This show focuses on the technical production of audio podcasts. Chris Curran chats with podcasters about their audio equipment, software and workflow to help you learn how to produce better sounding podcasts. You’ll also learn solutions to common audio issues as well as plenty of tips and tricks. By listening to this show you will gain a TON of knowledge and skills that will make a HUGE difference in your sound quality _and_ save you time! Subscribe/Follow today and start listening! Your host Chris Curran has a background in podcast production (Forbes, Dun & Bradstreet, J&J, etc) as well as music production (Sarah McLachlan, Jeff Buckley, Foreigner, etc). When he entered podcasting in 2012, he noticed that most podcasters (and producers) do not have a good understanding of fundamental audio engineering concepts, which sabotages the quality of their sound from the very beginning. This show, as well as Podcast Engineering School, helps podcasters and producers reach professional levels of podcast audio production.
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episode 40: Zack Hanni
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 and instruments)
- EQ (addressing some common issues)
- Compression (Multiband, including release times, auto-release and alternatives to compression)
- Introducing distortion to add some high frequency presence
- Zack’s typical vocal processing chain:
- EQ w/ hi pass filter at 80-150 Hz
- Light Compression
- Via a Send to a return track:
- EQ
- Heavy and harsh Compression
- Overdrive
- Limiter
- Presonus FaderPort - has a single motorized fader
- Izotope Nectar - chorus, pitching, and a lot more
Thanks for sharing so many insights with us, Zack!
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