 I wanted the opportunity to let you all know that I'm taking a break from the podcast for a while! I plan on coming back in a few months with a greater sense of purpose, focus, and a stronger grasp of how I can best educate those who are looking to make their podcasts sounds better!   If you're looking to stay connected and updated, you can keep up with what's going on in the Discord server or on Patreon!   Thank you all so much, and I'll still be seeing you most weeks over on the YouTube channel.   Links: Clean Cut Audiophiles Discord Server     My Signal Chain Hardware: Audio Interface: Apogee Ensemble Microphone: Shure SM7b Headphones: Audio-Technia ATH-M50x Earbuds: Klipsch R6i II Studio Monitors: Yamaha HS7 Mic Stand: Rode PS1A Boom Arm   Software: IzoTope RX6 Mouth De-Click IzoTope RX6 Voice De-Noise FabFilter ProQ3 Waves Vocal Rider Waves CLA-2A oeksound Soothe2 Waves WLM Meter Waves Durrough Meter Waves Abbey Road Studio3   -Save 10% off the plugins above with this affiliate link from Waves!-   *most of these links are affiliate links   Midroll Song: Road Trip by Joakim Karud Closing Song: Rainy Days by Joakim Karud http://www.joakimkarud.com   For more info, or to ask any questions, check out my website and reach out to hello@cleancutaudio.com 

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Summer Break and the Future of Clean Cut Audio

 It's very important to know that every compressor is different and it will make your audio sound differently depending on how it processes the gain reduction. There is a time and place for every different style of compressor, and in this episode we listen to 4 different styles of compression at 3 different amounts of compression applied to my voice.     JOIN THE FUN ON PATREON!     Links: Join the Clean Cut Audiophiles Discord Server! Clean Cut Audio on YouTube UA Article on Compressor Topologies 4SoundEngineers Article of Compressor Topologies IzoTope's 4 Different Types of Compressors SoundBridge Article on Types of Compressors   Compressors sampled in this episode: VCA: API 2500 Stereo Buss Compressor by Waves FET: CLA-76 Compressor by Waves Optical: CLA-2A Compressor by Waves Vari-Mu: u73b by Audified     My Signal Chain   Hardware: Audio Interface: Apogee Ensemble Microphone: Shure SM7b Headphones: Audio-Technia ATH-M50x Earbuds: Klipsch R6i II Studio Monitors: Yamaha HS7 Mic Stand: Rode PS1A Boom Arm   Software: IzoTope RX6 Mouth De-Click IzoTope RX6 Voice De-Noise FabFilter ProQ3 Waves Vocal Rider Waves CLA-2A oeksound Soothe2 Waves LinMB Waves WLM Meter Waves Durrough Meter Waves Abbey Road Studio3     -Save 10% off the plugins above with this affiliate link from Waves!-     *most of these links are affiliate links   Midroll Song: Road Trip by Joakim Karud Closing Song: Something New by Joakim Karud http://www.joakimkarud.com     For more info, or to ask any questions, check out my website and reach out to hello@cleancutaudio.com 

28. Explaining and Listening to the 4 Topologies of Compressors (VCA, FET, Opto, and Vari-Mu)

 Compression is a topic I've covered extensively (but also not nearly enough) on my YouTube channel. Even with all the hours of teaching I've done on the topic, I've barely touched on the other incredible effects and benefits of learning proper compression techniques.   While a perfectly dialed in compressor will certainly help level out your dynamic range and save your listeners ears from being blown out by sudden changes in loudness, it will also impart a beautiful tone and character to your voice that can otherwise sound bland and lifeless. Not even mentioning the sonic characteristics of hardware and analog emulated plugins, compression can add warmth and body to your voice that is otherwise unattainable, leaving your listeners with a more pleasing and intimate experience.   In this episode we go over the basics of compression, why it can add so much life to a podcast, and we listen to several examples of different intensities of compression to analyze the life it will give to a recording, and we'll learn to identify how much is too much.     JOIN THE FUN ON PATREON!     Links: 10% off all merch, all proceeds benefiting the humane society Basic YouTube Video on Compression Join the Clean Cut Audiophiles Discord Server! LA-2A Compressor Classic Optical Compressor CLA-2A Compressor     My Signal Chain   Hardware: Audio Interface: Apogee Ensemble Microphone: Shure SM7b Headphones: Audio-Technia ATH-M50x Earbuds: Klipsch R6i II Studio Monitors: Yamaha HS7 Mic Stand: Rode PS1A Boom Arm   Software: IzoTope RX6 Mouth De-Click IzoTope RX6 Voice De-Noise FabFilter ProQ3 Waves Vocal Rider Waves CLA-2A Apogee Digital ModComp oeksound Soothe2 Waves LinMB Waves WLM Meter Waves Durrough Meter Waves Abbey Road Studio3   -Save 10% off the plugins above with this affiliate link from Waves!-   *most of these links are affiliate links     Midroll Song: Road Trip by Joakim Karud http://www.joakimkarud.com     For more info, or to ask any questions, check out my website and reach out to hello@cleancutaudio.com 

27. Compression for Color, Tone, and Depth

 Death has a crazy way of putting a lot of things into perspective. With the recent passing on my dog and best friend Levi, I've been thinking a lot about what audio and podcasting REALLY means to me. It got me thinking of the Alexander Supertramp quote "Happiness is only real when shared". We as podcasters tend to hole ourselves in a spare bedroom, walk in closet, or any location that is completely separated from the sounds and sights of the rest of the world. It can get lonely, and that loneliness and isolation can really get in the way of progress.   This week I'm revising the concept of community, this time VERY determined to provide a safe place for listeners of this podcast, viewers of my videos, and I to freely express ideas, theories, tips, and techniques that will not only result in a better sounding podcast, but a more fulfilling experience along the way.     JOIN THE FUN ON PATREON!       Links: 10% off all merch, all proceeds benefiting the humane society Previous Episode on Community Community Vlog on YouTube Levi the Pitbull Clean Cut Audio on Twitter     My Signal Chain   Hardware: Audio Interface: Apogee Ensemble Microphone: Shure SM7b Headphones: Audio-Technia ATH-M50x Earbuds: Klipsch R6i II Studio Monitors: Yamaha HS7 Mic Stand: Rode PS1A Boom Arm   Software: IzoTope RX6 Mouth De-Click IzoTope RX6 Voice De-Noise FabFilter ProQ3 Waves Vocal Rider Waves CLA-2A oeksound Soothe2 Waves LinMB Waves WLM Meter Waves Durrough Meter Waves Abbey Road Studio3     -Save 10% off the plugins above with this affiliate link from Waves!-   *most of these links are affiliate links       Midroll Song: Road Trip by Joakim Karud Closing Song: Harmony by Joakim Karud   http://www.joakimkarud.com       For more info, or to ask any questions, check out my website and reach out to hello@cleancutaudio.com 

26. What My Dog Taught Me About Love, Audio, and Community

 Something I've been seeing recently in Facebook groups and forums is people claiming they can't be great at audio because they don't have a degree or formal education in audio engineering. If that's you, let me offer some personal insight. I'm one of those chumps who spent 4 years and a TON of money on a degree in audio engineering, and I've lived to regret it. The REAL learning happened after college when I was working with some very experienced and prolific audio engineers who, guess what, never had ANY formal education in audio engineering.   The thing that really took my production to the next level was watching professionals do what they do best. To this day, I still spends hours every week, sometimes every day on several different paid platforms where I can watch audio engineers work and talk about their processes.   In this episode I offer suggestions on how you can learn how to be GREAT at audio and produce incredible podcasts without any type of formal education, including a new service I'll be offering called MixLab. Be sure to check it out in the links below!     JOIN THE FUN ON PATREON!       Links: Clean Cut Audio Mixlab Podcast Engineering School Podcast Engineering Show Taylor Larson Instagram from my Former Life as a Woodworker Nail the Mix     My Signal Chain   Hardware: Audio Interface: Apogee Ensemble Microphone: Shure SM7b Headphones: Audio-Technia ATH-M50x Earbuds: Klipsch R6i II Studio Monitors: Yamaha HS7 Mic Stand: Rode PS1A Boom Arm   Software: IzoTope RX6 Mouth De-Click IzoTope RX6 Voice De-Noise FabFilter ProQ3 Waves Vocal Rider Waves CLA-2A oeksound Soothe2 Waves LinMB Waves WLM Meter Waves Durrough Meter Waves Abbey Road Studio3     -Save 10% off the plugins above with this affiliate link from Waves!-     *most of these links are affiliate links     Midroll Song: Road Trip by Joakim Karud   Closing Song: If I Could I'd... by Joakim Karud   http://www.joakimkarud.com       For more info, or to ask any questions, check out my website and reach out to hello@cleancutaudio.com 

25. How to Become an Amazing Podcast Engineer (without a degree in audio production)

 Many folks think noise reduction is something that can only be done in post production, but I'm here to tell you that's a bald-faced lie. The best noise reduction is accomplished WHILE recording your podcast! "The best offense is a great defense" type of vibes. There are SO many things we can do to make sure that noise (see also: unwanted sound) is never captured in the first place!   In this episode you'll learn a little bit about soundproofing and why it's unattainable for more people, microphone techniques that will almost eliminate noise (with listening examples of course!), some physical objects we can incorporate into our space to contain noise, and if all else fails, how to fix it in post.     JOIN THE FUN ON PATREON!       Links: Preamp Noise Comparison Episode Frequency and Wavelength 101 Episode Waves NS1 Waves X-Noise Waves Z-Noise IzoTope RX 7 GoBo       My Signal Chain   Hardware: Audio Interface: Apogee Ensemble Microphone: Shure SM7b Headphones: Audio-Technia ATH-M50x Earbuds: Klipsch R6i II Studio Monitors: Yamaha HS7 Mic Stand: Rode PS1A Boom Arm   Software: Avid Pro Tools 2020.5.0 IzoTope RX6 Mouth De-Click IzoTope RX6 Voice De-Noise FabFilter ProQ3 Waves Vocal Rider Waves CLA-2A oeksound Soothe2 Waves LinMB Waves WLM Meter Waves Durrough Meter Waves Abbey Road Studio3   -Save 10% off the plugins above with this affiliate link from Waves!-     *most of these links are affiliate links     Midroll Song: Road Trip by Joakim Karud Closing Song: Holiday Blues by Joakim Karud   http://www.joakimkarud.com     For more info, or to ask any questions, check out my website and reach out to hello@cleancutaudio.com 

24. Noise Reduction in the Recording and in Post Production

 When new podcasters or audio engineers are reaching out to their peers for help with their production, it's not uncommon to hear the super frustrating and unhelpful response of "just trust your ears". Unfortunately when you're so new to audio, that means nothing. It's a lazy cop out that relieves the person being asked for help from actually teaching anything. It would be like a new fighter pilot asking his superior how to fly a supersonic jet and getting the response "just trust your gut". Sure the stakes are much lower in audio production, but there still needs to be some foundational understanding in place in order for our ears to be trustworthy.   This process of analyzing and critically listening to audio is called "ear training". It's very aptly named, as it's a very long term process that is constantly expanding upon previous trainings and exercises. Just like you would never finish a marathon with 0 training, you won't hear audio the way a professional does after a couple of days. With running, you need to run to the edge of the block first. When that feels too easy, go all the way around the block, then work your way up to 1 mile, 2 miles, 5 miles, 10, 15, then 26.2 miles. When we first start critically listening to audio, some changes may be so subtle you start to question if you're listening to 2 identical audio files, meanwhile someone else is waxing poetic about how wildly different the sounds are.   This episode will teach you how to effectively develop your skills as an audio professional and podcaster so you can better hear subtle differences in audio, then use those skills to slowly but intentionally increase the quality of your audio week by week.     JOIN THE FUN ON PATREON!     Links: Equalizing by Octave: The Characteristics of Each Octave Band on the Human Voice A/B'ing Your Audio to Produce Better Sounding Podcasts Metric A/B by ADPTR (free 14 day trial)     My Signal Chain   Hardware: Audio Interface: Apogee Ensemble Microphone: Shure SM7b Headphones: Audio-Technia ATH-M50x Earbuds: Klipsch R6i II Studio Monitors: Yamaha HS7 Mic Stand: Rode PS1A Boom Arm   Software: IzoTope RX6 Mouth De-Click IzoTope RX6 Voice De-Noise FabFilter ProQ3 Waves Vocal Rider Waves CLA-2A oeksound Soothe2 Waves L2 Limiter Waves WLM Meter Waves Durrough Meter Waves Abbey Road Studio3   -Save 10% off the plugins above with this affiliate link from Waves!-   *most of these links are affiliate links   Midroll Song: Road Trip by Joakim Karud Closing Song: I Feel the Heat by Joakim Karud   http://www.joakimkarud.com   For more info, or to ask any questions, check out my website and reach out to hello@cleancutaudio.com    

23. Ear Training and Critical Listening Exercises to Better Hear and Mix Podcast Audio

 I vow to never stop talking about local recordings until every podcast on Earth at least KNOWS it's an option. Whether or not they choose to sound good is up to them.   A local recording eliminates all the fail points and fidelity degrading processes by writing all your 0's and 1's directly to your computer without any consideration of WiFi strength, bandwidth availability, or whatever noises your cohost is making on the other end. If you're using a platform like Zoom or Skype to record your podcast, keep doing what you're doing, just consider adding a local recording via your DAW of choice, Quicktime, or an interface with onboard recoding options. You'll immediately see a dramatic improvement in your audio quality.   JOIN THE FUN ON PATREON!   Links: Local v. Zoom Audio Comparison Double Ender Video Using Quicktime in Addition to Zoom Demo Video   Consider donating to these foundations: George Floyd Memorial Fund Campaign Zero Reclaim the Block The Bail Project Black Visions Collective     My Signal Chain   Hardware: Audio Interface: Apogee Ensemble Microphone: Shure SM7b Headphones: Audio-Technia ATH-M50x Earbuds: Klipsch R6i II Studio Monitors: Yamaha HS7 Mic Stand: Rode PS1A Boom Arm   Software: IzoTope RX6 Mouth De-Click IzoTope RX6 Voice De-Noise FabFilter ProQ3 Waves Vocal Rider Waves CLA-76 Waves API 2500 oeksound Soothe2 Waves L2 Limiter Waves WLM Meter Waves Durrough Meter Waves Abbey Road Studio3   -Save 10% off the plugins above with this affiliate link from Waves!-   *most of these links are affiliate links     Midroll Song: Road Trip by Joakim Karud Closing Song: Love Mode by Joakim Karud   http://www.joakimkarud.com     For more info, or to ask any questions, check out my website and reach out to hello@cleancutaudio.com 

22. Local Recordings: The Only Way to Capture Great Podcast Audio

 When it comes to mixing audio, you'd be hard pressed to find a more lively debate than the one between headphones and studio monitors. There are a LOT of pros and cons to each, and in this episode we explore many of the arguments for each side along with some brief lessons on HRTF (head related transfer function) and the psychoacoustics of how we localize audio in a 3D world.     JOIN THE FUN ON PATREON!       Links: The Science of Sound 101 Episode Waves Nx Virtual Mix Room Waves Abbey Road Studios3 HRTF (head related transfer function)     Gear Suggestions: Affordable Closed Back Headphones Quality Closed Back Headphones Affordable Open Back Headphones Quality Open Back Headphones Affordable Studio Monitors Quality Studio Monitors   My Signal Chain   Hardware: Audio Interface: Apogee Ensemble Microphone: Shure SM7b Headphones: Audio-Technia ATH-M50x Earbuds: Klipsch R6i II Studio Monitors: Yamaha HS7 Mic Stand: Rode PS1A Boom Arm   Software: IzoTope RX6 Mouth De-Click IzoTope RX6 Voice De-Noise FabFilter ProQ3 Waves Vocal Rider Waves CLA-76 Waves API 2500 Waves PuigTec EQP-1A oeksound Soothe2 Waves L2 Limiter Waves WLM Meter Waves Durrough Meter Waves Abbey Road Studio3     -Save 10% off the plugins above with this affiliate link from Waves!-     *most of these links are affiliate links     Midroll Song: Road Trip by Joakim Karud Closing Song: Electro Brass by Joakim Karud     http://www.joakimkarud.com     Find me online! Patreon | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube | Website 

21. Mixing Your Podcast on Headphones or Studio Monitors: The Pros and Cons of Each

 My father always taught me the worst thing you can do is to constantly compare yourselves to others. It can be limiting, anxiety inducing, and can guide you off the path you should be taking in life. Every person, every voice, and every experience is unique and should be treated as such. However! When we're duding our own audio quality, it's important to keep comparing our audio against that of other podcasts and voices that are KNOWN to be of good quality. Here's the reason why...   I've said it many times in past episodes, our ears are more susceptible to change than constants. When we listen to nothing but our own audio for an extended period of time, we become deaf to less than ideal qualities in our sound. When we first hit play, we may think "oh, that sounds a bit off...". But after 20 seconds, our ears adjust to the sound and the longer we sit with that audio, the more it becomes normal to us. It's not until we take a break and listen to a show with audio we love that we realize we took a left turn somewhere in our mix and now we have to undo a lot of moves to get back on track.   If we take periodic and frequency breaks from our audio to listen to a show with amazing production quality, we will keep our own audio in check, constantly comparing our sound to something great so we know where we should be heading. It's like a beacon of light letting us know which path we should take when we hit a fork in the road.   There are several tools we can use to quickly switch back and forth between our audio and the audio of others, but the process of A/Bing can be as simple as you want it to be. Hit pause in your DAW, hit play in the browser of NPRs website. Take stock of the differences in quality. Maybe you'll realize your voice could use a little bit more low end. Maybe it needs a little less midrange, and we wouldn't have noticed that if we didn't have a comparison to look to.   This is also extremely helpful to compensate for the coloration of our output devices. In past episodes I've mentioned that EVERYTHING affects how we hear sound. The shape of our ears, the size of the cones in our studio monitors, the quality and accuracy of our headphones, and the environment in which we are listening. When we have something to compare our voice to, we can compensate for the coloration of our output devices, and this is EXTREMELY helpful when we're not 100% comfortable with the way our devices translate sound.     JOIN THE FUN ON PATREON!       Links: Metric AB by ADPTR (free 14 day trial) Fabfilter ProQ3 (free 30 day trial) Cortex Podcast by Relay FM The Way I Heard It by Mike Rowe     My Signal Chain   Hardware: Audio Interface: Apogee Ensemble Microphone: Shure SM7b Headphones: Audio-Technia ATH-M50x Earbuds: Klipsch R6i II Studio Monitors: Yamaha HS7 Mic Stand: Rode PS1A Boom Arm     Software: IzoTope RX6 Mouth De-Click IzoTope RX6 Voice De-Noise FabFilter ProQ3 Waves Vocal Rider Waves CLA-76 Waves API 2500 oeksound Soothe2 Waves L2 Limiter Waves WLM Meter Waves Durrough Meter     -Save 10% off the plugins above with this affiliate link from Waves!-     *most of these links are affiliate links     Midroll Song: Road Trip by Joakim Karud Closing Song: Luvly by Joakim Karud     http://www.joakimkarud.com     Find me online! Patreon | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube | Website   

20. A/B'ing Your Audio to Produce Better Sounding Podcasts

 The title says it all. You can almost stop reading now if you want to. But, I find buying used gear to be one of the most valuable "life hacks" when it comes to buying audio gear for podcasting. Podhacks? Anyways, in audio production, with very few exceptions, you get what you pay for, and usually spending a *little* extra money can go a very long way. This is where buying used comes in! If we have a fixed budget, which most of us do, we can get MUCH higher quality gear if we buy used and spend the same amount of money.   With a couple extra dollars typically comes a better sound, better build quality, sometimes better features, and possibly better customer support from the manufacturer. Over the years I've saved tens of thousands of dollars by buying used, and many of these items I've bought from eBay, Craigslist, Facebook Marketplace, Guitar Center, or Sweetwater (yes the latter 2 have used sections to their websites!) are still working perfectly after owning them for 5-10 years. We should try our best to buy fewer things, and buy things of higher quality. I've seen several folks go through 4-5 low quality USB mics that kept breaking after 4 months only to finally realize they should be buying a more rugged and field tested microphone like a Shure SM58. These folks spent $200-300 on USB mics by trying to save a little bit of money (which totally backfired!) when they could have just bought a BRAND NEW Shure SM58 for $99, or a used one for $40, which is damn near guaranteed to last a lifetime.   Next time you want to buy a new piece of gear, check the used sections on Guitar Center and Sweetwater. Check eBay and Facebook Marketplace for a seller with good reviews. Check the manufacturers website for B-stock and factor refurbished gear. It's a super easy way to get great gear at an even better price.     JOIN THE FUN ON PATREON!       Episodes Referenced: 7. Things to Keep in Mind When Buying Podcast Equipment, Microphones, Interfaces, etc. 8. Comparing Preamp Noise on Interfaces, Mixers and Recorders     My Signal Chain Hardware: Audio Interface: Apogee Ensemble Microphone: Shure SM7b Headphones: Audio-Technia ATH-M50x Earbuds: Klipsch R6i II Studio Monitors: Yamaha HS7 Mic Stand: Rode PS1A Boom Arm   Software: IzoTope RX6 Mouth De-Click IzoTope RX6 Voice De-Noise FabFilter ProQ3 Waves Vocal Rider Waves CLA-2A oeksound Soothe2 Waves L2 Limiter Waves WLM Meter Waves Durrough Meter   -Save 10% off the plugins above with this affiliate link from Waves!-   *most of these links are affiliate links   Midroll Song: Road Trip by Joakim Karud Closing Song: Hurricane by Joakim Karud feat. Andrew Applepie http://www.joakimkarud.com     Find me online! Patreon | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube | Website    

19. Get More for Your Money By Buying Used Podcast Equipment!

 No matter what instrument you are recording, how it was recorded, or what hardware it was recorded with, you will always capture unwanted frequencies. That's what this entire series on frequency has lead to, identifying and properly removing unpleasant sounds. While there's more to it than this, one type of very unpleasant sound is a resonant frequency, which is simply defined as a build up on energy in a located area on the frequency spectrum. There can be several of these resonant frequencies in a recording, and once we know they're there and have the tools and abilities to properly identify them, we can transparently remove them, leaving behind a more pleasing arrangement of sounds.   In this episode we define in greater detail resonant frequencies, why they're bad, how to identify them, and how to remove them.   Full show notes with graphics and illustrations available at my website.       JOIN THE FUN ON PATREON!       My Signal Chain   Hardware: Audio Interface: Apogee Ensemble Microphone: Shure SM7b Headphones: Audio-Technia ATH-M50x Earbuds: Klipsch R6i II Studio Monitors: Yamaha HS7 Mic Stand: Rode PS1A Boom Arm   Software: IzoTope RX6 Mouth De-Click IzoTope RX6 Voice De-Noise FabFilter ProQ3 Waves Vocal Rider Waves CLA-2A oeksound Soothe2 Waves L2 Limiter Waves WLM Meter Waves Durrough Meter   -Save 10% off the plugins above with this affiliate link from Waves!-   *most of these links are affiliate links   Midroll Song: Road Trip by Joakim Karud Closing Song: Clouds by Joakim Karud http://www.joakimkarud.com     Find me online! Patreon | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube | Website 

18. Defining, Identifying, and Maintaining Resonant Frequencies in the Voice

 As we start to wrap up this long series on frequency, we work our way towards the natural conclusion, export settings. While sample rate and bit depth can be and are recording settings and are decided at the beginning of the session, we also have options when bouncing down (see also: exporting) our sessions. The same goes for what bitrate mp3 to convert our audio to. Each of these settings affects frequency either super directly or mildly indirectly so we're going to focus a bit on HOW our voices are converted and encoded into a digital signal, as well as how it's converted back into an analog signal.   Full show notes with graphics and illustrations available at my website.   JOIN THE FUN ON PATREON!   My Signal Chain   Hardware: Audio Interface: Apogee Ensemble Microphone: Shure SM7b Headphones: Audio-Technia ATH-M50x Earbuds: Klipsch R6i II Studio Monitors: Yamaha HS7 Mic Stand: Rode PS1A Boom Arm   Software: IzoTope RX6 Mouth De-Click IzoTope RX6 Voice De-Noise FabFilter ProQ3 Waves Vocal Rider Waves CLA2A Waves L2 Limiter Waves WLM Meter Waves Durrough Meter   -Save 10% off the plugins above with this affiliate link from Waves!-   *most of these links are affiliate links   Midroll Song: Road Trip by Joakim Karud Closing Song: Great Days by Joakim Karud   http://www.joakimkarud.com   Find me online! Patreon | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube | Website 

17. Sample Rate, Bit Depth, and MP3 File Conversion Listening Examples

 This episode focuses on a phrase I say often on the show, humans are more perceptive to change than to constants. So far, this series on frequency has been in relation to 1 voice, but most podcasts feature at least 2 speakers. The fastest way to lose podcast listeners is to have a wild difference in loudness between the 2 or more speakers. However, we need to take this a step farther. While the podcast loudness standard is -16LUFS for stereo tracks (my podcast is always exported in stereo), -16LUFS can mean many different things. It's an average across all frequencies for an extended period of time.   JOIN THE FUN ON PATREON!   The entire series on frequency has been leading up to this point. The importance of the midrange and presence frequencies. In the human voice, they're entirely responsible for the intelligibility of our voice, and when we dig deeper, it's also the most important ranges because ALL output devices can represent these frequencies regardless of cone size, amount of drivers, quality, etc. Every device will (for the most part) accurately represent this frequency range, so what we actually should be doing when mixing our podcasts is soloing this range and matching the loudness of the mid and presence range between speakers.   View the full show notes here!   My Signal Chain   Hardware: Audio Interface: Apogee Ensemble Microphone: Shure SM7b Headphones: Audio-Technia ATH-M50x Earbuds: Klipsch R6i II Studio Monitors: Yamaha HS7 Mic Stand: Rode PS1A Boom Arm   Software: IzoTope RX6 Mouth De-Click IzoTope RX6 Voice De-Noise FabFilter ProQ3 Waves Vocal Rider Waves CLA2A Waves L2 Limiter Waves WLM Meter Waves Durrough Meter   -Save 10% off the plugins above with this affiliate link from Waves!-   *most of these links are affiliate links   Midroll Song: Road Trip by Joakim Karud Closing Song: That Day by Joakim Karud   http://www.joakimkarud.com   For more info, or to ask any questions, check out my website and reach out to hello@cleancutaudio.com 

16. How to Dial in Midrange and Presence Frequencies for a Great Sounding Podcast

 Could this title sound any more clinical? Geez. Anyways, this is a super exciting episode! Building upon the frequency band listening exercises last week, we are now exploring more subtle and intentional moves when it comes to equalizing vocals for a podcast!   In this episode we look at 10 different octave bands ranging from 32Hz to 16kHz and explore how my voice sounds when we boost each of those frequency by 2 and 4 dB, and when we cut by 2 and 4 dB. While listening to each move made in this episode, I discuss the characteristics of that frequency band and how my voice changes as we manipulate those frequencies.   JOIN THE FUN ON PATREON!   My Signal Chain   Hardware: Audio Interface: Apogee Ensemble Microphone: Shure SM7b Headphones: Audio-Technia ATH-M50x Earbuds: Klipsch R6i II Studio Monitors: Yamaha HS7 Mic Stand: Rode PS1A Boom Arm   Software: IzoTope RX6 Mouth De-Click IzoTope RX6 Voice De-Noise FabFilter ProQ3 Waves Vocal Rider Waves CLA2A Waves L2 Limiter Waves WLM Meter Waves Durrough Meter   -Save 10% off the plugins above with this affiliate link from Waves!-   *most of these links are affiliate links   Midroll Song: Road Trip by Joakim Karud Closing Song: Smile by Joakim Karud   http://www.joakimkarud.com   For more info, or to ask any questions, check out my website and reach out to hello@cleancutaudio.com 

15. Equalizing by Octave: The Characteristics of Each Octave Band on the Human Voice

Clean Cut Audio is dedicated to educating and inspiring higher standards of audio in podcasting. Every week, audio engineer and podcast producer Tom Kelly will teach editing tips, workflow tricks, and necessary values that will help you produce a better sounding podcast more efficiently.

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