IHR TV #3 – Podcast Audio Production (IHR_TV_2008_06_12)
June 13th, 2008 by Derek
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On IHR TV #3, Derek K. Miller shows how he records, engineers, and prepares each episode of Lip Gloss and Laptops, a podcast his wife co-hosts. He uses a Zoom H4 recorder, MXL mics, Sennheiser and Audio-Technica headphones, and a variety of software on his MacBook.
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Music
Background music:
Palancar
“August 12, 2006″ (mp3)
from “Ambient Train Wreck Series Volume 1″
(Blue Water Records)
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Theme music:
“Acidic Bond” by Steven Dennis.
Photos
IHR hosts photo by Kris Krug.
This video podcast is (c) 2008 by Inside Home Recording under a Creative Commons license creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca
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9 Comments Add your own
1. jason&hellip | June 14th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Hey Derek, thanks guys for your podcast, especially the last video ep, very informative, great lead on levelator too, genius! How to’s are always fantastic.
one non audio related question, derek what was that interesting app launching method you were using, selecting big app icons from the dock. Im aware of apple tabing to select already launched apps but that looked like maybe a folder of aliases in the dock or was it a plug in?
also the red rings on mouse clicks were they a function of the desktop recording system you use?
thanks
jason
twitter: wingrove
Just getting into this podcasting thing myself :-)
listen here:
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or subscribe in itunes:
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2. Derek&hellip | June 14th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
Those big icons are one feature of “stacks” in the Dock on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, so it’s a built-in OS feature. I just made a folder of aliases of my audio software and dragged it into the Dock.
The mouse click “red radar” effects, large mouse pointer, and picture-in-picture recording are all part of ScreenFlow, a new piece of Mac screen recording software that I think is extremely awesome:
http://www.varasoftware.com/products/screenflow/
3. Tod&hellip | June 15th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
I love the setup for the ladies too. Walk in, press red button twice, talk.
:-)
I wonder if Automator or some other macro software could do many of those steps for you? Like launch Levelator, save as a new file, and import to Garage Band?
Question: Do you really need to cut the ends off using Fusion? Why not just put a volume curve at top and tail to fade that ambient audio in or out? Seems like Fusion’s an unnecessary step…
4. Lin&hellip | June 16th, 2008 at 8:03 am
This is amazing! I have just got a Zoom H4 and was wondering how best to set it up for at home recording (as opposed to out and about when I may just use the H4′s own microphones).
Thanks for the very clear instructions, Derek.
One question, if I may – what sort of volume level are you recording at? I have aimed for -12 to 16 on the Zoom’s scale. Would that be about right? Or do you have another recommendation?
Memo to myself – get Levelator downloaded asap!!! It seems absolutely great!
5. Lin&hellip | June 16th, 2008 at 8:04 am
Ooops! I meant to say that I aimedd for -12 to -6 (not -16).
6. Derek&hellip | June 16th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
To be honest, the steps with Fission are unnecessary — it’s part of my workflow because sometimes, if the show does need a bit of editing (such as if I’ve been asked to remove anything), that’s where I do it. If not, I run it through Fission anyway just to check the waveform and see if there’s anything really wacky (big peaks or clips) in there. I could skip it entirely most of the time.
And I haven’t adjusted the Zoom input volume at all. The level’s not very hot, as you can see from the initial waveform. Because in the end I’m rendering down to an 80 kbps stereo file, and because the studio is reasonably quiet without too much background noise, I’m not too worried about the signal-to-noise ratio, so I just leave it at the default. I let the Levelator boost things as needed.
7. Derek&hellip | June 16th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Oh, and I could probably use Automator, but the workflow’s pretty fast for me already. Any delays are just waiting for processing from the software. I like to keep it hands-on just in case I want to tweak anything along the way.
8. Frank&hellip | June 18th, 2008 at 1:24 am
Great episode! I really like seeing how it’s actually done.
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