Five Ideas for Podcasts

I’m thinking of making a new podcast myself, and while I have the theme of it pretty much figured out, it made me think of other ideas for podcasts as well.
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Audio lingo: Side-chain

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.

Audio lingo: Multiband compressor

A multiband compressor is simply a compressor that can be set to operate differently on different frequencies. For instance, you could set it to a ratio of 4:1 on 500-1000 Hz and a ratio of 2:1 on 3 kHz. In the same way multiband limiters also exists.

Hektik

hektik

Synth sounds: a bass, a weird auto-panned stabbed chord synth, and a whistler.

A Short Video Describing Pop Shields

Here’s a short video of a guy talking about pop shields or pop filters.

Strained

Just a bass and some big a** drums.

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

Basses Can Be Scary

basses-can-be-scary

A bass sound… but it’s scary! ;)