Jey's Podcasting Journal

I'm testing my recording setup with a two minute, mini-interview with my son. We are going to record the conversation over a mobile phone network.

PRODUCTION NOTES

I used a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 phone to record, edit and publish this episode. And I used Sony MDR-V150 headphones as speakers and spoke into the mic of the phone. I hand held the phone. I was sat on my bed facing my cloth headboard.

My son used an Apple iPhone 8 with a generic set of earbuds which had a built in mic.

Recording app: Rev Audio & Voice Recorder (for Android), from Rev.com.

Editing app: Auphonic Edit for Android.

Sound Treatment: Auphonic.com

Auphonic.com settings [to output as a 16bit mono WAV file]: Adaptive Leveler (on), Loudness Normalization (Loudness Target -19 LUFS ), Filtering (on), Noise and Hum Reduction (Reduction Amount: Auto)

I uploaded the resulting WAV file to Anchor.fm to host the file and added the music from their free music stock.

Anchor automatically converts the WAV file into a 128kbps .m4a file

Punch and roll is a technique used to correct mistakes we make during the recording process instead of later in the editing room. It can be a massive time-saver.

Links to examples:

Audacity Example Video : https://youtu.be/rl5SZ6xG59A

Audacity Manual Punch and Roll : https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/punch_and_roll_record.html

Audacity Manual Punch-in Repair : https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/tutorial_punch_in_repair_of_recordings.html

Adobe Audition Example Video : https://youtu.be/olxjy8p2mxs

Booth Junkie's Voice Over Punch and Roll Walkthrough (using Reaper) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbs5dMB2Bbo

PRODUCTION NOTES

Recording Mic: Zoom LMF-2 Lavalier mic

Recording device: Zoom F2 32 bit float Field Recorder

Recording location: Dining Table

Recording format: WAV (32-bit float mono)

Sound Treatment Mixing and EQ: Adobe Audition

Editorial Edit: Descript.com

Mastering Sound Treatment: Auphonic Productions at Auphonic.com

Auphonic.com settings [to output as a 16bit mono WAV file]: Adaptive Leveler (on), Loudness Normalization (Loudness Target -19 LUFS ), Filtering (on), Noise and Hum Reduction (Reduction Amount: Auto), Sample rate: 44.1kHz

I uploaded the resulting WAV file to Anchor.fm to host the file and added

What is compression and what problems does it solve? Give me ten minutes and I'll tell you all about it. Well, as much as I can in ten minutes!

The short version is that a compressor reduces the dynamic range of a recording. Let's find out why that's useful.

PRODUCTION NOTES

Recording Mic: Zoom LMF-2 Lavalier mic

Recording device : Zoom F2 32 bit float Field Recorder

Recording location: Facing into my closet (I'm not liking the sound here. Sounds muffled and boxy. I guess the mic is being shielded too much)

Recording format: WAV (32 bit float mono)

Editing app (and EQ) : Audacity

Sound Treatment: Auphonic Productions at Auphonic.com

Auphonic.com settings [to output as a 16bit mono WAV file]: Adaptive Leveler (on), Loudness Normalization (Loudness Target -19 LUFS ), Filtering (on), Noise and Hum Reduction (Reduction Amount: Auto), Sample rate: 44.1kHz

I uploaded the resulting WAV file to Anchor.fm to host the file and added the music from their free music stock.

Episode art: Canva

Anchor automatically converts the WAV file into a 128kbps, stereo, .m4a file

Auphonic provides a simple and free mobile audio editor and recorder perfect for phones.

Check it out here: https://auphonic.com/help/mobile/index.html.

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