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Note: This is not a standard TPES episode - this is me sharing lots of cool info. Here's what we covered:

End of year purchases:

iMac Pro

MixPre6

Pistol grip for my AT8035 shotgun mic

Ralph M. Rivera purchased Bose QuietComfort 35 II headphones - bluetooth sounds great - very comfortable and light - can use them to talk on the phone too - $350

Configuration of the iMac Pro:

3.0GHz 10-core Intel Xeon W processor, Turbo Boost up to 4.5GHz

64GB 2666MHz DDR4 ECC memory

2TB SSD

Radeon Pro Vega 56 with 8GB of HBM2 memory

My plans for the iMacPro:

Have one production space instead of a recording table and a mixing desk.

Live streaming with video and several participants.

Green screen.

Webinars and screen captures.

Move all plugins from current production computer to the new one.

Sennheiser MKH416 would be nice.

PES 2017 reflections:

First 2 semesters of PES went extremely well.

PM17 was good but working a booth made it a blur.

As always, some clients came and went.

2018 plans:

Podcast Movement - not sure if I'll be doing the Microphone Test-Drive Booth again.

Four Podcast Engineering School semesters starting Jan.9, Apr. 3, Jun. 26 and Sep. 18

Podfudge!

My upcoming PechaKucha talk at Podfest:

Title: EQ - What You Need to Know about Equalization

Description: Learn the fundamentals of why, what and how to use EQ. Hear examples of good and bad audio.

Audio examples: Too much low end, too much high end harshness, harsh esses, phone sound, road noise with uncompressed voice getting lost in it at times, too much reverb, huge dynamic range raw and then compressed

How I processed Hardcore History episodes for my road trip:

Why? Prius is a light car with more than average road noise.

Batching in RX 6 and Sound Forge Pro

Saved to mono first (to half the processing time for all subsequent steps), then leveling and loudness. - created awful sounding MP3's.

Should have done everything in RX 6 first, exported as a WAV, then opened in Sound Forge Pro and saved as a mono MP3.

Podcasters' Society: A truly awesome community

Experience with the Pause Your Life podcast:

Producer always worked in mono only and converted all music to mono.

Suggestion: You should always leave stereo music stereo because it doesn't hurt anything and you can always render to mono.

Fixing a harshly EQ'd voice - Fabfilter MB multiband compressor in the 3-10k range

Thanks for listening!

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Dave Jackson — PES 078: The Personal Aspects of Production and Productivity, with Dave Jackson Dec 28, 2017
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This is the first ever mostly non-technical session of this show because we cover many important topics for podcasters and podcast producers including productivity, time management, experimenting with new gear, as well as business aspects.

My returning guest is Dave Jackson, podcast coach, owner of School of Podcasting, and host of many shows including Podcast Rodeo Show. Also, here's the link to Dave's first appearance (session #11) where we discuss his equipment and workflow, etc.

Some of what we discussed:

What time of day/night we get the most work done

Multitasking while working on audio

Getting work done vs experimenting with new gear/stuff

Family considerations

Working ON your business vs producing the actual audio

The latest you've ever stayed up producing an episode

What do you drink during recordings?

Organizing folders, backups, Dropbox, Backblaze, restarting your machine

Line levelers and surge protectors

Dave's video setup

Update on my Mac research and plans…

Thanks for so many insights, Dave!

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