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episode 219: Jason Gambrell, Technical Director for Pushkin Industries (Revisionist History, Against the Rules, Broken Record and more)
I had a top-notch chat with Jason Gambrell, Technical Director for Pushkin Industries. Jason works on several/many Pushkin shows. We covered his podcast audio production in great depth. You'll learn a lot in this episode.
We discussed SO MUCH in this episode including:
- RE20
- SM7b
- Austrian Audio OC18
- MixPre-3, NoiseAssist
- Pro Tools Carbon Interface
- AVS technology
- MacBook Pro 2.6GHz i7
- ICON Platform M+ Controller (USB, 8 channels, can control faders, arm tracks, transport, zoom in and out, and MOSTLY Jason uses it for writing automation on the score track, sound fx and voices, etc.
- AKG 701 Headphones (open back)
- JBL monitors
- Malcolm’s studio setup in Hudson, NY - 3 hours North of NYC (8 channel Grace preamps, 5 RE20’s, U87 for voiceovers, and wired with Dante - an “audio over IP language” using ethernet cables)
- iZotope RX8 and Ozone
- FabFilter Pro L-2 — *there's a setting called "podcasting" under "safe"
- Fabfilter Pro Q-3
- TC Electronic Clarity M Loudness Meter — standalone screen and plugin with timed graph, circular graph, etc.
- Gain vs volume
- Master fader: Pro L-2, Clarity M
- Neutron 3 — give a shape to a hosts voice, dynamic compression, sculptor - automated dynamic compression?
- Uses level automation all the time for mumbles, etc. Gain which goes into the plugins instead of adjusting fader levels.
- Pro Tools 2021
- RX Voice De-noise
- Stereo mixes - open up mixes with a bit of panning
- Publishes MP3's in Stereo at 192kbps
- Uncompressed mixes in stereo at 24 bit 48 kHz
- Megaphone for hosting, dynamic ad insertion, etc.
- Playing in Punk rock bands
- Next purchase? Hardware compressor!
Thanks for sharing so much with us, Jason!