So far the entire audio journey has focussed solely on audio, and today does again but this time we look at audio as part of video production. Every video contains an audio element and you will have taken ages recording your footage and b-roll, and another chunk of time planning […]
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Today we’re looking at multiband compression. So far we’ve looked at single-band compression using either the single-band compressor, the dynamics compressor or dynamics processing. This time we’re looking at multiband compression. As its name suggests it compresses different parts of the audio depending on defined frequency bands. Be careful where […]
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This time around we take a look at using compression while producing a commercial. I am proposing two light compressors rather than just one compressor. First, when creating the commercial in the multi-track apply light compression to the voice to level it out and then set about mixing the commercial. […]
This time we continue to look at compression. Having looked at the basics, news showreel and podcast we now look at making radio imaging and sweepers and compression. Compression here depends on the type of radio you’re producing for. CHR radio you can afford to be quite hard with compression, […]
This week as the world copes with lockdown we spoke about Birthday begging, alternate engagements, what do you wish you’d done before the lockdown started, no make up selfies revisited, pressure on guys and more! Don’t forget to subscribe! Subscribe on Apple, Spotify and Google [spreaker type=player resource=”episode_id=24420850″ width=”100%” height=”200px” […]
In this episode we look at using compression in podcast production. The golden rule for Podcast is to use as little compression as possible to create an easy listen without creating a pulsing compressed sound. With Podcast you have to consider where your audience is likely to be listening. As […]
Following the introduction to compression I’m going to take a few episodes to look at the different uses of compression during production. In today’s tutorial we’ll be producing a news showreel and that demands light compression so the audio still retains most of its dynamic range. Still to come on […]
We all get up and work to make money but during these worrying times of the current health pandemic I have decided to make the following voiceover freely available. The free voiceover just outlines where to get advice on keeping yourself safe and healthy and what to do if you […]
In my earlier post about working from home in the Coronavirus pandemic I totally forgot to actually outline the equipment you’ll need! You’ll need an interface to connect your microphone to the computer and convert the analogue signal from your microphone to a digital signal. I’d recommend the Focusrite Scarlet […]