12 | Sound design & soundscapes - with Dan Dugan

05/09/20 • 44 min

Dan Dugan is a sound designer and inventor of the automatic microphone mixer, a key component in professional audio tools. He also records soundscapes in natural environments through his work with the Nature Sounds Society. In this episode, Dan discusses how he got involved in theatrical sound and professional audio, and his more recent work doing field recordings. He also makes some observations about the change in our soundscapes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Soundproofist - 12 | Sound design & soundscapes - with Dan Dugan

Transcript

Cary (00:07):
This is episode 12 of Soundproofist. My name is Cary.

Phill (00:12):
And this is Phill.

Cary (00:14):
And today we’re going to talk with Dan Dugan, an audio engineer and sound designer who invented the first automatic microphone mixer, which is used today in many mixing consoles and other audio equipment. Dan is also a field recordist and a board member of the Nature Sound Society. He’s captured the soundscapes of many national parks and monuments. We’r