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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:

VaShaun Jones — PES 067: VaShaun Jones Oct 12, 2017
Show notes

My guest is VaShaun Jones, audiophile, host of The Delivering Access Podcast, and owner of Fedora Outlier, LLC. He's been podcasting for 5 years and LOVES great audio gear.

We discussed a lot of the gear that VaShaun owns and uses. Here's a partial list: (listen to the entire session for the full effect ;)

Mictek CV3 microphone

Aphex Master Channel Strip

PreSonus StudioLive AR12 USB Mixer and Audio Interface

iMac

Yamaha HS5 monitors with subwoofer

JBL 8" monitors

MXL CR89 microphone

Shure Beta 58 wireless

RE20 microphone

Sennheiser ew 100 wireless system with Lavalier microphone

Yamaha AG-06

Garage Band

PreSonus BlueTube (with 2 preamps)

X-Touch control surface

Thanks for hanging with me and sharing so much, VaShaun!

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PES 066: Steve O'Neill Oct 05, 2017

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My guest is Steve O'Neill, host and producer of Sharp (podcast).

Listen to the full episode; we discussed SO much, including:

Creative Commons and Freesound.org
Rode Procaster
Rode NT1 (for Voiceovers)
Shure SM58
AT 3350 lav
dbx286 strip (little compression, gate, de-esser)
Scarlett Focusrite 2i4
Adobe Audition
Zoom H5n
Windows laptop
PreSonus Eris E5 5" Powered Studio Monitors
Sennheiser 280 Pro
Studio in the corner he built himself with a gobo around the side
Noise gate
Multiband compressor
EQ
Levelling to - 16 LUFS

*Also, here's Steve's post we mentioned titled Making an acoustic 'gobo.'

Thanks for sharing so much, Steve!

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Kyle P. Snyder — PES 065: Kyle P. Snyder Sep 28, 2017
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My guest is Kyle P. Snyder, Lecturer at Ohio University School of Media Arts and Studies, freelance engineer and consultant for White Coat Audio, and Chair of education for the Audio Engineering Society (AES).

Kyle and I got deep into many audio engineering subjects that are key to producing podcasts. Enjoy listening to the full session.

We also talked about:

"Painting a sonic portrait" - which is what Kyle teaches his students at Ohio University

Sound Walks

Fixing bad audio

A Media in Medicine Podcast called Rotations

Partial list of his gear and software:

TLM 103 mic

Yamaha Nuage - digital desk

Neve preamp

Nuendo DAW (Steinberg)

Sound Devices USBPre 2

Neumann U87

Grace preamps

Auralex Microphone Isolation Shield for Vocals and Voiceover

Lavalier mics

DPA d:vice™ Digital Audio Interface

Btw, Kyle also hosts and produces the AES Journal Podcast.

Thanks for hangin' with me and delivering the goods, Kyle!

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Curtis Judd — PES 064: Curtis Judd Sep 21, 2017
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My guest is Curtis Judd, creator of Light and Sound Media. Especially check out his YouTube channel where he publishes a new video every week covering lighting, sound, and camera gear to help folks produce better video and film.

Audio is a vital component of video and Curtis really takes his audio seriously.

We discussed:

RE20

Orion Studio audio interface (Antelope Audio)

Focal Solo6 Be 6.5" Powered Studio Monitors

Adobe Audition

ProTools

Analog vs Digital limiters in recorders

Using multiple passes with less noise reduction in iZotope RX 6

iZotope Ozone 7

iZotope Nectar

Linear phase EQ

Listen to the full episode for all the goods ;)

Thank you for being a great guest, Curtis!

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Steve Stewart — PES 063: Steve Stewart Sep 14, 2017
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My guest is Steve Stewart, owner-operator at Steve Stewart Podcast Productions and creator of Podcast Editor's Club (Facebook group). Steve also offers an Audacity workshop.

We talked a lot about editing including advanced techniques like using very short fades to make edits feel natural, finding zero crossings, off-mic noise, keyboard shortcuts, breathing, joining half words, random noises, etc.

*Note: Here's the link I mentioned to an older episode of Social Media Unscrambled where I initially forgot to press record and so we had to restart the episode, which was sooooo awkward. Listen to that craziness HERE.

Here's a partial list of Steve's equipment and software:

ATR2100-USB mic

Audacity

Backup recorder

Ecamm call recorder

Levelator

iZotope RX 6 (de-breath, de-mouthclick, etc.)

Thanks for sharing so much valuable info with us, Steve!

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Michael Pettersen — PES 062: Michael Pettersen Sep 07, 2017
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My guest is Michael Pettersen, Director of Corporate History at Shure Inc., and btw over the years he's held many other positions at Shure.

We discussed microphones in depth from every angle, I think. Listen to the full episode for all the amazing stories Michael told ;)

Thanks for being a wonderful guest, Michael!

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Travis Hill — PES 061: Travis Hill Aug 31, 2017
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My guest is Travis Hill - host of Navigate Life Radio as well as microphone tester/reviewer at PodcastMic.com. We had a really fun session. Enjoy

Here's some of what we discussed:

Audio Technica AT875R

Rode Broadcaster

Audio-Technica BP40

Audio Hijack

Screenflow

Logic Pro 10

An Exciter in Logic Pro called Silver

Shure SM7B

dbx 286s

Scarlett 2i2

Video recording with iPhone 6S+

Listen to the full episode to get the full effect ;)

Thank you, Travis, for a wonderful session!

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Jason Sanderson — PES 060: Jason Sanderson Aug 24, 2017
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My guest is Jason Sanderson, podcast producer and audio engineer. He works on several extremely popular shows including The Art of Charm. His website is PodcastTech.com

Here's the mammoth list of what we discussed in this session:

Neve preamp

Amek preamp/compressor

Using the Abbey Road Test Disc for reference (specifically Alan Parson's voice)

RX 6: de-clip, spectral de-noise, de-reverb, leveling, dialogue isolate, deconstruct (removes distortion)

AKG 701 headphones (Quincy Jones model)

Plugins: EQ in ProTools, Waves Renaissance De-esser, Waves 1176 (Blue Stripe), Scheps 73, SSL Mix Buss Compressor, Pultec EQ, ProTools Limiter, Master Fader Loudness monitor

Cutting the high-mid whistle around 3.10, 3.11 or 3.12kHz

ProTools HD

Auphonic cross-gating function, sometimes

RE20

Zoom H4

This session Jason is using an SM58

Listen to the full episode for all the goods ;)

Thanks for sharing SO MANY awesome tips, Jason!

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Steve Cherubino — PES 059: Steve Cherubino Aug 17, 2017
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My guest is Steve Cherubino, long time podcaster and producer.

Some topics we discussed:

MXL 990 mic

Mogami cables

Avid M-box 3 interface

How your computer sample rate can cause a problem with some audio VoIP services by not matching up. (see below for how to check your computer and adjust your machine's sample rate)

Studio One software, version 3

KRK Rokit Powered 5 Generation 2 Powered Studio Monitor

Shure SRH440 headphones

Routing a guest out and back into Steve's computer

24 bit WAV mixdown file

Final MP3 at 192kbps Mono

dbx 266 XL compressor/gate

Plugins:

Pro EQ

Waves NS1

Studio One Limiter on stereo buss

Here are the instructions I mentioned on the show - how to check and change your computers sample rate:

On a Mac you can do it via the Audio Midi Setup application: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202968

For windows, in the audio settings for recording devices (Win 7 example but I believe this hasn't changed): https://forums.adobe.com/thread/973133

Listen to the full episode for all the oozing of audio wisdom and wisecracks ;)

Thanks for sharing so much great info, Steve!

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Alex Knight — PES 058: Alex Knight Aug 10, 2017
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My guest is Alex Knight, producer/engineer at Hologram Radio, podcaster, and product manager at FeedPress.

Partial list of the topics we discussed and the wisdom that flowed in this session:

Shure SM7B, into a Warm Audio WA-12 mic pre (which models an old API), into a dbx 266 (for a little bit of compression)

Aphex 204 aural exciter

Mackie VLZ1604, analog mixer with 8 direct outs

Avid M-box 3 (interface)

Pro Tools, sometimes Audition

Studio in living room with L-shaped IKEA desk, some acoustic panels, mic boom arms

6 channel headphone amp

A 14U rack of gear and a patch bay! wow

dbx 286 channel strip

FabFilter Pro-Q 2 (for some low cut filtering)

Using Compressors, de-essers, expanders

Normalize each track to -19 LUFS

Music pre-loaded in a template

LM-Correct 2 (Loudness plugin)

Listen to the full episode for all the juicy production tips ;)

Thanks for hangin' with me and delivering the goods, Alex!

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