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Additional notes on microphones
In the previous post on microphones I kind of assumed that you would all sit in the safety of your home while recording your podcast. Funny, it didn’t really struck me until today that some of you might be recording in a lot of different places that are far from ideal. So here you go, […]
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The art of ducking
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 […]
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Microphones – the basics
If you plan on doing any talking at all in your podcast a microphone is definitely a must. While you might have some crappy old thing lying around (or perhaps a computer with a microphone of it’s own), you will find that a proper microphone increases the quality drastically. For podcasting, I would say that […]
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Professionalism in Podcasting
Today I want to discuss something that I’ve never brought up here before but that have become painfully obvious to me the last few weeks. Professionalism in podcasting, or rather the lack of it. Originally posted on October 19, 2010 @ 1:37 pm
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Audio lingo: Compressor
The compressor is a device that basically compresses the sound , that is, reducing the dynamics. By doing so it is possible to better “glue” the sounds together and in the end also raise the volume. Each compressor functions differently, but common controls are threshold which decides at what levels the compressor shall start working, […]