The Podcast Engineering Show

Written by: Chris Curran | Podcast Engineering School
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  • Summary

  • This show focuses on the technical production of audio podcasts. Chris Curran chats with podcasters about their audio equipment, software and workflow to help you learn how to produce better sounding podcasts. You’ll also learn solutions to common audio issues as well as plenty of tips and tricks. By listening to this show you will gain a TON of knowledge and skills that will make a HUGE difference in your sound quality _and_ save you time! Subscribe/Follow today and start listening! Your host Chris Curran has a background in podcast production (Forbes, Dun & Bradstreet, J&J, etc) as well as music production (Sarah McLachlan, Jeff Buckley, Foreigner, etc). When he entered podcasting in 2012, he noticed that most podcasters (and producers) do not have a good understanding of fundamental audio engineering concepts, which sabotages the quality of their sound from the very beginning. This show, as well as Podcast Engineering School, helps podcasters and producers reach professional levels of podcast audio production.
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Episodes
  • 249: Production Workflow of My New Show, Fractal Bitcoin (video and audio)

    249: Production Workflow of My New Show, Fractal Bitcoin (video and audio)
    May 15 2024
    In this episode I detail my production workflow for my new show, Fractal Bitcoin. I publish daily episodes both as video and audio-only. Fractal Bitcoin covers Bitcoin news and other Bitcoin topics. Overview my current audio equipment setup: RE20 microphone — https://products.electrovoice.com/na/en/re20/sE Electronics DM1 Dynamite Active Inline Preamp — https://seelectronics.com/products/dm1/Neve Portico II Channel Strip — https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/rupert-neve-designs-portico-ii-channelSound Devices MixPre-6 Gen.1 — https://www.sounddevices.com/product/mixpre-6/ Overview my production workflow: Gather posts and news stories from Nostr, X and a few other industry websites. (Takes me around 2 hours) Order all the posts and stories for the shownotes. Create a title for the episode. Create a 16x9 thumbnail for the episode using ChatGPT which uses DALL-E 3 to generate images. — https://chatgpt.com/Restart my computer. Arrange all the browser tabs. Open OBS Studio and do a short test recording. (My audio levels, video camera and lighting stay the same everyday) I record my episode as if it’s LIVE to a .mov file at 1920x1080, 60 frames per second, video bitrate at 16,000 kbps, and audio bitrate at 2304 kbps. (My average video is about 15 min. long, which ends up being around a 2Gb .mov file) First I produce the video: Process the audio in iZotope RX: Make it a mono file, usuallySilence any lipsmacks and noises (can’t delete anything because the audio has to line up with the video)Level it to -16.5 LUFS mono or -13.5 LUFS stereo (for video)Save it as a 32-bit .wav file Bring the raw video and processed audio into Screenflow. Usually I don’t need to make any edits but sometimes I do. — https://www.telestream.net/screenflow/overview.htmRender the video as a .mp4 file at 1920x1080, 60 frames per second, video bitrate at 16,000 kbps, and audio bitrate at 256 kbps and audio sample rate at 48kHz. (The resulting file size ends up being the same as the raw video recording — about 2Gb for a 15 min. long file) Upload and publish the video to YouTube, Rumble, Bitchute, TikTok, and Flare.pub (a Nostr platform to which I upload a smaller 960x540 version)I promote my YouTube video on Nostr, X, Instagram, LinkedIn, and a few other platforms. I also post the Youtube link to my Locals community that I’m growing. I also use Opus Clip to create 5 shorts from each of my daily videos. I post all 5 to YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, TikTok and LinkedIn. — https://www.opus.pro/ Then I produce the audio-only podcast: I edit the audio a bit: Remove any isolated umms and flubsReduce the length of any dead air, if there is any, in order to speed up the pacing slightly. Level it to -18.5 LUFS mono or -15.5 LUFS stereo (for audio-only podcast) Save it as a 32-bit .wav file as well as an .mp3 file (96 kbps mono or 192 kbps stereo). Tag the .mp3 using ID3 Editor. — http://www.pa-software.com/id3editor/Upload .mp3 to Captivate along with shownotes and publish. — https://www.captivate.fm/For my website I use Podpage which automatically brings in each podcast episode from Captivate as a blog post. I’m able to quickly optimize the post, add the YouTube video, and add images, etc. — https://www.podpage.com/ FRACTAL BITCOIN LINKS: YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/@fractalbitcoinRumble — https://rumble.com/c/c-5471042Twitter — https://twitter.com/fractalBitcoinNostr — https://nostr.com/npub1jz42cy8qxw6dres86sn0cr42hww24pnjqssa4k9wxqvzm5l0mvqsq2f5kuInstagram — https://www.instagram.com/fractalbitcoin/ A GREAT BITCOIN RESOURCE: BOOK — The Bitcoin Standard by Saifedean Ammous — https://saifedean.com/tbs OTHER NOTES: The start date for the next PES semester is JUNE 4, 2024! (fyi, the course is delivered once per quarter) Check out the PES YouTube channel. My smaller course for editors/producers who want higher-paying clients: Getting New Clients at Higher Rates. Let me know if you have any questions or need any help with anything, ~Chris
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    16 mins
  • 248: Eight Lessons in Podcast Audio Production

    248: Eight Lessons in Podcast Audio Production
    Jan 18 2024

    I overview 8 podcast production tips and techniques from recent blog posts (see list below).

    My blog posts discussed in this episode:

    1. Upward Compression --*** FabFilter video on Upward Compression
    2. Is It Necessary to Tweak the Sound of Royalty-free/Stock Music Tracks?
    3. Want To Approach Potential Clients but You Have a Fear of Rejection --*** Rejection Proof book
    4. Unplugged Kingsize Megaphones in the Pähni Nature Centre by students of the Estonian Academy of Arts
    5. Can Some Particular Microphones Exacerbate Sibilance?
    6. Podcast Editing: A Chore or Labor of Love?
    7. Are Your Podcast Episodes Loud Enough?
    8. Independent Podcast Editors and Producers: Are You Profiting Enough?

    Other Notes:

    • If you ever have questions please reach out!
    • The start date for the next PES semester is February 20, 2024! (fyi, the course is delivered once per quarter)
    • Check out the PES YouTube channel
    • If you’d like to share this show with any of your podcaster friends, feel free to send them a message saying, “Btw, here’s a show about podcast audio production you may find useful” with this link: https://podcastengineeringschool.com/subscribe/
    • My smaller course for editors/producers who want higher-paying clients: Getting New Clients at Higher Rates

    Let me know if you have any questions or need any help with anything,
    ~Chris
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    14 mins
  • 246: Tom Pink on Sound Design for Podcasts

    246: Tom Pink on Sound Design for Podcasts
    Jun 9 2023

    Listen to my conversation with Tom Pink - Head of Mix, Mastering and Sound Design at Noiser. We discuss sound design in podcast production including lots of helpful tips - basics, advanced, nuances, and lots more.

    You're welcome to check out some of the shows Tom and his team are producing at Noiser.com.

    Other Notes:

    • If you ever have questions please reach out!
    • The start date for the next PES semester is June 27, 2023! (fyi, the course is delivered once per quarter)
    • If you’d like to share this show with any of your podcaster friends, feel free to send them a message saying, “Btw, here’s a show about podcast audio production you may find helpful” with this link: https://podcastengineeringschool.com/subscribe/
    • My smaller course for editors/producers who want more good clients: Getting New Clients at Higher Rates

    Let me know if you have any questions or need any help with anything,
    ~Chris
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    54 mins

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