PES 090: Aaron Dowd

04/26/18 • 73 min

The Podcast Engineering Show

My guest is Aaron Dowd - Podcaster Success Lead at SimpleCast and host of The Podcast Dude.

Great conversation covering lots!:

Shure Beta 87a microphone
Scarlett solo - audio interface
Logic Pro DAW
RX Dialogue De-noiser and De-clip
Loudness meter plugin aiming for -16LUFS
Bussing all voices to a single channel and adding effects to that channel, which effects all the voices simultaneously -- dialogue de-noiser (light setting), some EQ, de-esser, an RMS Compressor, and adaptive limiter.
Editing in Logic Pro
HD 600 headphones
Using the Forecast app to convert to MP3 and add chapters. During production he marks where chapters will be, usually when the host asks a question, etc.
Link to a tutorial on using Forecast and podcast chapters: https://medium.com/simplecast/forecast-by-marco-arment-what-it-is-how-it-works-and-why-podcasters-should-take-a-look-ba446ffa8a35

Thanks for hanging out with us, Aaron!

DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening!

Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer?

Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Aaron Dowd - Podcaster Success Lead at SimpleCast and host of The Podcast Dude.

Great conversation covering lots!:

Shure Beta 87a microphone
Scarlett solo - audio interface
Logic Pro DAW
RX Dialogue De-noiser and De-clip
Loudness meter plugin aiming for -16LUFS
Bussing all voices to a single channel and adding effects to that channel, which effects all the voices simultaneously -- dialogue de-noiser (light setting), some EQ, de-esser, an RMS Compressor, and adaptive limiter.
Editing in Logic Pro
HD 600 headphones
Using the Forecast app to convert to MP3 and add chapters. During production he marks where chapters will be, usually when the host asks a question, etc.
Link to a tutorial on using Forecast and podcast chapters: https://medium.com/simplecast/forecast-by-marco-arment-what-it-is-how-it-works-and-why-podcasters-should-take-a-look-ba446ffa8a35

Thanks for hanging out with us, Aaron!

DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening!

Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer?

Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

Previous Episode

PES 089: NAB Show Recap

I recap my experience at NAB last week, including our Mic Test Drive Booth and lots more including:

BIG thanks to my booth brothers: Michael Helms, Josh Wade, and Landen Hardy!
Our 10 mics, Mackie 1642VLZ4, MixPre-6 borrowed from Sound Devices, and a BP40 borrowed from Steve Savanyu at Audio-Technica.
Sennheiser’s upcoming wireless clip on mic, and the Neumann U67 at their booth!
My birthday gift - a Neewer mini microphone! Watch Bandrew Scott's video on this mic here.
The Venue was HUGE - Las Vegas Convention Center. Booth traffic was OK. And I was interviewed twice - one audio and one video. I also mentioned my drive out there - TO Vegas via New Mexico and Arizona, FROM Vegas via Utah and Colorado.

And it was great to hang out with:

Rob Walch - Libsyn
Todd Cochrane, Mike Dell, MacKenzie - Blubrry
Jennifer Crawford and Vernon Ross - Podbean
Rob Greenlee - Voxnest
Eric Larsen - Tascam
Sean and Ira - Samson
Podfest guys - Chris Krimitsos, John Dennis
Podcast Movement guys - Jared Easley, Dan Franks
Allan Tepper
Emma Victoria
Austin Dillman - REV
Angela Copeland

Other stuff:

Skype Has a Big Announcement for Content Creators: Skype was proud to announce the new Skype for Content Creators, which looks to be what podcasters have been asking for, for years. The new feature is available in preview form now (at NAB) and should be widely available in the summer for both Mac and Windows 10 users. Skype for Content Creators records calls directly through NDI-capable software like Wirecast, Xsplit, and Vmix. The feature provides "clean" copies of all call participants that you can quickly drop into audio and video production apps, so you can focus more on the content and publishing of your show, and less on double-checking everyone's recordings.

I detail how I mixed an episode using the wrong Sonarworks profile, and then had to correct it. Because I had already done many edits, it wasn’t an option to go back to the mix and adjust the individual tracks.

Lastly: Congrats to the current students enrolled in PES! Next semester starts June 26th and super-early-bird pricing still available.

DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening!

Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer?

Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS