Steinberg are one of the major players in the DAW world. After a couple of bounces back and forth they’re now owned by Yamaha. Steinbergs product ranges from beginner music applications to mastering software to full-blown post production suites. Lets have a look at what could be interesting for podcasters.
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My intention was to start a series of posts last week on recording and editing with a couple of examples. Unfortunately a rather nasty cold held me back and I will hopefully be able to pull it off this week. So to get in the mood for these coming posts, this is what a recording should not sound like. A very nasty “broken” drum machine, tons of noise, tape hiss, scrathes… And a couple of chords.

As with all clips on Audival, you can use this for free in your podcast

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It was my intention to start a new series of posts this week with examples on editing and mixing a podcast, but a very nasty cold put a stop to that. Oh, well, guess it will have to wait until next week.

I have found some video content that you might find interesting though, it’s from db audioware, and it’s an example of ducking (my previous how-to post and my explanation of ducking)

Here’s the link:
Ducking on db audioware

BTW, don’t get the impression that you need their products to do this. Any compressor with side-chain functionality will do.

Ducking is an effect often used by DJs and in all kinds of broadcasting. It’s often achieved by the use of side-chain compression. Side-chaining is when you use the dynamic levels of one source to control the compression of your signal. It’s best described in example, for instance, it’s common to use this for the bass and kick drum. Compressing (thus lowering the levels) the bass when the kick drum enters to have them both fit together.

Reverb is a term used for describing the simulated effect of a sound taking place in a room. A lot of people confuse this with echo, or a more common type used in audio production – delay. The difference could be described like this: An echo or delay is a reproduction of a sound, while a reverb emulates the actual room, that is, the sound actually bouncing against all those walls back and forth several times. Think about it, if you’re standing in a church and yelling at the top of your lungs (do try this!) you will not only hear the echo of your voice, you will hear that it actually takes place in a building like that because that is what a church sounds like.