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episode 153: Sarah Wendel
My guest is Sarah Wendel - editor and sound designer. She's an editor for Astonishing Legends and has a background in film audio production. And previously nominated for an Emmy!
We discussed tons including:
- Pro Tools Ultimate
- She was speaking through a Shure SM7b microphone
- Sometimes she records legal disclaimers herself
- Pro Tools First - has limited functionality
- Mbox Pro (allows 5.1 deliverables)
- Monitors: Dynaudio MkII’s - 8” woofers
- Audio-Technica Headphones
- She sometimes checks mixes on earbuds
- Argosy Halo sit/stand desk - https://argosyconsole.com/halo/halo-ge
- Building the room - one bay, designer Gary Hedden, the HVAC System is incredibly quiet.
- Pro Tools episode templates
- Processing: EQ, roll off low frequencies,
- iZotope RX7: Noise reduction and dialogue cleanup
- Waves plugins: Compressor, De-esser, L2 at end
- Vox subgroup with peak limiter on it
- Stems - a component of audio segregated from all other audio
- Mixing in sound design elements
- Philosophy of compression
- Philosophy of editing
- Sarah's favorite plugin? Mouth De-click ;)
Thanks for being a great guest, Sarah!
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