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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:

Podcastage - Bandrew Scott — PES 077: Bandrew Scott Dec 21, 2017
Show notes

My guest is Bandrew Scott - creator of Podcastage, a YouTube channel that provides gear reviews and tests to help you improve your podcast and YouTube audio/video. He also hosts The Bandrew Says Podcast.

Enjoy listening; we discussed:

Arturia AudioFuse

Mac mini

Logic Pro X

Final Cut Pro

Zoom LiveTrak L-12

Waves plugins

iZotope RX 6

Shure SM7B

Mogami cables

Cloudlifter CL-1

dbx 286s

*This session was mixed and edited by PES graduate Christopher Whittaker! Great job Christopher!

And check out Bandrew's "tiny mic" video which we discussed in this session!

Thanks for being a great guest, Bandrew!

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Danny Ozment — PES 076: Danny Ozment Dec 14, 2017
Show notes

My guest is Danny Ozment - audio engineer, editor, mixing and mastering engineer, podcaster and podcast producer. He is the owner of Emerald City Productions and the host of Recording A Capella.

Danny produces lots of podcasts and music projects. He and I went deep into lots of gear, software and workflow. Enjoy listening!

Hardware we discussed:

Millennia TD-1 preamp

UA Apollo interfaces (Twin and 16)

PhantomFocus System monitors (with two 12" subwoofers)

Macbook Pro

Shure SM7B

Software we discussed:

Pro Tools

iZotope RX 6

HOFA-Plugins

Fabfilter de-esser

Pro Tools stock plugins

Waves de-esser

Wave Arts "Trackplug"

Danny's mastering chain:

Slate buss compressor

Slate tape emulation

Ozone multiband dynamics

Waves L1 limiter

Other topics:

Using two compressors in series and what setting to use on each

Landr mastering website

GIK Acoustics

Thank you Danny for so much valuable knowledge and information!

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Audio.Pizza - Garth Humphreys — PES 075: Have Another Slice of Audio.Pizza Baked by Garth Humphreys Dec 07, 2017
Show notes

My returning guest is Garth Humphreys, host and producer of Audio Pizza, Aussie Mac Zone and iBlindTech.

Garth and I go deep and get technical - and of course we make it practical and relevant to your podcast production, too ;)

Before Garth and I got rolling, I first explained how I recently rescued some bad sounding audio using various steps: Putting it through Auphonic first (noise reduction, low end filter, leveler), then processing the resulting Flac file in iZotope RX 6 (phase, de-reverb, and de-click), then more processing in Reaper including EQ'ing and de-essing.

Then we discussed:

Garth's new Yamaha HS7 6.5" Powered Studio Monitors

Compression: Going through all the parameters, what they mean and how they work.

LUFS: Understanding how it's calculated and what it's measuring.

FLAC file format: Benefits of using it for recording and archiving.

Phase trick: A cool way to hear what a plugin is actually doing to your audio. It also works for checking impact of MP3 encoding.

Then I told the entire story of my recent purchase of the Rode Broadcaster microphone, and why I returned it quickly. (Note: It's NOT because it's a bad mic)

I also talked about the two Fabfilter plugins I bought recently: The Pro-DS (de-esser) and the Pro-MB (multiband compressor).

Thanks for hanging out with me again Garth and sharing so many tasty slices of audio pizza!

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Allan Tepper — PES 074: Allan Tepper Nov 30, 2017
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My guest is Allan Tepper - Pro Audio/Video Specialist, Tech Journalist, Broadcaster, author and consultant.

We discussed:

Audient iD14 audio interface

Shure 545SD-LC Cardioid Dynamic microphone

Shure A81WS Gray Large Foam Windscreen for SM81 and SM57

Pyle-Pro PDMIC78 microphone

Hindenburg Journalist Pro, and how it levels each clip automatically

IK Multimedia iRig Pre HD

Auphonic mobile app to record 48kHz .WAV files

Zoom H5 for field recording

Skype recorders

MixPre-3 with perhaps the cleanest mic preamps

Rode Broadcaster

Thanks for being a great guest, Allan!

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Mike Russell & Izabela Russell — PES 073: Mike Russell Nov 23, 2017
Show notes

My guest is Mike Russell, Founder and Creative Director at Music Radio Creative where he produces podcast intros, radio jingles, commercials and more. He also hosts the Music Radio Creative podcast - audio episodes since 2012, and now also streaming Live daily to various platforms including YouTube and Facebook.

*Most importantly, check out Mike's YouTube channel for tons of instructional videos.

A fraction of what we discussed:

Microphones: TLM 103, AT 4033, Heil PR40

dbx 286s channel strip

Soundcraft Signiture 12 MTK mixer

iMac 27" (late 2015)

Adobe Audition, including the remix tool, waveform view, spectral frequency display, spot healing tool

Plugins: MeldaProduction MFreeFXBundle and Ring Modulator, Waves Meta Flanger and Tune Light

iZotope Neutron and Vocal Synth

OBS Studio

Thanks for sharing so much helpful information, Mike!

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Corey Coates — PES 072: Corey Coates Nov 16, 2017
Show notes

My guest is Corey Coates - podcast producer, consultant, and Chief Expectations Manager at Podfly.

Corey has a ton of experience producing podcasts as well as internet radio, and on top of that he's consulting with huge companies on their podcasting plans and strategies.

Here's a partial list of what we discussed:

In-the-box recording on a Mac

Steinberg UR44 audio interface

Rogue Amoeba's Audio Hijack, Loopback and Nicecast software

Sound Devices MixPre-6

Shure SM7B microphone

Shure Beta 87A microphone

dbx 286s channel strip

Adobe Audition

Thanks for hanging out with us, Corey!

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PES 071: Mike DelGaudio Nov 09, 2017

Show notes

Mike DelGaudio - voice actor

My guest is Mike DelGaudio - voice actor, narrator for The NY Times, Atlas Obscura and Audible, and an absolute YouTube rockstar! Check out his Booth Junkie channel on YouTube.

We go deep into:

Voiceover recording
Whisper Room booths
Sennheiser MKH 416 mic
Neumann TLM 103 mic
CAD E100S mic
Roles headphone amp
Audient iD22 audio interface
Recording into Reaper on a Mac
Sennheiser HD 380 Pro headphones
Shure E215 in-ear monitors
Apogee Duet interface
Waves X-click plugin

Thanks for sharing soooo much knowledge, Mike!

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Sound Devices MixPre-6 — PES 070: Paul Isaacs Nov 02, 2017
Show notes

My guest is Paul Isaacs, Director of Product Management and Design at Sound Devices. We discussed the MixPre-6 in lots of detail, and also covered a lot of other audio topics.

In the right circumstances, the MixPre-6 could be a really valuable piece of gear for podcasters. It's a high quality recorder, interface and mixer. The microphone preamps are super-high quality.

I was able to try the unit courtesy of Sound Devices, but you won't hear that ~~episode~~ session for a couple weeks.

Thank you for being so helpful, Paul!

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Rob Rogers - medical educator and host of Medutopia — PES 069: Rob Rogers and Anton Helman Oct 26, 2017
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Welcome to session #69 of The Podcast Engineering Show! Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS.

My guests are Rob Rogers and Anton Helman - both emergency room medical doctors!! As well as serious podcasters ;)

Rob Rogers is also a medical educator, and his podcast is called Medutopia. Oh, and the amazing event he's organizing next year is called Ikigai Med Ed (I'll be there!).

Anton Helman is also a medical educator, and his podcast is called Emergency Medicine Cases.

I met these wonderful gentlemen in Lexington earlier this year when they asked me to speak at their podcast training conference.

Here's some of what we discussed:

Microphones: PR22, Sennheiser Clip Mic Digital, SM7B, AT2020, RE20, PR40, AT2005, H390 Logitech Headset

Recorders: MixPre-6, Zoom F8, iPhone 6

Software: Sound Studio, Logic Pro X, Garage Band, Auphonic

Other: Room treatment, EQ, compression, Logic Pro library of clips and music, noise reduction, Spreaker

Thank you for sharing so much, Rob and Anton!

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Anton Helman - medical educator and host of Emergency Medicine Cases — PES 069: Rob Rogers and Anton Helman Oct 26, 2017
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Welcome to session #69 of The Podcast Engineering Show! Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS.

My guests are Rob Rogers and Anton Helman - both emergency room medical doctors!! As well as serious podcasters ;)

Rob Rogers is also a medical educator, and his podcast is called Medutopia. Oh, and the amazing event he's organizing next year is called Ikigai Med Ed (I'll be there!).

Anton Helman is also a medical educator, and his podcast is called Emergency Medicine Cases.

I met these wonderful gentlemen in Lexington earlier this year when they asked me to speak at their podcast training conference.

Here's some of what we discussed:

Microphones: PR22, Sennheiser Clip Mic Digital, SM7B, AT2020, RE20, PR40, AT2005, H390 Logitech Headset

Recorders: MixPre-6, Zoom F8, iPhone 6

Software: Sound Studio, Logic Pro X, Garage Band, Auphonic

Other: Room treatment, EQ, compression, Logic Pro library of clips and music, noise reduction, Spreaker

Thank you for sharing so much, Rob and Anton!

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Doug Kaye — PES 068: Doug Kaye Oct 19, 2017
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My guest is Doug Kaye, audio engineer, self-proclaimed recovering veteran podcaster (hehe), and full-time amateur photographer. Doug was also one of the primary people responsible for the development of the popular software called Levelator as Executive Director of The Conversations Network.

We covered a lot including some awesome history of podcasting, digital audio and more, including mono vs joint stereo MP3's, how much compression to use, what a compellor is (!), and ISDN lines.

Equipment he currently uses:

Steinberg CI2 audio interface

Heil PR40

Mac computer

and that's it!

Thanks for a wonderful session, Doug!

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