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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:

Mary Mazurek — PES 047: Second Chat with Mary Mazurek Mar 09, 2017
Show notes

My returning guest is Mary Mazurek! She is an audio engineer with 25 years experience, radio producer at WFMT Chicago including the "Live from WFMT" show, and instructor in the Department of Audio Arts and Acoustics at Columbia College in Chicago.

We discussed:

Recording ping pong balls being poured into an open piano!

Recording and broadcasting classical ensembles in studio and on location

Identical stereo pairs of AKG 414's and Schoeps mic's capturing the room in stereo

Spot mic's on each musician including KM 184, DPA, Shure's

Blending close mic's and room mic's

Lexicon 300

Phasing, space between mic's, etc.

F5 Fusion

8 channels of Grace mic pre's

Recording to Tascam flash recorders as well as a CD burner

ProTools mastering and MP3 creation

On location ISDN line

And here are two other programs that Mary engineers: The Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert, and Live from WFMT.

Thanks for hanging out with us again, Mary!

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Mike Murphy — PES 046: Mike Murphy Mar 02, 2017
Show notes

My guest is Mike Murphy, host and producer of Mike Murphy Unplugged. He also created the Podcaster Toolkit (resources and tutorials for content creators), which btw is very completely different from our friend Ralph Rivera's Podcaster's Toolbox ;)

Equipment, workflow, processing, production time-savers... We discussed all of these, including:

The Essential Sound Panel in Adobe Audition (match loudness feature, etc.)

Recording resolution (32 bit, 44.1 kHz)

EQ'ing by rolling off lows and adding "air" on top

Shure SM7B mic

Rode NT-1 mic

Rode PSA-1 boom arm

CL-1 Cloudlifter

Allan and Heath ZED-10 mixer

Sony MDR 7506 headphones

Recording into a Macbook Pro

Normalization

Thanks for being a great guest, Mike!

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Rob Greenlee — PES 045: Rob Greenlee Feb 23, 2017
Show notes

My guest is Rob Greenlee, Head of Podcast Content at Spreaker, host of the Spreaker Live Show, and co-host of the New Media Show.

Also FYI, here's the link to Rob's post titled Nine Evolutions of Podcasting In 2017.

Rob has been involved in podcasting for many years so he had a lot to share above and beyond his equipment and workflow.

Topics discussed included:

Doing sessions on his Surface Tablet w/USB hub

SM7b and ATR2100

Mackie Mixer

Digimax 220 USB Interface

Levelator

Soundforge

Editing

Recording directly into the Spreaker platform

and many more details...

Thanks for being a great guest, Rob!

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Patrick Keller (Host and Producer of The Big Seance Podcast, www.BigSeancePodcast.com) — PES 044: Patrick Keller Feb 16, 2017
Show notes

My guest is Patrick Keller, host and producer of The Big Seance Podcast. He also teaches vocal music and music production and technology at a middle school.

Note: We talked a bit about EVP's (electronic voice phenomena), which are basically audio recordings of ghosts and spirits! Check out one of Patrick's episodes where he plays some of this audio.

We had a blast discussing various production situations and solutions, as well as all of his podcast production equipment and workflow processes:

Behringer Q802 USB Mixer

dbx 286s channel strip

Heil PR40 mic

MXL 990 mic

Audacity

Auphonic

Zoom H5 recorder

Editing a lot!

Making teasers

Generating the MP3 using iTunes

Also, we talked about using foam in your studio to deaden the room sound, including one really good place to put the foam (behind you).

Thanks for having so much fun with us, Patrick!

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PES 043: Jason DeFillippo Feb 09, 2017
Show notes

My guest is Jason DeFillippo - producer of The Jordan Harbinger Show podcast, cohost of Grumpy Old Geeks podcast, Podcast Editor, and host and producer of Does It Have Legs.

Jason has an awesome podcast studio setup - listen for all the details. We discussed his equipment, workflow, processing and lots more.

Here's some of what we covered:

PreSonus 192 interface

2-3 Mac mini's for connecting guests and hosts

Ecamm call recorder

Apollo 8

Zoom H6

RE20

RE27 ND

AT-2005

Logic Pro

Zencastr

Rolls MS111 Mic Switch (cough button)

Cloudlifter

Contour Design ShuttlePRO v2

MX Master mouse

Then there's his road kit:

Two RE27's

Apollo Twin interface

Laptop running Logic Pro

Zoom H6

Two Rode PSA1 boom arms

Headphones

Rolls MS111 Cough buttons

Thanks for sharing so much with us, Jason!

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PES 043: Jason DeFillippo Feb 09, 2017
Show notes

My guest is Jason DeFillippo - producer of The Jordan Harbinger Show podcast, cohost of Grumpy Old Geeks podcast, Podcast Editor, and host and producer of Does It Have Legs.

Jason has an awesome podcast studio setup - listen for all the details. We discussed his equipment, workflow, processing and lots more.

Here's some of what we covered:

PreSonus 192 interface

2-3 Mac mini's for connecting guests and hosts

Ecamm call recorder

Apollo 8

Zoom H6

RE20

RE27 ND

AT-2005

Logic Pro

Zencastr

Rolls MS111 Mic Switch (cough button)

Cloudlifter

Contour Design ShuttlePRO v2

MX Master mouse

Then there's his road kit:

Two RE27's

Apollo Twin interface

Laptop running Logic Pro

Zoom H6

Two Rode PSA1 boom arms

Headphones

Rolls MS111 Cough buttons

Thanks for sharing so much with us, Jason!

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Adron Buske — PES 042: Adron Buske Feb 02, 2017
Show notes

My guest is Adron Buske, host and co-producer of the Nerd for a Living podcast, and co-founder and creative director at Armadian Creative.

We had a riveting conversation about his equipment and workflow, which he was nice enough to outline for us here:

GEAR

Mixer - Alesis Multi-Mix 8 - USB

Pyle 4 channel headphone amplifier

Backup - M-Audio MobilePre Amp (2 channel)

Mics

MXL 990 - main interview mic (large diaphragm condenser)

AudioTechnica AT875R condenser mic - narration mic

Sterling S50 condenser mic - secondary interview mic

MXL 2006 condenser mic - new interview mic in testing

Sennheiser boom mic - location recording with Rycote Softie windscreen

Zoom H4n recorder - on location recording

Monoprice Acoustic Isolation Shield - narration station

Boom Arms - NEEWER Microphone Suspension Boom Scissor Arm Stand

Pop Guards - Sterling Audio mesh filters, plus a cheap on-mic windscreen

COMPUTER & SOFTWARE

iMac - 27-inch, Late 2012 - 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7 - 32 GB ram

Adobe Audition (Creative Cloud)

Tagr / ID3 Editor

PROCESS

Record interview via Skype with ECAMM Recorder plug-in

Make sure to get 15 seconds of room-tone before we start

Use ECAMM Movie Tools to split track and process into WAV

Modular editing process

Capture Noise Print from raw WAV file, and run Noise Reduction Process

Have to be careful with this, because it can cause some tinny, odd sounds if over-processed

Edit the episode, and export a "RAW INTERVIEW" without additional processing

Import the raw edit, and re-export to WAV with processing:

Hard limiter

Multiband compressor

DeHummer (if necessary after noise printer or to alter sound)

Automatic click remover

DeEsser (rarely necessary)

Record my intro/outro narration directly into Audition, using my "narration station" (AudioTechnica mic and isolation shield)

Edit narration and export to WAV with processing:

Noise Print Capture / Reduction Process

Hard limiter

Multiband compressor

DeHummer (if necessary after noise printer or to alter sound)

Import Interview and Narration WAVs into MASTER EDIT template

In Master Edit:

Piece together narration over music beds

Insert sponsor messages

Layer in "Theme Song"

Insert interview edit

Add Outro and music beds

Adjust audio levels

Usually 6 tracks, plus Master track

Occasionally use an FFT Filter to adjust tone on interview - frequency adjustment

Export Master to:

MP3 - 96K - CBR - MONO

OGG - VBR Quality 40%

Edit MP3 with ID3 Editor or Tagr to add info and graphic

Thanks for sharing so much with us, Adron!

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Pacman, ghost and Sennheiser e835 — PES 041: Chris's New Stuff Jan 26, 2017
Show notes

FYI, here are the links to what Chris initially mentioned: Podfest in Orlando Feb.23-25, The Podcasting Course in Lexington, KY, Apr.21-22, and Podcast Engineering School in Denver, Apr.2-7.

Chris also did a speed round on his own equipment and workflow! (which he has never done before on the show)

Then he spoke in detail about his new stuff, including:

Why he tweaked his Neve Portico II channel strip settings

New monitors: Neumann KH 120 A

New software and plugins: (which PES students will get ridiculous discounts on)

RX 5 Advanced (went through list of features)

Ozone 7 Advanced (went through list of features)

Neutron Advanced (Track Assistant, Dynamic EQ, etc)

Sheps 73 (emulating the Neve 1073, 12k high shelving, Mid-Side mode)

Abbey Road Plates

Abbey Road J37 Tape

VComp (emulating Neve 2254 hardware compressor) and VEQ4 (both part of the Gold bundle)

Zynaptiq ZAP Bundle

Unfilter

Unveil

Unchirp

Pitchmap

SPL De-esser Dual-band (Male 6k, Female 7k, HIgh band 11k)

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Soma Recording Studios — PES 040: Zack Hanni Jan 19, 2017
Show notes

My guest is Zack Hanni, audio engineer and owner of Soma Recording Studios. He engineers/produces music so it was nice to talk with him about some of the production processes and tricks he uses. Fyi, he majored in Audio Production and minored in Entertainment Technology at Middle Tennessee State University.

We discussed several topics in great depth: (listen to the audio for the FULL experience.....the shownotes for this show are just the tip of the iceberg ;)

Impedance (Hi-Z and Lo-Z, mic's and instruments)

EQ (addressing some common issues)

Compression (Multiband, including release times, auto-release and alternatives to compression)

Introducing distortion to add some high frequency presence

Zack's typical vocal processing chain:

EQ w/ hi pass filter at 80-150 Hz

Light Compression

Via a Send to a return track:

EQ

Heavy and harsh Compression

Overdrive

Limiter

Presonus FaderPort - has a single motorized fader

Izotope Nectar - chorus, pitching, and a lot more

Thanks for sharing so many insights with us, Zack!

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PES 039: The Return of Max Flight Jan 12, 2017

Show notes

My guest (for his 2nd appearance) is Max Flight, host of Airplane Geeks Podcast, co-host and producer of The UAV Digest and the #PaxEx Podcast.

Max continues to amp up his production quality, equipment and workflow so I wanted to speak with him about his new toys and plugins. (check out his first appearance here)

We covered:

How Max and I eliminated some slight distortion from his signal just before recording this session
Aston Microphones "Spirit" (A 20% coupon helped. Max likes it, though it's obviously different than his Heil PR40 in many ways. Certainly requires different EQ - mostly a 3 or 4db bump around 4K, to his ear)
Warm Audio WA12 mic pre (Max saw it at a Guitar Center, "Look honey, it's orange!" and Googled the reviews, so he bought it at a really good price)
Waves DeBreath plugin
Spitfish de-esser (one of his guests on Airplane Geeks had a huge sibilance problem)

Thanks again, Max! FYI, follow Max on Twitter @MaxFlight

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Audio Pizza — PES 038: Garth Humphreys Jan 05, 2017
Show notes

My guest is Garth Humphreys, host and producer of Audio Pizza, iBlindTech and Aussie Mac Zone. Garth lives in Australia and we had a fun session.

We discussed his equipment and workflow, including:

Rode NT-1

Amadeus Pro

Audio Hijack Pro

FX Chains on individual tracks as well as the main mix bus

Auphonic to append and prepend music, intro, etc.

Editing tips

We also covered 3 handy functions in Reaper (they are also possible in most other DAW's):

Allows for 3 states of ripple editing (we cover all 3)

SWS/BR: Normalize loudness of selected tracks to -23 LUFS

Item: Auto trim/split items (remove silence)

One more interesting tidbit - when Garth sent me his local recording he sent it in FLAC format (Free Lossless Audio Codec). Digital audio compressed by FLAC's algorithm can typically be reduced to 50–60% of its original size and decompress to an identical copy of the original audio data. It's handy for sharing large audio files as long as the receiving person has the ability to decompress the file back into a WAV file, for instance. (many software programs can do this)

Thanks for all the great info you shared, Garth! And for having a fun time with me on the show ;)

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PES 038: Garth Humphreys Jan 05, 2017
Show notes

My guest is Garth Humphreys, host and producer of Audio Pizza, iBlindTech and Aussie Mac Zone. Garth lives in Australia and we had a fun session.

We discussed his equipment and workflow, including:

Rode NT-1

Amadeus Pro

Audio Hijack Pro

FX Chains on individual tracks as well as the main mix bus

Auphonic to append and prepend music, intro, etc.

Editing tips

We also covered 3 handy functions in Reaper (they are also possible in most other DAW's):

Allows for 3 states of ripple editing (we cover all 3)

SWS/BR: Normalize loudness of selected tracks to -23 LUFS

Item: Auto trim/split items (remove silence)

One more interesting tidbit - when Garth sent me his local recording he sent it in FLAC format (Free Lossless Audio Codec). Digital audio compressed by FLAC's algorithm can typically be reduced to 50–60% of its original size and decompress to an identical copy of the original audio data. It's handy for sharing large audio files as long as the receiving person has the ability to decompress the file back into a WAV file, for instance. (many software programs can do this)

Thanks for all the great info you shared, Garth! And for having a fun time with me on the show ;)

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

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