PES 163: Chris's Goody Bag

<p>I overview recent <a href= "https://podcastengineeringschool.com/category/daily-goody/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Daily Goody</a>'s (from Nov. 8 - Nov. 20). Here's the <a href= "https://podcastengineeringschool.com/category/daily-goody/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">link</a> to view all those blog posts. And don't forget that you can sign up to receive the Daily Goody in your email every day or once per week. <a href= "http://eepurl.com/dziuIP" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">Sign up here</a>.</p> <p>Notes on my production for this episode:</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Recording:</span> I used a Samson Q2U microphone going XLR into a Focusrite 2i2 3rd Gen. interface (picture above) with the Air mode activated. My mouth was about 1-2" from the foam windscreen. I recorded the raw audio in SoundForge Pro.</p> <p><span style= "text-decoration: underline;">Post-Production:</span> First I had to de-plosive the raw recording because it had huge plosives on it due to my close proximity, even though I had a windscreen on the mic. Then for mixing I mostly used the Abbey Road TG Mastering Chain plugin from Waves, as well as a bit of Fabfilter Pro-G gate and Vocal Rider from Waves.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">My thoughts on the final sound of my voice:</span> Please note I limited myself to the Abbey Road TG Mastering Chain plugin in this episode (except for the couple others listed above) so I could try it out in full. I like the Abbey Road TG Mastering Chain plugin a lot but I would have liked to do more precise EQ'ing on my voice, and I would have liked to try a faster attack time but I wasn't sure how to do that in this plugin. Since there's no attack knob I'll have to research the difference between the "Original" and "Modern" compressor styles. Also, the sound of my voice due to the Q2U mic and 2i2 with Air combo was pretty good!</p> <p>Announcement: The start date for the next <a href= "https://podcastengineeringschool.com/product/pes-