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I've been focusing a lot in the past year or two on spoken audio, like podcasts, audio book narrating, voice-overs, etc. And I realize I've been neglecting all the musicians! Recording music is the o…

I mentioned putting a link to the video on the Home Brew Audio YouTube Channel here in the notes. Here that is: https://youtu.be/kYkbArXHKCE

The Limiter tool changed in recent version of Audacity and…

As I mentioned in the episode, there is a video and an article showing you a walk-through of the settings and stuff I mentioned for using the ACX Check plugin for Audacity (regardless of what program…

I talk a lot about making your audio sound professional. But it helps to know what the heck that even means. This episode gives several audio samples of what I consider to be NOT pro audio, and then …

We started moving in November 2023 and we are STILL MOVING! I don't think we know how moving works :-P.

Anyway, that is my excuse as to where I've been. And since I'm in this new house and have not b…

This episode shows you how to quickly and easily improve the audio quality of your podcast, voiceover, audiobook, videos, and even singing. 

And while you can do this like right now - no mater what m…

I spent about a month playing with and testing a different kind of microphone for review. It's called the SP15 binaural microphone by SonicPresence.

The purpose of this mic is not to record yourself …

I spent a couple of weeks really testing out the RODE NT1 5th Generation Large Diaphragm Condenser Microphone. There is a lot to love. But I have a few quibbles as well.

Unlike previous versions of t…

I put the  RØDE NT-USB+ USB Microphone through its paces. After all was said and done, I have decided this is my new favorite USB mic. When I recommend a mic to folks who are on a budget (heck, even …

What is a Click Track? And what is it good for? I explain what it is and give several reasons for using one.

I use Reaper, which makes it easy to use a click track and to toggle the metronome off and…

Reaper has a noise reduction tool, as do all audio editing and recording programs (I'm assuming. I've never seen one without that tool). 

HOWEVER, the tool is not called Noise Reduction. Oddly that f…

Last time I recorded my episode with no content editing. So while I did treat it for noise reduction, plosives, and avg volume, I did NOT edit it for content. That means that all of the umms, uhs, ah…

I wanted to talk a little bit about podcast editing. So I decided NOT to edit myself on this episode :-). I did do some noise reduction, plosive removal and finished volume stuff. But that isn't real…

I had the excellent fortune to be able to interview Daniel Rowland, Oscar-winning, Grammy-nominated Engineer/Producer & Head of Strategy & Partnerships at LANDR Audio. He is also a professor at MTSU …

As promised last time, this is the second episode in a week! I'm at PodFest Expo 2022 and had the privilege of interviewing Bryan Entzminger. He is the founder of the Hindy Users (Unofficial) Faceboo…

I'm recording from Podfest Expo in Orlando! So that means I'll do 2 episodes in one week! Can you believe it?

Also, the voice recording course - Professional Talkers: How To Record High Quality Audio…

This episode looks at when - if ever- it might be appropriate to record your podcast using Zoom, the popular online meeting service. I compared some audio recorded with a USB mic (Samson C01UPro) dir…

Last time, I tested some wired lavalier (lapel) mics for improving Zoom call audio quality. And I promised I'd do a wireless test for this episode. So here we "go" (:-P). I tested the RODE Wireless G…