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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.

Latest Episodes:

PES 174: Eric Hunley Mar 19, 2020

Show notes

My guest is Eric Hunley - host and producer of Unstructured (podcast), and YouTube livestreamer!

We discussed tons, including:

Shure SM7b (He also has the following mics: EV RE27ND, Sennheiser E835, Shure SM58, ATR2100, Samson Q2U, Shure EV88, Heil PR40)
RODE boom arm
Standing desk
Cloudlifter
Rodecaster Pro (He previously used a Focusrite Scarlett Solo)
Zoom H6 and Zoom H1
2012 iMac
Adobe Audition (previously used Audacity)
Izotope RX7 Advanced - de-reverb, mouthclicks, EQ,
Auphonic
He also own Logic Pro, Reaper, Hindenburg Journalist Pro, and Ferrite (for the iPad Pro).
Descript (for de-umming)
Kid3 to tag his MP3's
Podbean
Blubrry

Thanks for being a great guest, Eric!

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PES 173: Chris's Goody Bag Mar 12, 2020

Show notes

I overview recent Daily Goody's (from Jan.17 - Jan. 30). 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.

For this episode I used a Sennheiser MKH416 to record my voice and I only used a tiny bit of EQ in post -- not the more extensive processing I normally use.

Also, thanks to Dan Hughley for having me on his Johny Podcast Podcast! (The episode is titled 'Some Hard Meditating')

Announcement: The start date for the next PES will be April 28, 2020

Also, I set up a contribution page, if you want to support me creating all this content for everyone.

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 172: Florian Schartner Mar 05, 2020

Show notes

My guest is Florian Schartner, a German podcast producer based in Barcelona Spain. Check out his website here.

We discussed SO MUCH including:

UA Apollo Twin Duo
Shure SM7b
Fethead
Slate ML1 or ML2
dbx 286s
iMac 27"
AKG K271 headphones
Dynaudio BM6 mk2
RØDECaster Pro
Yellowtec IXM with Beyerdynamics premium capsule
Zoom H5
Izotope RX7 Advanced
Studio One DAW
Mouth-de-click
Soothe
Fabfilter Pro-DS, Pro-Q 3, Pro-C 2, Pro-L 2
Neutron Sculptor
Gullfoss
Vertigo vsc 2
Waves L1, De-esser, Vocal Rider
Vertigo VSM 3
Maag eq4
RODE Podmic
SSL SiX
Sonible smart:comp and smart:EQ 2
Brainworks VSC-2 compressor
320 kbps MP3 - stereo
Tag using ID3 Editor
Captivate for media hosting (charges by the hour, not by file size)
Trello - template, Butler function,
Time management - GetHarvest app, Chrome extension,

Thanks for being a great guest, Florian!

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 171: Chris's Goody Bag and Hooper's Bloopers Feb 27, 2020

Show notes

Welcome to episode #171 of The Podcast Engineering Show! Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, Android, RSS.

I overview recent Daily Goody's (from Jan.3 - Jan. 16). 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.

Also, at the very end, enjoy some David Hooper's bloopers!

Announcement: 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 170: Stephanie Lesher, Production Manager at WRLT Lightning 100 in Nashville Feb 20, 2020

Show notes

My guest is Stephanie Lesher - Production Manager at WRLT Lightning 100 in Nashville. Among other shows, she produces Music Business Radio with host David Hooper!

We discussed a ton:

Recording at the station in her office
David Hooper and at least one guest in the room
Avid Mbox interface with 4 XLR inputs
RE20 mics with foam windscreens
Pro Tools 10
Recording resolution: 44.1kHz, 16 bit uncompressed files
Each episode ends up bring 54 minutes consisting of four 13 min. segments
Editing in Pro Tools
X Noise plugin - removes background noise
Renaissance Vox compressor from Waves (applying about 3dB of compression usually)
De-esser (rarely)
Parallel compressor - waves max volume
Buss limiter in pro tools
Adds music
Puts into database of audio to play on the air
Recording commercials using her voice

Thanks for being a great guest, Stephanie!

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 169: Chris's Goody Bag Feb 13, 2020

Show notes

I overview recent Daily Goody's (from Dec. 20 - Jan. 2). 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.

Announcement: 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.

Bonus Preview of the 2020 Podcast Editors Conference Feb 10, 2020

Show notes

This is a preview of the Podcast Editors Conference happening on March 6, 202 in Orlando, FL. I speak with Steve Stewart and Mark Deal, organizers of the Podcast Editors Conference and leaders of the Podcast Editors Club on Facebook.

SESSIONS and SPEAKERS:

Branding & Marketing -- Emily Prokop/Carrie Caulfield Arick
Pricing & Hiring the Right Clients -- Britany Felix
Mathew Passy (mod), Chris Hines, Jaime Legagneur
Processes and Systems -- Jeni Wren Stottrup
PANEL: Building a Company -- Darrell Darnell, Chris Curran, Christy Haussler, Steve Stewart (mod)
Client Communications & Customer Service -- Audrey Bell-Kearney
Ethics of Editing & Disfluencies -- Craig Wealand

Nore info HERE. We hope to see you at the conference! It's never too late for you to decide to attend.

Big Thanks to Michael Jerry, PES graduate, for mixing and editing this episode!

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 168: Pascal Wyse - Composer, Sound Designer, Mixer Feb 06, 2020

Show notes

My awesome guest is Pascal Wyse! He does sound design, mixing and musical composition for Cautionary Tales (podcast). He wrote the theme tune for Folsom Untold - an Audible series about Johnny Cash's prison gig, and also did sound design for that. And among many other credits, he also worked on Haunted for Panoply.

Here's a fraction of what we discussed:

Keeps different cues in different DAW sessions. (Some folks write their music in Logic and then ProTools has the main session)
Reaper sub-projects: Opens up as a tab - another working session, the same length as the Master session, when you save it renders and inserts it into the Master session.
For creating atmosphere/space: Altiva Convolution reverb
Mixes on speakers, and for final pass he monitors on headphones.
Genelec 1029 with Genelec Subwoofer
Headphones: Beyerdynamic DT990's
Microphones: Sennheiser MKH range mics, DPA Lavalier mics (tiny, can get them into extraordinary places)
Double mid-side!!!
Parabolic mic, mounted inside a satellite dish thingy, the most isolated sound you can get!
Field recorders: Sonosax (swiss company, light, clean preamps), Aaton Cantar X3, used to use Sound Devices stuff.
He's very into field recording
He uses Sonarworks
Fabfilter plugins - EQ, compressor,
Waves Scheps 73 EQ
iZotope RX
Tim Harford's voice processing for Cautionary Tales: No cleanup, Fabfilter Pro Q-3, Fabfilter C-2 (Pro Voice preset which uses parallel compression), Vocal Rider (He fed the sidechain with the background music! Stopped the feeling of a sound being crushed and not coming through.)
For voice actors: AudioEase - "Indoor" plugin (sounds realistic, panned L&R a little bit), Speakerphone plugin
Convolution reverb: Engineers have gone into a space and recorded the response of the actual space.
Parabolic mics: https://www.telinga.com
Schoeps mics: https://schoeps.de/en.html
DPA mics: https://www.dpamicrophones.com
Mixing with Mike: https://www.mixingwithmike.com
Amazing sound recordist Chris Watson: https://chriswatson.net

Workflow for Cautionary Tales:

Table read
Tim will record his parts, he will read in actor lines
Receives files (REALLY likes it when they get CLEAN dialogue takes, so he doesn't have to stress over that aspect of production)
Brings files into DAW, makes markers where he might want to put things,
Put in theme music
Some library sounds here and there
What worlds are people in and do we need to hear that world?
Uses "mastering" effects
Sends out the mix
Gets feedback and makes changes

Thanks for being a great guest, Pascal!

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 167: Roundup of Daily Goody Posts Jan 30, 2020

Show notes

I overview recent Daily Goody's (from Dec. 6 - Dec. 19). 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.

Announcement: 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 166: Chris Williams - Host of Badass Agile, Audio Engineer and Musician Jan 23, 2020

Show notes

My guest is Chris Williams - host of Badass Agile, audio engineer and musician!

We discussed SO MUCH!.....including:

Mics:

Manley Reference Cardioid mic ---> UA Arrow (API Vision channel strip with no EQ or compression)
Neumann U87, TLM103
RODE NTK
Shure KSM32
Shure SM7B
EV RE20
Various Handhelds - Shure Sm58, Beta58, Beta87, Neumann KMS105
Mixer - Behringer Eurorack, M-Audio Profire2826, UAD Console Virtual Mixer

Preamplifiers:

Neve Shelford Channel
Great River me1nv
Grace Design M101
UA Solo 610

Interfaces:

UAD Apollo Twin Duo
Twin Quad
x6
Arrow

Recorders:

Tascam DR40
Sound Devices MixPre-3

Computer - Macbook Pro 15 (2019)

Post-production:

Recordings go from MixPre or Tascam, exported into logic or Reaper, or directly into Logic 1 of 2 ways:
- - - Desktop/portable rig Mic->UA Arrow or Twin Quad, through Unison Mic Pre (usually API Vision)
    - Rack - Mic->Mic pre->balanced line out into UAD x6, bypass onboard preamps and into converters
Editing and Mixing done in Logic, some mixing in Reaper or Pro Tools (or outsourced)
Typical Vocal Bus - Plugin Alliance BlackBox, EL Arouser, Waves NS1 for dynamic mics
UAD Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor or UA LA2A, UAD Manley Massive Passive, Waves NS1 for Condensers OR Acustica Audio Aquamarine (Shadow Hills compressor), Magenta, Purple when untethered.
Occasionally use Kazrog TrueIron (also try Valve EQ, K-clip), Kush UBK1, Novatronclassi

Mastering Bus:

Softube Tape or UAD Ampex ATR102, Manley Massive Passive, Softube TubeTech Channel, PluginAlliance bx_limiter or UAD Precision Limiter
Occasionally Use Airwindows plugs, Logic Stock plugs, various Acustica and UAD emulations, waves emulations, various reverbs..always trying new plugins as well.

Cleanfeed

MJUC

Tokyo Dawn - free compressor and EQ

Chandler Curvebender!

Stoicism!

Thanks for being a great guest, Chris!

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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