PES 184: Ray A. Rayburn, Audio and Acoustic Consultant

<p>My guest is <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/ray-rayburn-b609a311/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ray A. Rayburn</a> - Audio and Acoustic Consultant, Fellow of the Audio Engineering Society, and Member of the Acoustical Society of America. His audio "specialties" include legislative sound systems, church sound & acoustics, acoustic measurements, audio DSP programming, standards development for the AES and InfoComm.</p> <p>Check out Ray's <a href= "http://www.soundfirst.com/technical.html" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">articles</a>, <a href= "http://soundfirst.com/Ray_Rayburn_Resume.pdf" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">resume</a>, and business selling mics and such: <a href="http://www.superlux.us/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">Superlux Microphones</a>.</p> <p>We discussed a TON including:</p> <ul> <li>Attending monthly AES meetings in NYC early in his career.</li> <li>In 1984, Ray's involvement in upgrading Saturday Night Live's control room from mono to stereo.</li> <li>In 1992, Ray's involvement in installing the first all digital sound system in the world in the US Senate Chamber!</li> <li>A huge mix-minus setup with 100+ inputs and 100+ outputs!</li> <li>Settings drift - due to temperature and age.</li> <li>What should new podcasters know? Minimize the sound of your room's noise and reflections. Get the mic close to your mouth. Use pop filters/windscreens.</li> <li>Speech intelligibility is dependent on 2 things - BG Noise and Reverb.</li> <li>Wireless mics - mic, transmitter (limited power), receiver</li> <li>Tiny microphones</li> </ul> <p>Thanks for being a great guest, Ray!</p> <p>DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. We appreciate you listening.</p> <blockquote> <p>Want to <a href="https://podcastengineeringschool.com/programs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Start a Business or Have a Career</a> as a Podcast Producer/Engineer?</p> <p>Listen and Subscribe in <a