Side-chaining is when you use the dynamic levels of one source to control the compression of your signal. For podcasting ducking might be the typical use for side-chaining. But you can also use it with a compressor and an EQ to create a de-esser, or with a gate and create the opposite effect of ducking, i.e., letting sound through when the signal is sounding.
If they’re made for broadcast they should work well for podcast right?
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I’ve reported about the M-Audio MicroTrack in the past. M-Audio have now posted a couple of users stories from established sound editors, journalists and editors. Keep in mind that it’s M-Audio that makes this product so it’s very biased, but nevertheless, might be a interesting read.
I took the previous Heartbeat and just added some subtle synth sounds on these. Berlin style!
Here’s a link to a big mic shootout at Transom. There are a lot of out-of-this-world-priced microphones there, but there are decently priced as well up for tests. Perhaps this can help you in your next microphone purchase?
Pretty much what the title says. Thought it could maybe be cool for something?
BIAS have released a stripped-down version of their audio editing and mastering software Peak, called Peak LE 6. With this version they’ve obviously set their sight on podcasters. How else could we explain the new feature list (from their website):
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