Category: Tutorials

  • 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 […]

  • 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, […]

  • 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 […]

  • Interview Podcasts

    The interview is a bit more complicated than your normal, personal, off the mill podcast especially if you will be conferencing over the internet or live even, face to face. First, study the set up and get down to planning a few setup’s trying to figure out what works best. For teleconferencing, you can record […]

  • Digital file formats explained

    Broadcast Engineering has an article on digital file-formats that might be of interest to some. Originally posted on September 4, 2010 @ 3:02 am