The Podcast Engineering Show

First I explain what I’m using this episode - a Shure SM7B right into my Mackie mixer. Then I discuss these 4 topics: 1. The Wisdom of Audio Processing: Tweaking EQ & Compression on my new RE20, Dbx 286s “Enhancer” section, multiband compressor on a voice, 2. Debrief Last Week’s Episode Production: Too much compression in a reverby room, Staying close to the mic, Gating to tape, Auphonic Multitrack crossgate, 3. Matching/Balancing the Sound of Voices Within Episodes, 4. Upgrading Your Equipment stra

My guests are Ralph Rivera and his wife Carol Lynn! They are podcasters, as well as developers of The Podcaster's Toolbox, and lovely people. We recorded this episode using their brand new custom mobile podcasting rig! Equipment inside: Four dbx 286s, Zoom F8 multitrack recorder, Eight channel headphone amp, Two big drawers to hold the mic's, Four Heil PR-40's, And just in case, a Behringer Multicom Pro-XL MDX4600.

My guest is The Real Brian, host of The Real Brian Show, and Arrow Squad! BTW-- I laughed so much listening to his recent episode where he spoke with the legendary JP Sears. In this episode we discussed: Signal chain - PR 40 mic, Mackie 1202 mixer, Behringer MDX 4600, Roland R-05, Zoom H5, Mixing to AIFF file, Stereo vs Mono final MP3s, Audacity, Plugins - AU, peak limiter, noise reducer, and Levelator.

My guest is Greg Heist, producer and cohost of The Future Stir, and Chief Innovation Officer at Gongos. Greg and I discussed: Focusrite Mixcontrol Drawner S73 plugin on master bus, Feeding Stems into Auphonic Multitrack, 2nd generation Focusrite 18i20 audio interface, SM7B, Cloudlifter CL-1, Zoom H5, Recording in Adobe Audition at 32 bit 48kHz!, Fuhrmann power strip, Behringer 1800 microphones (3 for $39!), Blue Encore 100 mic, and Focusrite RED plugins.

My guest is Jonathan Messinger, producer and host of The Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian, and founder of Typedrawer Media producing interactive story podcasts for kids. We discussed: PR30 (not a PR40 like many many others), Background music levels and ducking, Panning, Hindenburg Journalist Pro, Pre-loaded session templates, Where to find music, "Robot voice" plugins: Waves SoundShifter, and Sound Toys "Little Alter Boy", and Pyle-Pro PDMIC58 mic.

My guest is Brian Adoff, owner of Riveting FM, and producer of Drink Drank Drunk as well as the upcoming show, Unlocked. We talked about SO much, including: SM7B's, Lipsmacks, Keyboard shortcuts, Using two Audition templates, WAV files with 3 channels instead of 2!, FX chains Bussing 3-4 voices to a vocal track w/ loudness meter, Adding a tiny bit of reverb, Waves Silver bundle, Cloudlifter, dbx 286s, Zoom H4, and a field shotgun mic: AT 875-R condenser.

My guest is Scott Weingart, producer and host of The EMCrit Podcast, as well as a physician (MD, FCCM) and Editor-in-Chief of EMCrit. Here's some of what Scott and I discussed: Shure 87A microphone, Sound Devices USB interface, The usefulness of a dog clicker!, Noise reduction within Adobe Audition, Hi-Pass filter, Tube-model compressor, Hard limiting, Loudness Radar, and LKFS.

My guest is Cliff Ravenscraft, the Podcast Answer Man! I actually got my start in podcasting by watching his tutorial videos ;) He began podcasting in 2005, and since then he has trained many, many people how to start and produce their podcast. We discussed: Noise reduction, Mackie VLZ4, MDX-4600, Roland R-05, iJingle Pro - app to play sound clips, Using the audio from a Snapchat video on an audio podcast, and Adobe Audition (single track editor, broadcast preset of multiband compressor).

My guest is Cody Boyce - podcaster, podcast producer, and founder of Podcast Masters. Some of what we discussed (which Cody uses): Soundflower -to- OBS -to- Twitch, AKG C1000S dynamic microphone, EQ - hard filter at around 120 Hz on every voice (which he adjusts to taste), Logic Pro, How Cody uses Shure 57's, Motu Traveler, WNS - Waves Noise Supressor, WLM - Waves Loudness Meter, and Side-chaining - Waves C1.

My guest is Bryan Orr, independent narrative audio producer and host/producer of the Dialed In podcast. Some of what Bryan uses: A cool EQ trick for pushing music to the background,AT 8035 shotgun microphone, usually with a Rode shock-mount pistol grip, Zoom H5, EV RE20 through a cloud lifter, Roland R-05, Reaper (like me!), ReaDelay plugin to create stereo bounce delays, etc., and Vocal Rider!

My guest is Ray Ortega, host of The Podcasters’ Studio, and Podcasters’ Roundtable. Ray has been an incredibly helpful force in the world of podcasting since 2007. Enjoy listening to this episode full of tips, equipment and workflow details straight from one of the podcasting masters!

My guest is Joshua Rivers - Owner of Podcast Guy Media and host the Creative Studio Podcast. It was fun hanging with Josh. BTW- he (and his children!) are fans of Barry, too! YEAH OH YEAH. Josh's equipment and workflow include: PR40, AT2100USB, Behringer Q802USB, Sennheiser HD 280 PRO Headphones, Adobe Audition, iFree Skype Recorder, Multiband compressor, and a Hard Limiter.

Have you ever recorded a podcast with 16 people in one room - all on the show simultaneously?!?! Liza Miller has. She is my guest - host and producer of the Motorcycles & Misfits podcast. We discussed: Behringer XM8500 microphone, Shock mount mic clips, Mackie 1642 VLZ Pro, Alesis 3630 dual channel compressor, Power conditioner, Behringer U-control audio interface, Adobe Audition, HA-400 headphones, Soundbooth program, and Tascam DR-11G (recorder for backups and remote recordings).

My guest is Alan Mead, dentist and host of The Dental Hacks Podcast. Don't let the whole dentist thing mislead you - he has a bad ass audio setup and he records multitrack the same way I do! We talked about a lot of cool tips. He uses: Rode Broadcaster microphone, Focusrite Saffire Pro 40, Four windows laptops, Four dbx 286s's, iMac running Adobe Audition, and Backing up original track files.

My guest is Chris Saunders, host of Return to Camp Blood - a Friday the 13th fan podcast. Chris has a very practical and low cost setup, and he makes the most of it! He regularly records with Skype and Pamela call recorder with 2-3 other co-hosts all in different states. They all use ATR2005's and Chris sometimes uses a Behringer XENYX X1204USB mic. Then he does post-production in Adobe Audition where he adds intro/outro music, any other audio clips, and then exports to MP3.