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 MS11...
Feb 09, 2017•56 min•Ep. 43
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 cond...
Feb 02, 2017•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 42
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 g...
Jan 26, 2017•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 41
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 an...
Jan 19, 2017•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 40
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 i...
Jan 12, 2017•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 39
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 a...
Jan 05, 2017•58 min•Ep. 38
Announcement: We will be taking a break for the holidays, so after this episode we will be back on Jan. 5th. Links mentioned in this episode: Podfest Multimedia Expo in Orlando, Florida from Feb. 23-25, 2017 The Podcasting Course in Lexington, Kentucky from April 21-22, 2017 Podcast Gear Group (Facebook group led by the incomparable Marc Johanssen) First I mention and explain what I’m using to record this episode - a Shure SM7B right into my Mackie mixer - no processing before recording, which i...
Nov 17, 2016•53 min•Ep. 37
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! They are going to be travelling a lot over the next year so they put together a top quality mobile rig which they can take anywhere to record. It houses many pieces of equipment, as well as all the cables and power cords already connected and ready to record. Just pop off the cov...
Nov 10, 2016•1 hr•Ep. 36
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 Levelator Thanks for sharing so much with us, The Real Brian ! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of ...
Nov 03, 2016•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 35
My guest is Greg Heist, producer and cohost of The Future Stir , and Chief Innovation Officer at Gongos . FYI, the website for The Future Stir uses a really cool WordPress theme called Soundbyte Podcast/Audio Template. Take a look at their site here . 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 po...
Oct 27, 2016•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 34
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. I loved learning exactly how Jonathan creates the robot voices for the various characters on his show. We also discussed: Jonathan uses a 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: CreativeCommons.org , FreeSound...
Oct 20, 2016•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 33
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 Field shotgun mic: AT 875-R condenser Thanks for being a great guest, Brian! DID YOU KNOW........
Oct 13, 2016•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 32
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 . Scott is not your average podcast producer and we really learned a lot from him about his equipment, workflow and processing. I also got to tell a cool story about a sweet monitoring trick I learned from the immortal audio engineer Andy Wallace from his sessions with (also immortal) singer/songwriter Jeff Buckley at Soundtrack in NYC in 1994. Additionally, I sp...
Oct 06, 2016•57 min•Ep. 31
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. Enjoy this episode! We discussed Cliff's hardware setup and workflow, including: 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 Adobe Audition (single trac...
Sep 29, 2016•57 min•Ep. 30
My guest is Cody Boyce - podcaster, podcast producer, and founder of Podcast Masters . Commander Cody is also a cohost on the Rogue Squadron podcast . 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 Side-chaining - Waves C1 We covered a lot in this episode - ...
Sep 22, 2016•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 29
My guest is Bryan Orr , independent narrative audio producer and host/producer of the Dialed In podcast. An all-around cool guy who's actually involved in other shows and his own business as well. Fun times discussing Bryan's equipment, processing, and narrative-style production philosophy and workflow. Listen for all the details. (fyi, my written show notes here are always just the tip of the iceberg) Some of what Bryan uses: A cool EQ trick for pushing music to the background AT 8035 shotgun m...
Sep 15, 2016•59 min•Ep. 28
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! Oh, and here's the link to the Vocal Rider plugin we mentioned: Thanks for hanging on the show with us, Ray! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions...
Sep 08, 2016•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 27
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 Hard Limiter We also discussed the production workflow which Josh is using for the narrative style episodes that he is producing now on season 4 o...
Sep 01, 2016•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 26
Have you ever recorded a podcast with 16 people in one room - all on the show simultaneously?!?! Liza Miller has. My guest is Liza Miller, host and producer of the Motorcycles & Misfits podcast. She used to do live sound in clubs, many moons ago, and now she is having a blast with so many friends doing Motorcycles & Misfits. Btw, she found a pretty solid, inexpensive purchase: 3 Behringer XM1800S microphones for $40! When you have 12 mic's open in a room you have to keep costs down ;) Sp...
Aug 25, 2016•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 25
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 Backing up original track files Thanks for being a tremendous guest, Alan! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please...
Aug 18, 2016•55 min•Ep. 24
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! (Btw, his show is super niche in that they only talk about Friday the 13th movies...lol) He produces his show from start to finish and regularly has 2-3 other co-hosts who are all in different states. They connect via Skype and record with Pamela call recorder. He pans himself hard left and all other co-hosts hard right. They all us...
Aug 11, 2016•47 min•Ep. 23
My guest is Georg Holzmann, founder of Auphonic . He lives in Austria. We went deeper than usual into audio processing including: Machine learning Compression Noise reduction Loudness levels Handling multiple voices Crossgating We spent time going line by line through the fascinating Audio Processing Statistics that Auphonic provides after you process a piece of audio. During the show we discussed the screenshot shown here, which contains these data: Programme Loudness Max Peak Level Loudness Ra...
Aug 04, 2016•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 22
My guest is Mary Mazurek - 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. Because she's doesn't host her own podcast show yet (coming soon!), she joined the show from her makeshift studio in her closet including a homemade pop filter using a knitting hoop and panty hose! We had an awesome conversation about many vital topics: Trying out her ne...
Jul 28, 2016•1 hr•Ep. 21
My guest is Max Flight, host of Airplane Geeks Podcast , co-host and producer of The UAV Digest and the #PaxEx Podcast . We talked about all phases of his podcast production. This is an overview of what Max's engineering in his own words from an email he sent me: I'm involved with 3 podcasts, all aviation-related: Airplane Geeks: Co-founder (2008), host, and producer (since 2009). The UAV Digest: A spinoff from Airplane Geeks. I co-host and produce. The PaxEx Podcast: Co-host and I produce it up...
Jul 21, 2016•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 20
My pal from New Jersey, Ralph M. Rivera, hangs with me in this session. A bit of fun was had by all. He is the cofounder of Podcaster's Toolbox , host of the Web.Search.Social podcast, and a wonderful marketing guru. He and his beautiful wife, Carol Lynn, had a booth at Podcast Movement encouraging folks to get on the "Beta train" for Podcaster's Toolbox . You can too. We discuss many of the questions I got from folks in my Q&A session on audio engineering at Podcast Movement. Listen for all...
Jul 14, 2016•57 min•Ep. 19
My guest is Jason Bryant, founder of Mat Talk Online and the Mat Talk Podcast Network. We had a great chat - listen to get the full effect ;) Here's an overview of Jason's equipment and workflow (taken from an email he previously sent me): I host 10 different shows (of the 14 on the network) Using a MacBook Pro with an AT2005 microphone for my home set up. Routed through a Yamaha MG102C and a FocusRite 2i2. I use the AT2005 based on it’s sound and flexibility. I record for triple redundancy. I u...
Jul 07, 2016•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 18
My guest is Daniel J. Lewis who is one of the four individuals on my personal "Mt. Rushmore of Podcast experts and educators." (see his full bio and links below) We talked in depth about his personal podcast production workflow and equipment, including his: Microphone choice (he recently switched over to an RE-320, which I think might be the next mic that I try) Behringer mixer (X1832 USB) MDX4600 (4-Channel Expander/Gate/Compressor/Peak Limiter with Dynamic Enhancer and Low Contour Filter) Zoom...
Jun 30, 2016•45 min•Ep. 17
My guest is Drew Smith, host of the Under Ten Fitness podcast, Radio DJ and producer, personal trainer and power lifter. In this episode, Drew tried to stump your host by playing 3 different pre-recorded sound clips recorded with 3 different microphones, and then asking which sound clip was which mic. The 3 mic's are a Sennheiser e835, an EV RE-20, and an EV Cobalt Co9. Play along - listen and guess for yourself! Pause the podcast right before I make my guesses. We discussed Drew's podcast equip...
Jun 23, 2016•55 min•Ep. 16
My guest is Steve Savanyu, Director of Educational Services at Audio-Technica U.S. Steve has over 40 years of professional audio experience in live sound, studio and broadcast applications. He has worked on large live and broadcast events including the Presidential/Vice Presidential Debates (2008 & 2012), and the 2008 New York City Papal Visit. Steve schooled us (in deep detail) on the technical differences between these types of microphones: Dynamic Condenser Ribbon Carbon Ceramic Crystal W...
Jun 16, 2016•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 15
My guest is Kevin Farkas, Founder and Executive Producer of Veteran Voices of Pittsburgh Oral History Initiative , and Founder of The Social Voice Podcast Network (TSVPN). We discussed his podcasting equipment and workflow, including Zoom F8, RE 320, Internet Archive, digital recorders, Blubrry, Presonus V2 Tube Preamp, and more. I also went DEEP into the weeds regarding sample rates, bit depth, precision EQ'ing, frequencies and more. Thank you for being a great guest, Kevin! DID YOU KNOW..........
Jun 09, 2016•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 14
