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How to Choose a Voiceover Studio Microphone
A quality voiceover microphone is an investment in your career, regardless of whether you're just using it for auditions or to ensure you can provide 'broadcast quality' VO work from home.
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Using Immersive Audio in Podcast Production
Vaudeville Sound takes an immersive approach to the Amazing War Stories podcast, taking listeners from the living room to the front lines.
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How to Pick a Studio Mic for Your Podcast Studio
Picking podcast microphones for your studio can be overwhelming, so let's examine the pros and cons of each style of mic to determine the best fit for you.
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Podcast Studio Makeover Winners Announced
Focusrite and other audio brands have announced the three competition winners of a podcast studio makeover valued at $2,300 in gear and services.
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Telos Alliance Webinar to Breakdown Omnia Processing for Podcasters
Broadcast audio manufacturer Telos Alliance will hold an instructional webinar on applying its Omnia Processing on a podcast’s audio.
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Five Crucial Podcast Sound Design Tips from Master ’Casters
Producers of top podcasts for ESPN, National Geographic and more share their insights into making the most of your audio, music and sound effects.
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‘Tree of Knowledge’ Podcast Rooted in RME Interface
The home podcasting studio for Roy Rotstein's Tree of Knowledge podcast now sports an RME Babyface Pro interface.
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ProMedia Podcast Studio Expands with Adorama
NYC-based ProMedia's podcasting studio now offers video capabilities to facilitate a variety of new projects.
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Podcast Explores Yorkville Sound’s Ventilator Production During Pandemic
The latest episode of the Yorkville Sound Podcast focuses on how the manufacturer responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by pivoting to build ventilators.
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PMC’s Peter Thomas Provides UMG with Rare Elton John Recording
Peter Thomas, owner and managing director of UK speaker manufacturer PMC, has supplied Universal Music Group (UMG) with a rare Elton John recording from his private collection that will be released as part of a special double album on...
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NFL’s Carolina Panthers Pounce on Podcasting
Working with StreamGuys’ SaaS toolset and delivery network, the NFL franchise knocks out 11 weekly podcasts.
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Vox Media Reacts to Coronavirus With RedNet
When the pandemic struck, Miles Ewell of Vox Media outfitted all of the company's podcast voice talent with flypacks that included Focusrite gear.
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James Altucher Podcast Beats Quarantine with SSL
The James Altucher Show podcast hasn’t skipped a beat during the pandemic, thanks to engineer Jay Yow and a Solid State Logic 2 audio interface.
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Yorkville Sound Launches Pro Audio Podcast
The Yorkville Sound Podcast is a new monthly downloadable program created by pro audio manufacturer and distributor, Yorkville Sound.
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Guitar Center Sets Podcasting Giveaway
Pro audio retailer Guitar Center is giving away a Complete Podcaster Recording Bundle, aimed at podcasters and content creators. The sweepstakes runs through July 29, 2020.
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Missing In Alaska’s Sound Puts Listeners in the Search
The intricate sound design of Missing In Alaska takes the investigative podcast from the icy shores of Alaska to the deserts of Arizona. Here's how they did it.
Music Production
Reverse Engineering: ‘Song Exploder’ Podcast Puts the Pieces Back Together
Popular artists take apart their tracks on "Song Exploder," revealing to host Hrishikesh Hirway and his podcast team what it takes to create a great recording.
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AV/IT Summit Approved for 5.5 AVIXA CTS RUs
The 2020 AV/IT Summit has been approved by the AVIXA independent Certification Renewal Committee for 5.5 CTS Renewal Units.
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‘Floodlines’ Podcast Tracks Tragedy in New Orleans
Sound designer David Herman uses local sounds in creative ways to tell the story of Hurricane Katrina in the eight-part podcast "Floodlines."
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Recording Compositions for Podcasts with BAE Audio
Luis Guerra, the musical director and composer for Malcolm Gladwell’s "Revisionist History" podcast, uses BAE Audio gear to help tell musical stories.
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Bootstrapping Audio Production for ‘Out Alive’
Sharing heart-stopping tales of survival means that "Backpacker" magazine’s "Out Alive" podcast moves quickly and travels light.
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‘Biscuits & Jam’ Digs Into Audio Realism
Whether talking to Martina McBride at Blackbird Studios or Willie Nelson over a cell phone, the Biscuits & Jam podcast uses sound to keep it real as food-loving musicians share stories about home, family, tradition and Southern culture.
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How Talkhouse Built a Podcast Production Process COVID-19 Can’t Break
When ‘Talkhouse’ host and producer Elia Einhorn got COVID-19, it put the popular podcast’s workflow to the test. The workflow won.
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How the ‘Flashback’ Podcast Takes History to the Top
Apple hosts more than 1 million podcasts—and the new hit, Flashback, is in its Top 50. See how sound supports OZY/iHeartRadio’s show about the accidental side effects of history.
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How Podcasters Fight Windy Extremes to Get Audio
Podcasts about the great outdoors are often recorded there, so we asked the Outside Podcast and Outside/In to share their recording insights
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All-Podcast Station Launched in London
Broadcasting on DAB+ digital radio, the UK’s first radio station devoted exclusively to podcasts has launched in London.
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‘Wrongful Conviction’ Adapts to Life on the Inside
By Jim Beaugez. We’re all experiencing social isolation, but for this podcast team, changing how it produces the show is only part of the experience.
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CNN’s Daily Coronavirus Podcast Beats Production Challenges
Working from separate home studios, CNN Audio and Dr. Sanjay Gupta create bite-sized content every weekday for the Coronavirus: Fact or Fiction podcast.
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Avid’s Coronavirus Response: Aiding Users During Pandemic
Avid postpones announcing new products to place increased focus on supporting customers now faced with working from home.
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Producing Rolling Stone’s Podcast During COVID-19
By Jim Beaugez. Currently sheltered in their homes, Rolling Stone’s podcast team improvises to keep the content coming.
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Podcasting? Yeah, Staples’ Got That
While some big-box retailers might jump on the podcasting boom by selling gear, Staples has a far bigger plan—it’s opened podcast studios in six test stores, with technical designs and acoustics created by Professional Audio Design’s president Dave Malekpour...
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Røde to Aid Schools Affected by Coronavirus
The Australian pro-audio manufacturer will provide podcast kits to help schools reach quarantined students via recorded classes.
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Focusrite Podcast Studio Makeover Competition Kicks Off
Have a favorite podcast that sounds awful? Has Focusrite got a contest for them—a full podcast studio makeover.
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Grammy Awards Show Begins Transition to AoIP
The Grammy Awards show has long employed a large splitter system to distribute microphone and instrument signals from the multiple stages to the house sound and broadcast audio mixing consoles. This year, the production began a transition to audio-over-IP...
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Top 25 Podcasts People Actually Listen to in 2020
Media Monitors list relies on listener memory rather than downloads to assess popularity.
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Voxnest Teams with Staples for Podcast Studios
The podcasting studios in Staples' new Staples Connect stores will offer Voxnest’s Spreaker hosting and distribution platform.
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Techsurvey Reflects Consumer Dynamics
A look back over Jacobs Media survey data tracks the evolution of consumer media use.
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RME Fireface UFX+ Becomes Centerpiece of Crooked Media’s L.A. Studios
Crooked Media is a Los Angeles-based podcasting studio.
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Mediabrands First Agency to Use Nielsen Podcast Service
Offers insights about listeners’ buying habits.
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Dust Hires Stephen Michael as Head of Audio Division
Gunpowder & Sky unit set for season two of ‘Seat 14C’ podcast.
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Focusrite Scarlett Admitted to School of Greatness Podcast
The motivational podcast helmed by NYT bestselling author Lewis Howes makes use of a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 interface for production.