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episode 128: James Cridland of Podnews, LUFS, Bitrates
Enjoy my chat with James Cridland. He's the editor of Podnews which is a daily email and podcast that delivers tons of significant news and info.
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We also discuss LUFS and Bitrates. Here are a couple of James' articles that we reference:
- The correct LUFS level: https://podnews.net/article/lufs-lkfs-for-podcasters
- The right bitrate to use: https://podnews.net/article/podcast-analysis
We also covered:
- RØDE Podcaster (USB microphone) - V2 has a quieter output, and a level LED that turns orange and red for peaking, etc.
- Auphonic Edit app to record on the road
- Hindenburg to record and edit. Some compression, EQ, etc.
- James publishes two versions of the Podnews daily podcast: An 80 kbps AAC+ at -16 LUFS for his regular feed, and a 320 kbps stereo MP3 at -14 LUFS for Alexa and Spotify. Note: Alexa and Spotify both cache your audio but don’t change the LUFS level.
- Self hosts with Amazon S3, and using Amazon Athena for some stats
- Macbook Pro
Thanks for sharing so much, James!
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