October 2022

I was playing around and decided to do this quick tutorial on how I use Analog Obsession’s FREE LOADES De-Esser to control sibilance on voice. The Samson Q2U is a commonly recommended podcast mic, but its big weakness is the tendency to sibilance. So clean, easy and natural sounding sibilance control is critical. I’ve personally […]

There are millions of podcasts, what’s the point of even getting started? This week’s news and ruminations ·        How many podcasts are you actually competing with? ·        More people listen to audio on phones than radios ·        I talked on LinkedIn last week about good and bad reasons to start a podcast How many podcasts are you actually

2 good, 1 bad 1) For fun (good) Perfectly valid if you and your friends have a topic you enjoy talking about and you’d like to share that passion. Do what you love, have reasonable expectations and you will have a great hobby. 2) To Make Money (bad, mostly) On its own your podcast is

Interesting technical challenge from a pod-friend Obviously, one edits with their ears, but a spectrograph can be enlightening. A friend has been struggling with their audio quality as they embark on an exciting new project. They sent me a file which had a bizarre high frequency hum and on inspection in RX looked like this.