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PES 184: Ray A. Rayburn, Audio and Acoustic Consultant May 28, 2020

Show notes

My guest is Ray A. Rayburn - Audio and Acoustic Consultant, Fellow of the Audio Engineering Society, and Member of the Acoustical Society of America. His audio "specialties" include legislative sound systems, church sound & acoustics, acoustic measurements, audio DSP programming, standards development for the AES and InfoComm.

Check out Ray's articles, resume, and business selling mics and such: Superlux Microphones.

We discussed a TON including:

Attending monthly AES meetings in NYC early in his career.
In 1984, Ray's involvement in upgrading Saturday Night Live's control room from mono to stereo.
In 1992, Ray's involvement in installing the first all digital sound system in the world in the US Senate Chamber!
A huge mix-minus setup with 100+ inputs and 100+ outputs!
Settings drift - due to temperature and age.
What should new podcasters know? Minimize the sound of your room's noise and reflections. Get the mic close to your mouth. Use pop filters/windscreens.
Speech intelligibility is dependent on 2 things - BG Noise and Reverb.
Wireless mics - mic, transmitter (limited power), receiver
Tiny microphones

Thanks for being a great guest, Ray!

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PES 183: Into the Goody Bag May 21, 2020

Show notes

I overview recent Daily Goody's (from Mar.27 - April 9). 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.

*This episode was recorded while I was streaming LIVE on Twitch! Follow me there if you're a "Twitcher" ;)

Announcements:

Regarding all the stress caused by this virus, you may want to check out my Mystic Show which explores spirituality, mindfulness and meditation.
My lack of marketing skills - please share this Podcast Engineering Show with any podcasters you know - you could send them a note saying, "Btw, here's a show about podcast audio production you may find helpful."
You are welcome to support my content creation if you so desire.
The start date for the next PES will be July 7, 2020

What did you learn in this episode? Let me know by commenting below.

I appreciate you listening, and if you have any questions please let me know :)

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PES 182: Hannes Andersson from oeksound (soothe2 and spiff plugins) May 14, 2020

Show notes

My guest is Hannes Andersson, Marketing Manager at oeksound Ltd. in Helsinki, Finland! He is also a songwriter, music producer and mixer.

We discuss two awesome oeksound plugins - soothe2 and spiff!

We discussed:

Hannes's personal equipment setup: Shure SM7b, UA Apollo 8p (he loves the Unison preamps), Precision channel strip, Distressor, 1176 compressor, Knifaudio.com K804 (2 different capsules - U67 and C12)
soothe2 - a dynamic resonance suppressor: Taming harsh resonance, how it works, what it's used for, parameter controls, best practices, methods for dialing in settings, CPU usage, Sharpness, Selectivity, and moving nodes up and down for sensitivity.
spiff - an adaptive transient processor: How it works, what it's used for, and methods for dialing in settings.

Thanks for being a great guest, Hannes!

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PES 181: The Goody Bag May 07, 2020

Show notes

I overview recent Daily Goody's (from Mar.13 - Mar.26). 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.

FYI, here are the two plugins I mentioned - my two newest plugins which I will be discussing more soon ---> Brainworx bx_console Focusrite SC and Sonnox Oxford Inflator V3

Announcements:

In this episode I used my RØDE NT1 microphone.
Regarding all the stress caused by this virus, you may want to check out my Mystic Show which explores spirituality, mindfulness and meditation.
My lack of marketing skills - please share this Podcast Engineering Show with any podcasters you know - you could send them a note saying, "Btw, here's a show about podcast audio production you may find helpful."
You are welcome to support my content creation if you so desire.
The start date for the next PES will be July 7, 2020

What did you learn in this episode? Let me know by commenting below.

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.

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PES 180: Martins Popelis, Co-Founder of Sonarworks Apr 30, 2020

Show notes

My guest is Martins Popelis, Co-Founder of Sonarworks! Having achieved success with delivering reliable reference sound to over 30,000 music creators worldwide with Sonarworks Reference product, Martins is now a firm believer of delivering individually perfected sound to all music listeners, thus eliminating sound translation problem at its core.

Note: I'm a proud user of Reference 4 and I also bought Sennheiser HD650 headphones from Sonarworks which included a customized calibration profile ;)

Martins and I discussed:

Sonarworks Reference 4 (How Reference 4 works, various ways it helps production, various use cases and equipment setups)
Speakers, headphones and the room you're listening in effectively "EQ" the sound.
Measurement microphones (37 measurement points)
Re-measure after moving furniture, etc.? Yes.
Headphone profiles - Sonarworks has calibrated hundreds of headphone makes and models to create profiles for each.
Using Reference 4 Systemwide vs. within your DAW
Systemwide: Virtual instrument, ~20 ms latency
Sound ID - Research in consumer sound preferences. Machine learning asks user what sounds they like, then creates a profile for them.
Audio perception

Thanks for being a great guest, Martins!

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PES 179: Chris's Goody Bag Apr 23, 2020

Show notes

I overview recent Daily Goody's (from Feb.28 - Mar.12). 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.

Thanks to Focusrite for sponsoring this episode! If you haven't checked out the new Focusrite Scarlett 3rd Gen. series of interfaces yet, you can see them here.

Announcements:

In this episode I used my RØDE NT1 microphone.
Regarding all the stress caused by this virus, you may want to check out my Mystic Show which explores spirituality, mindfulness and meditation.
My lack of marketing skills - please share this Podcast Engineering Show with any podcasters you know - you could send them a note saying, "Btw, here's a show about podcast audio production you may find helpful."
You are welcome to support my content creation if you so desire.
The start date for the next PES will be April 28, 2020

What did you learn in this episode? Let me know by commenting below.

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 178: Kane Power Apr 16, 2020

Show notes

My guest is Kane Power from New Zealand! He's an audio engineer, podcast producer at Precision Podcasting, and host of Musicians Map. Check him out on Facebook, too.

We discussed:

Microphones: Shure SM7b, AT4040, AKG D5, SM58, SM57
Interfaces: Universal Audio Apollo Twin, Focusrite Sapphire Pro, Focusrite Scarlett 2i2
Monitoring: Audio Technica ATH-M50x headphones, Yamaha HS7 monitors
Pro Tools (12) on a Macbook Pro
iZotope RX7: Spectral De-noise, Mouth De-Click
Waves plugins: EQ3, Vocal Rider, De-esser
UAD plugins: Teletronix LA-2A Legacy compressor, Pultec EQ
Maxim peak limiter
Youlean Loudness Meter 2
Softube saturation
Edit to client spec, final balance & master tweak, test bounce for levels, then final bounce
Render to stereo MP3 at 192 kbps

Thanks for being a great guest, Kane!

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 177: Chris's Goody Bag Apr 09, 2020

Show notes

I overview recent Daily Goody's (from Feb.14 - Feb.27). 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.

*Enter to Win a Podcast Studio Makeover from Focusrite before April 17! Chosen winners will receive:

(1) Focusrite Scarlett 18i8 3rd Gen Audio Interface
(1) Heil Sound PR40 dynamic microphone and PL2T boom arm
(1) ADAM Audio SP-5 Studio Headphones
(1) Namba Gear Lil Namba Remix Backpack
(1) 1-Free hour of coaching from Harry Duran, Host of Podcast Junkies, Founder of FullCast
(1) Design session and a $500 store credit with Audimute for a custom sound treatment solution
(1) $95 store credit with Hindenburg (enough for their Journalist software or use it to upgrade to Journalist Pro)
(1) 50% off a SquadCast annual plan
(1) Discount on podcast hosting

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Announcements:

For this episode I used my new RØDE NT1 microphone.
Regarding all the stress caused by this virus, you may want to check out my Mystic Show which explores spirituality, mindfulness and meditation.
This show was included in this list: Top 10 Audio Engineering Podcasts You Must Follow in 2020
My lack of marketing skills - please share this Podcast Engineering Show with any podcasters you know - you could send them a note saying, "Btw, here's a show about podcast audio production you may find helpful."
Support my content creation if you so desire.
The start date for the next PES will be April 28, 2020

What did you learn in this episode? Let me know by commenting below.

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 176: Jeremy Barker Apr 02, 2020

Show notes

My guest is Jeremy Barker! He is the owner of Back Row Studios, host of Back Row Fantasy Show @TheBackRowShow and Back Row Talk Show. Also check out his YouTube channels - Obscure Mics and Back Row Reacts.

Here are some of the things we discussed:

RE320
RODE Broadcaster
Beyerdynamic M99
His old studio - a guest house he turned into a recording studio
Current studio built inside an Amish pre-made barn house! Lots of sound treatment, custom made table.
VIVO boom arms
Camera setup and lighting
RODECaster Pro - built in effects: Big Bottom, sound pads, Aural Exciter
MeldaProduction plugins: Compressor, MAGC
Celestial from Acustica
Was using 3 Rode Broadcasters - picked up A LOT of room noise, etc.
Logic Pro
Apple macbook (2013 😬)
MP3 - sometimes 320 kbps
RedCircle hosting
On the road: Tascam DR-10X, Logic pro, same MacBook
Office: Motu M2, Sennheiser MD735, Garageband, Apple all in one (2010 😬)

Thanks for being a great guest, Jeremy!

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 175: Chris's Goody Bag Mar 26, 2020

Show notes

I overview recent Daily Goody's (from Jan.31 - Feb.13). 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.

FYI, for this episode I used my Avantone CV-12 microphone.

Announcements:

Regarding all the stress caused by this virus, you may want to check out my Mystic Show which explores spirituality, mindfulness and meditation.
This show was included in this list: Top 10 Audio Engineering Podcasts You Must Follow in 2020
My lack of marketing skills - please share this Podcast Engineering Show with any podcasters you know - you could send them a note saying, "Btw, here's a show about podcast audio production you may find helpful."
Support my content creation
Shout out to Michael Merlino! (he loves the show)
The start date for the next PES will be April 28, 2020

What did you learn in this episode? Let me know by commenting below.

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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