The Podcast Engineering Show
Summary: Chris chats with podcasters and audio experts about their podcast production 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. By listening every week you will glean A TON of audio engineering knowledge and skills that will make a HUGE difference in the quality of your sound, not to mention save you a lot of time. Your host Chris Curran has a background in podcast production (Forbes, Dun & Bradstreet, J&J, etc) as well as music production (Sarah McLachlan, Jeff Buckley, Foreigner, etc). When he entered podcasting in 2012, he noticed that most podcasters (and producers) do not have a solid understanding of fundamental audio engineering concepts, which sabotages the quality of their sound from the very beginning. This show, as well as the Podcast Engineering School, helps podcasters and producers reach professional levels of podcast audio production.
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I detail what is included when attending the Podcast Engineering School program, specifically: Who should attend PES? Why attend PES? The audio background of your instructor (me) Mentorship aspect of the program LIVE classes, not pre-recorded All class topics Tons of teaching topics Also hang with us on the Podcaster's Lounge livestream every Wednesday 7-9 PM Eastern / 4-6 PM Pacific. And jump on our email list - Monthly Resources for Podcasters and Producers.
My guest is Daniel Hager, host of Let’s Talk Re-Touching, owner of Hager Media, and award-winning retoucher and Adobe Photoshop Certified Expert. We covered a ton including: A self-modified OEM branded mic with a capsule similar to the Shure Beta 27, dbx 286s, Presonus 192 Mobile interface, Self-built Windows computer, Adobe Audition, Presonus Studio 1 DAW, VB-Audio VoiceMeeter (a virtual mixer for Windows), De-click, De-noise, Microsoft cloud services for media hosting, and more. Thanks Daniel!
My returning guest is Georg Holzmann, founder of Auphonic! We cover all the brand new advanced parameters of Auphonic's audio processing algorithms. *If you want to try these new features, simply contact Auphonic and ask them to enable these new features for you. Here's some of what we covered in depth: Adaptive Leveler, Presets, Dynamic Range, Compression, Separate parameters for Music and Speech, Loudness Target, Maximum Peak Level, Noise and Hum Reduction. Thanks for hanging out with us, Georg!
My guest is Jim Collison, gadget podcaster at TheAverageGuy.tv and co-host of the Ask the Podcast Coach show. We discussed tons: 2 PC setup, 3 PC setup, Windows software: Audacity, Auphonic to level and create MP3 files, Windows Movie Maker. Publishing to many different platforms: Podamatic, Spreaker, Soundcloud, Mixcloud, Audiomac, Podcast.com, Archive.org. One of Jim's NIGHTMARE SESSIONS, ATR2100 mic, Mackie ProFX12 and ProFX8, Logitech C920 webcam, Google Hangouts LIVE, Eggcrate foam. Thanks Jim!
My guest is Andy Wang, host and producer of the Inspired Money podcast! We discussed lots of podcast production equipment, workflows and techniques including: CAD E100 microphone, Rode PSA boom arm, QSC TouchMix-16, Surface laptop, Sennheiser HD280 headphones, iMac computer, Apogee Duet interface, Reaper, Fabfilter plugins (gate, compression, EQ), Waves plugins (Vocal Rider, CLA vocals, L3 Multimaximizer), ART Dual Pre interface, Sennheiser e935, Auphonic and more. Thanks for hanging out with us, Andy!
My guest is Ross Brand from LivestreamUniverse.com! We discussed podcasting, Livestreaming, equipment and tons more. Enjoy listening! Ross's equipment: Shure SM7B, Electro-voice RE50, Samson Q2u, Sound Devices MixPre-3, Audient iD14, Shure MVi, iRig Pre, Sennheiser HD280Pro headphones, Screenflow, Auphonic, Logitech C922x, Canon Vixia R800, BeLive (for Facebook Live), Wirecast Studio, LiveU Solo and more. Thank you for hanging out with us, Ross!
My guest is Marc Bakos - audio engineer and partner at Cleanfeed. We discussed his service and lots more: Marc's setup: TLM 49, Yamaha MG-12 mixer, Dbx 286s, Prism Sound Titan external sound card, PMC TB2+ speakers. What is Cleanfeed? Audio Quality: Pro version offers up to 320kbps quality. Standard voice 64kbps. Ducking? No!, but can turn it on on a per participant basis. Leveling/Processing? No. No local recording for participants. Remote guests are combined onto one track. Thanks Marc!
My guest is René Coronado - audio engineer, sound designer at Dallas Audio Post Group, and cohost of the Tonebenders Podcast. We discussed: Wave Rider (from Quiet Art), ProTools, AKG C24, Genelec monitors, AT 4050, TLM 103, U87, MKH 50 and 416, SM7B, MixPre-3, Soundcloud, EQ, Compression, RX6, Field recording: Line Audio CM3, Sound design techniques, Track layouts, Soundminer: sound fx software, Plugins: ProTools channel strip, Sound Particles, Twisted Sound “whoosh,” Native Instruments Repl
My guest is Dan Gonzalez, Senior Product Manager at iZotope, Inc. for Ozone 8, Neutron 2, and Nectar 3. He is also an audio engineer and musician. We discussed tons, including: Nectar Elements Vocal Mixing Plugin, Vocal Assistant, Ozone 8, Neutron 2, O8N2 Bundle, Tonal Balance Control, Spire Studio, and of course RX6! Thanks Dan!
My guest is Dan Dugan of Dan Dugan Sound Design, inventor of the automatic microphone mixer! He has been active in the professional audio industry for more than 50 years, and is a board member of the Nature Sounds Society. We discussed his automixer as well nature recording - DEEP stuff. Enjoy. Thank you, Dan, for doing such great work your whole life and for being a great guest!
Join me and my good friend Ralph M. Rivera as we celebrate the 100th episode of this show! Hear audio clips from 19 awesome friends and previous guests roasting and/or congratulating me! Also hear a 10 min. audio piece I created called "Audio Adjectives and What They Sound Like." Hear what these sound like: Big, Boomy, Muddy, Boxy, Hollow, Midrangy, Presence, Clarity, Brightness, “Air,” and Telephone Sound. Ralph is currently creating Podcaster’s Toolbox, and his show is called Carbon Based Busines
My guest is Michael Helms - my long time friend, audio engineer and host of the Location Sound Podcast. Mike has worked on music production, commercial voiceover production and currently location sound. We discussed: Mike's main podcast setup: RE20, MixPre-10T, Macbook Pro, Squadcast, Adobe Audition. Processing: Compression, EQ, multiband compression. Good lavalier mics, What’s in Mike's location sound equipment bag? A recent Nightmare Session... Editing philosophy. Thanks Mike!
I cover many topics that can help your podcast production. Quick fyi - the next semester of PES starts Sep.18 and early-bird pricing is still available. And Podcast Movement is next week and I’ll be streaming Live from there: https://podcastengineeringschool.com/live/ . Topics discussed: NIGHTMARE SESSION, NEXT PURCHASE, Mixing _INTO_ your mastering compressor, Forecast, removing below 30-40 Hz, my new fave plugin: Waves CLA-76, my response to a listener, an idea to deal with folks with bad mic technique
My guest is Ben Scheirman, who runs NSScreencast.com and produces two podcasts at Vibrato.fm and Appdevdiary.com. We also rolled out a new segment called Nightmare Sessions! We discussed: UA Apollo 8 Quad, ATR-2100USB, Rolls Mic Mute, Audio Hijack and Loopback, Screenflow, Logic Pro, Mainstage, Beyerdynamic DT770 headphones, Onyx Blackjack, Onyx 820i firewire mixer, KRK Rokit 5's, API Vision channel strip plugin, & Heil PR40. Thanks for being a great guest and sharing so much, Ben!
My returning guest is Billy O - host of The Billy O Show, podcast producer and audio engineer. We discuss post-production and other podcast production topics including: Waves plugins: EQ, Vocal Rider, X-hum. FabFilter Pro-Q2 and Pro-MB plugins, Nomad Factory plugins, General EQ advice: Cut wide and boost narrow. Applying EQ and compression directly on a channel vs. using sends, Chris mentions his new way of subgrouping voices, Playing tracks off Spotify through his Pioneer DJM 400 mixer, Editing
