Generally it is held that podcasts only require an RMS of between -16 to -12dB. Fab Filter Pro-L has finally been used to bring the level up to the desired professionally competitive level.The setting used are a slow attack and quick release with a gentle ratio for minimal gain reduction. Slate Digital VBC FG-Grey – this compressor is one of my favourite mix bus compressors and in this case has then been used to glue the whole mix.In this case Soothe 2 has been used to reduce resonances that plague the type of playback devices that podcast listeners will typically use, ie laptop speakers and earbuds. Oeksound Soothe 2 – a dynamic EQ, for lack of a better description, that looks for resonances.UAD Studer 800 – applying some gentle harmonic warmth and some dynamic and upper frequency gentle moulding.The processing on this final bus is pictured below. These channels of content have been routed to a Music Bus where some side-chain compression has been applied so that the Vocal Bus will compress or duck the musical content to ensure that the vocals are always the focus or dominant sound.īoth the Vox Bus and the Music Bus then route to the master bus. Secondly, some Izotope RX 7 De-Clip has also been used to remove any clipping that occurred mid interview.Īll the vocal content/ channels have then been bused to a Vox Bus channel where a touch more compression and EQ has been applied to polish the sound.īeyond vocal content, the podcasts have all made use of some atmospheric sounds and music.
Waves Vocal Rider to level the differences in levels through the recordingīeyond that chain of plugins, a further bit of volume automation has helped control perceived levels that the AI of Vocal Rider hasn’t addressed. Fab Filter Pro-Q3 to add some warm in the low mids, some articulation in the mids and some further control of the sibilance/ high frequencies around 8-10kHz via dynamic EQ, see the EQ curve pictured above.Ĥ. UAD SSL G Bus Compressor with a quick attack time and a gentle ratio to control the dynamicsģ. Alternatively here’s Make Shift‘s page on Spotify.įrom an audio production perspective, it has been enjoyable to ponder best practice for podcasts, and as a result below is a reflection on my current signal chain.įor the main interviewee and interviewer audio, the processing and order of processing that has been working thus far is:ġ.
Click on the images below to access the podcasts from Spotify. The first two episodes are currently available from all the usual outlets and feature the fabulous Australia creators, Kirli Saunders and Drew Fairley. Within each episode, the host, Jennifer Macey interviews artist from various disciplines about their creative practice and the role of creativity in their mental health. I’m really enjoying the content it’s all about the arts and the use of creative practices for best mental health. Recently I’ve been doing the audio post production on a new podcast by Make Shift called In The Making.
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