1 00:00:16,580 --> 00:00:13,580 hey everyone welcome back to another 2 00:00:19,670 --> 00:00:16,590 video blog in this video blog I'm gonna 3 00:00:22,910 --> 00:00:19,680 go over my podcasting setup yet again 4 00:00:25,130 --> 00:00:22,920 this is version 3.0 my name is Mike I 5 00:00:27,859 --> 00:00:25,140 run this channel obediently videos and I 6 00:00:30,259 --> 00:00:27,869 am the host of the podcast our big dumb 7 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:30,269 mouth the podcast has been going for 8 00:00:35,299 --> 00:00:32,850 about 10 years and in this video I'm 9 00:00:37,430 --> 00:00:35,309 going to share what equipment I use what 10 00:00:40,010 --> 00:00:37,440 things sound like when you turn some 11 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:40,020 knobs play with the rack equipment back 12 00:00:45,500 --> 00:00:42,410 here turn some things on and off and the 13 00:00:50,270 --> 00:00:45,510 the way in the sound actually gets to 14 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:50,280 the final product so what I'm gonna say 15 00:00:56,689 --> 00:00:53,730 I have a very advanced podcasting setup 16 00:00:58,760 --> 00:00:56,699 I don't recommend anybody doing what I 17 00:01:00,439 --> 00:00:58,770 do if you're just starting out it's 18 00:01:01,729 --> 00:01:00,449 gonna overwhelm you you're gonna get 19 00:01:04,939 --> 00:01:01,739 frustrated you're gonna be like why 20 00:01:07,609 --> 00:01:04,949 can't I get the sound that I hear or or 21 00:01:09,109 --> 00:01:07,619 that I want when I have all the the same 22 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:09,119 equipment I've gotten that a question I 23 00:01:12,649 --> 00:01:11,010 think people have gone out and bought 24 00:01:15,109 --> 00:01:12,659 some of the equipment I use and maybe 25 00:01:18,260 --> 00:01:15,119 they're not happy with the the sound of 26 00:01:22,719 --> 00:01:18,270 getting out of it it's because I started 27 00:01:27,289 --> 00:01:22,729 playing around with mixing and producing 28 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:27,299 music and sound 19 1996 when I was with 29 00:01:29,810 --> 00:01:28,530 four-track recorder and 8-track 30 00:01:32,390 --> 00:01:29,820 recorders back when I was in some stupid 31 00:01:33,620 --> 00:01:32,400 punk rock and metal bands it's been a 32 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:33,630 progression it's been a learning 33 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:35,329 experience over those years in order to 34 00:01:42,140 --> 00:01:37,770 get to that point where I'm at now where 35 00:01:44,149 --> 00:01:42,150 I that I made really conscious decisions 36 00:01:46,550 --> 00:01:44,159 on each piece of equipment that I'm 37 00:01:49,370 --> 00:01:46,560 using to produce this really over 38 00:01:52,399 --> 00:01:49,380 produced for a very unpopular podcast 39 00:01:52,819 --> 00:01:52,409 but nevertheless let's go ahead and get 40 00:01:54,230 --> 00:01:52,829 into it 41 00:02:00,050 --> 00:01:54,240 so the first piece of equipment that I'm 42 00:02:03,590 --> 00:02:00,060 using currently is this re 20 electro 43 00:02:07,210 --> 00:02:03,600 voice microphone and previously I was 44 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:07,220 using the sm7b I moved up to this 45 00:02:13,610 --> 00:02:11,250 microphone because it's a standard this 46 00:02:17,119 --> 00:02:13,620 is a standard broadcast microphone 47 00:02:19,070 --> 00:02:17,129 and the sm7b the shure sm7b while it is 48 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:19,080 a very good broadcast microphone it's a 49 00:02:24,470 --> 00:02:20,370 little bit more Airy this has a little 50 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:24,480 bit more body to it and so I'll take I 51 00:02:31,309 --> 00:02:25,890 gotta use my phone to have a second 52 00:02:32,990 --> 00:02:31,319 camera so it goes from the re the re 20 53 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:33,000 microphone my sound my voice is 54 00:02:43,430 --> 00:02:35,730 traveling from the re 20 microphone way 55 00:02:46,580 --> 00:02:43,440 over here to the 5 v 1e this is a preamp 56 00:02:51,339 --> 00:02:46,590 it's a thing eccentric preamp that 57 00:02:53,449 --> 00:02:51,349 preamp dumps out into this dbx 58 00:02:57,680 --> 00:02:53,459 compressor right here that gets then 59 00:02:59,960 --> 00:02:57,690 dumped out into my Mackie mix board this 60 00:03:04,280 --> 00:02:59,970 Mackie mix board then gets dumped out 61 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:04,290 into my FX exciter and then the ethics 62 00:03:11,900 --> 00:03:08,970 exciter gets dumped out into this 63 00:03:13,250 --> 00:03:11,910 bérenger compressor right down here and 64 00:03:16,610 --> 00:03:13,260 then the behringer compressor goes out 65 00:03:20,330 --> 00:03:16,620 into my TAS game recorder which records 66 00:03:23,390 --> 00:03:20,340 all the sound the tas game recorder it's 67 00:03:25,970 --> 00:03:23,400 dumped out into this behringer headphone 68 00:03:29,300 --> 00:03:25,980 amplifier and then the Herot the the 69 00:03:31,759 --> 00:03:29,310 behringer headphone amplifier allows has 70 00:03:34,039 --> 00:03:31,769 four channels one for me one for a guest 71 00:03:36,729 --> 00:03:34,049 in the room one for maybe streaming out 72 00:03:40,069 --> 00:03:36,739 to youtube or something like that and 73 00:03:43,490 --> 00:03:40,079 i'm using one of these right now very 74 00:03:45,259 --> 00:03:43,500 complicated system overly complicated 75 00:03:49,190 --> 00:03:45,269 there's too much complication going on I 76 00:03:51,319 --> 00:03:49,200 know so why do I have all this well I'm 77 00:03:52,699 --> 00:03:51,329 a bit of a gear nerd I like all this 78 00:03:58,000 --> 00:03:52,709 stuff I like playing around with it and 79 00:04:00,530 --> 00:03:58,010 I like to be able to have control over 80 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:00,540 Skype I like to be able to have control 81 00:04:05,629 --> 00:04:02,970 over other people in the room and if I 82 00:04:09,470 --> 00:04:05,639 can turn things up and down I like to 83 00:04:11,539 --> 00:04:09,480 have that a very fine fine detail of 84 00:04:14,449 --> 00:04:11,549 control over my audio when you get 85 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:14,459 shoved out to iTunes or put up on on 86 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:17,370 YouTube so what does this all sound what 87 00:04:22,099 --> 00:04:19,530 is this all necessary to produce a 88 00:04:23,690 --> 00:04:22,109 podcast why you may be asking yourself 89 00:04:25,070 --> 00:04:23,700 now it's not necessary there's plenty of 90 00:04:25,890 --> 00:04:25,080 other people out there doing really 91 00:04:27,840 --> 00:04:25,900 fantastic pocket 92 00:04:29,879 --> 00:04:27,850 but not nearly the same amount of 93 00:04:31,290 --> 00:04:29,889 equipment they probably just have a few 94 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:31,300 microphones and a mixer set up in the 95 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:34,690 room and it sounds perfectly fine I am 96 00:04:39,659 --> 00:04:37,210 obsessive and when I set up command 97 00:04:42,090 --> 00:04:39,669 center alpha-1 this is what I call the 98 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:42,100 studio here I'll give you a wide shot 99 00:04:46,140 --> 00:04:44,289 here's there's my main computer then I 100 00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:46,150 go up there for my secondary monitor 101 00:04:52,469 --> 00:04:50,289 then I got my 4k and then all the rack 102 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:52,479 stuff it's just this is what I call 103 00:04:55,350 --> 00:04:54,130 command center all for one with you when 104 00:04:57,270 --> 00:04:55,360 you get back here behind the chair 105 00:05:01,290 --> 00:04:57,280 you're locked in for the entire show for 106 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:01,300 whatever you want to do it's bizarre so 107 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:03,250 I hope the whole point of me out putting 108 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:05,050 together this kind of a this podcasting 109 00:05:12,659 --> 00:05:07,570 equipment in the way it sounds is really 110 00:05:15,090 --> 00:05:12,669 produce a radio sounding program I like 111 00:05:16,379 --> 00:05:15,100 I grew up at a time where I was a in the 112 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:16,389 90s I've listened to a lot of Howard 113 00:05:22,710 --> 00:05:18,490 Stern I listened to our Bell I listened 114 00:05:25,589 --> 00:05:22,720 to cusco's am I like that FM ultra 115 00:05:27,749 --> 00:05:25,599 compress sound I for whatever reason I 116 00:05:29,939 --> 00:05:27,759 maybe it's just nostalgia or this is how 117 00:05:33,540 --> 00:05:29,949 I grew up hearing things like that I 118 00:05:35,610 --> 00:05:33,550 have strived to produce that sound and I 119 00:05:37,050 --> 00:05:35,620 have never been happy with the way 120 00:05:38,969 --> 00:05:37,060 anything sounds I think I may be about 121 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:38,979 75 percent happy now with the way things 122 00:05:43,409 --> 00:05:41,530 sound and I can deal with it I can 123 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:43,419 manipulate the sound and the EQ is 124 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:47,010 enough to where I can be somewhat 125 00:05:53,670 --> 00:05:49,810 satisfied for now until I have to buy 126 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:53,680 some more equipment so what does this 127 00:05:58,920 --> 00:05:55,930 all sound like so I'm gonna I'm gonna 128 00:06:01,740 --> 00:05:58,930 turn some things on and off so the first 129 00:06:06,270 --> 00:06:01,750 thing I'm gonna do so this this this 130 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:06,280 microphone right here the re 20 it's 131 00:06:13,610 --> 00:06:10,690 dumped out into this preamp over here 132 00:06:16,909 --> 00:06:13,620 and you see these uh that that first 133 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:16,919 meter going up and down this is the 134 00:06:23,490 --> 00:06:22,330 noise gate and so the noise gate it's 135 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:23,500 probably one of the most important 136 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:25,570 things you can use if you're producing a 137 00:06:31,980 --> 00:06:29,530 podcast or just recording anything in a 138 00:06:34,709 --> 00:06:31,990 very noisy environment I live on the 139 00:06:36,629 --> 00:06:34,719 second floor there's fans going there's 140 00:06:38,369 --> 00:06:36,639 there's there's heaters I die 141 00:06:41,219 --> 00:06:38,379 I had this girlfriends if people 142 00:06:44,429 --> 00:06:41,229 chattering I need a noise gate that will 143 00:06:47,399 --> 00:06:44,439 cut out the background noise and it'll 144 00:06:49,679 --> 00:06:47,409 only release that gate once a certain 145 00:06:55,010 --> 00:06:49,689 amount of volume is thrown AHA so let's 146 00:07:01,469 --> 00:06:58,499 here's something I think we you can hear 147 00:07:03,959 --> 00:07:01,479 a little background noise so let's go 148 00:07:06,269 --> 00:07:03,969 ahead and see it's because our hearing a 149 00:07:08,999 --> 00:07:06,279 little bit more background noise and so 150 00:07:10,950 --> 00:07:09,009 what I'll then do this is stilbene I 151 00:07:15,019 --> 00:07:10,960 just have the noise gate turned off so 152 00:07:20,820 --> 00:07:15,029 what what I'll do is I'll turn off the 153 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:20,830 EQ section okay and you probably can 154 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:24,250 hear that now the sound of my voice got 155 00:07:28,469 --> 00:07:26,650 a little flat it's not as pronounced the 156 00:07:29,209 --> 00:07:28,479 high ends are maybe as sparkly as what 157 00:07:38,010 --> 00:07:29,219 they used to be 158 00:07:40,529 --> 00:07:38,020 okay let's keep going so the the yeah 159 00:07:45,929 --> 00:07:40,539 this is my preamp I get confused so this 160 00:07:48,439 --> 00:07:45,939 is my preamp it is the 528 voice 161 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:48,449 processor I'm sorry I was up there the 162 00:07:56,790 --> 00:07:53,050 528 voice processor is my preamp that 163 00:07:57,809 --> 00:07:56,800 gets dumped out into the dbx compressor 164 00:08:00,889 --> 00:07:57,819 so let's see what this but this is 165 00:08:06,420 --> 00:08:04,050 the compressor is now bypass this 166 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:06,430 compressor also has a gate so I'll leave 167 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:09,250 the compressor on but reduce the gate 168 00:08:13,940 --> 00:08:10,770 there we go 169 00:08:18,010 --> 00:08:13,950 you hear that background noise 170 00:08:20,450 --> 00:08:18,020 that's because this compressor is 171 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:20,460 shoving any sound into it up to a 172 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:23,130 certain volume so no matter how quiet I 173 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:25,650 talk or how long I talk it'll squish it 174 00:08:32,150 --> 00:08:28,650 just everything's the same volume all 175 00:08:35,390 --> 00:08:32,160 right oh you can every breathe it's a 176 00:08:39,230 --> 00:08:35,400 little weird it's a little weird to hear 177 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:39,240 you sound like this let's put that back 178 00:08:41,540 --> 00:08:41,130 on there we go I think I had it right 179 00:08:44,270 --> 00:08:41,550 about there 180 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:44,280 no that's not oh that's not all that's 181 00:08:50,930 --> 00:08:47,370 being done here so this compressor gets 182 00:08:54,230 --> 00:08:50,940 dumped out into this board and that lets 183 00:08:57,290 --> 00:08:54,240 Mackay board right here controls the 184 00:09:00,380 --> 00:08:57,300 volume of my voice people who call in on 185 00:09:02,180 --> 00:09:00,390 skype from this computer I have my 186 00:09:05,150 --> 00:09:02,190 brother clown baby he'll call in he's a 187 00:09:06,770 --> 00:09:05,160 co-host of Joe and they get funneled out 188 00:09:08,270 --> 00:09:06,780 into this board as well so they each 189 00:09:10,430 --> 00:09:08,280 have they have their own channel I have 190 00:09:12,700 --> 00:09:10,440 my own channel and I can mix it right 191 00:09:15,530 --> 00:09:12,710 here and they have additional EQs I have 192 00:09:17,540 --> 00:09:15,540 noise cuts I have an effects processor 193 00:09:18,710 --> 00:09:17,550 if I want to use it I don't often 194 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:18,720 dealing with some goofing around a 195 00:09:27,620 --> 00:09:23,010 little bit and so this entire mixer gets 196 00:09:29,810 --> 00:09:27,630 dumped out into the FX there we go the 197 00:09:35,660 --> 00:09:29,820 FX exciter so let's turn the exciter off 198 00:09:36,980 --> 00:09:35,670 and I'll show you what happens okay so I 199 00:09:39,380 --> 00:09:36,990 turned off the affix exciter 200 00:09:43,340 --> 00:09:39,390 and also I also put the the compressor 201 00:09:46,370 --> 00:09:43,350 on bypass as well so the the my dbx 202 00:09:49,730 --> 00:09:46,380 compressor is now off the FX exciter is 203 00:09:51,410 --> 00:09:49,740 now off and you can definitely hear it 204 00:09:53,630 --> 00:09:51,420 things are a little dull now things 205 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:53,640 aren't as cool as what they used to 206 00:10:00,110 --> 00:09:55,410 sound like what the hell is going on 207 00:10:03,530 --> 00:10:00,120 well the exciter it compresses the 208 00:10:05,780 --> 00:10:03,540 low-end even more and then so it 209 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:05,790 tightens up the bass it also adds a 210 00:10:11,030 --> 00:10:07,770 little sparkling a little flavor to the 211 00:10:14,690 --> 00:10:11,040 high-end buy it a little Distortion once 212 00:10:17,750 --> 00:10:14,700 the the the frequencies reach a certain 213 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:17,760 level and so it'll add a little store 214 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:19,650 ssin the high end of your voice and it 215 00:10:25,810 --> 00:10:22,650 will compress the bass making it a very 216 00:10:27,769 --> 00:10:25,820 very sparkly and professional sounding 217 00:10:30,290 --> 00:10:27,779 audio file 218 00:10:32,900 --> 00:10:30,300 and so we can continue down so that 219 00:10:37,220 --> 00:10:32,910 exciter gets dumped out into this 220 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:37,230 behringer compressor which by the way I 221 00:10:42,889 --> 00:10:40,050 initially bought this dbx right here 222 00:10:45,790 --> 00:10:42,899 compressor to replace the behringer but 223 00:10:48,019 --> 00:10:45,800 the dbx is too good the behringer 224 00:10:50,900 --> 00:10:48,029 compressor I found is actually a really 225 00:10:53,900 --> 00:10:50,910 good product for like 150 bucks it 226 00:10:56,569 --> 00:10:53,910 allows you the freedom to mix your sound 227 00:10:58,579 --> 00:10:56,579 a little bit you can actually when you 228 00:11:01,670 --> 00:10:58,589 lower the levels on your mixing board 229 00:11:03,319 --> 00:11:01,680 like if I want to turn down a track here 230 00:11:07,639 --> 00:11:03,329 so let's say I want to transition music 231 00:11:10,670 --> 00:11:07,649 I want to I can fade it down I can fade 232 00:11:13,970 --> 00:11:10,680 it up the behringer allows you to do 233 00:11:15,650 --> 00:11:13,980 that a little bit where even though the 234 00:11:17,900 --> 00:11:15,660 compressing settings are really cranked 235 00:11:20,059 --> 00:11:17,910 up it allows you to mix and play with 236 00:11:24,259 --> 00:11:20,069 the the sound dynamic a little bit the 237 00:11:26,290 --> 00:11:24,269 dbx right here can't do that once it 238 00:11:29,499 --> 00:11:26,300 gets to a certain level below it just 239 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:29,509 forces it right back up it is a really 240 00:11:34,069 --> 00:11:32,250 brick wall it just shoves it's called a 241 00:11:36,199 --> 00:11:34,079 brick wall limiters how I'm using this 242 00:11:38,449 --> 00:11:36,209 neck no matter what volume you are 243 00:11:40,460 --> 00:11:38,459 putting in it raises up to a certain 244 00:11:42,650 --> 00:11:40,470 level and there's no there's no way you 245 00:11:44,569 --> 00:11:42,660 can actually add a lot of dynamics in 246 00:11:47,569 --> 00:11:44,579 there so I had to go back and I'm using 247 00:11:50,090 --> 00:11:47,579 the behringer even though this $400 248 00:11:52,340 --> 00:11:50,100 compressor right here by all by all 249 00:11:56,600 --> 00:11:52,350 rights by all measurement should be 250 00:12:00,439 --> 00:11:56,610 superior to the behringer down here it's 251 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:00,449 just not it's not so this behringer 252 00:12:04,429 --> 00:12:01,970 compressor was this - well this 253 00:12:05,929 --> 00:12:04,439 compresses the sound even more you 254 00:12:08,569 --> 00:12:05,939 compress and not only mind me 255 00:12:10,990 --> 00:12:08,579 he compresses the people on skype it 256 00:12:13,309 --> 00:12:11,000 also compresses other people in the room 257 00:12:15,129 --> 00:12:13,319 and so it's a little bit more 258 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:15,139 compression to even things out and also 259 00:12:22,819 --> 00:12:19,170 with compression when you compress 260 00:12:26,929 --> 00:12:22,829 certain things it will remove the high 261 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:26,939 end it will make things that are high 262 00:12:31,730 --> 00:12:29,370 mid-range and even high high range it'll 263 00:12:34,819 --> 00:12:31,740 roll those off and they'll sound also 264 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:34,829 this compressor has a built-in enhancer 265 00:12:38,900 --> 00:12:37,170 I will turn off the hands here you can 266 00:12:41,570 --> 00:12:38,910 hear what it sounds like now the 267 00:12:46,070 --> 00:12:41,580 enhancer is completely off 268 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:46,080 and you'll notice that the the high-end 269 00:12:52,490 --> 00:12:50,490 is suffering but what this bérenger also 270 00:12:55,990 --> 00:12:52,500 has is not only compressors also got a 271 00:12:59,360 --> 00:12:56,000 additional annoys gate me turn that off 272 00:13:00,380 --> 00:12:59,370 okay there it is the notice gates off 273 00:13:02,710 --> 00:13:00,390 you can hear a little background stuff 274 00:13:07,970 --> 00:13:02,720 so what would happen if I used 275 00:13:14,269 --> 00:13:07,980 everything without noise gates let's 276 00:13:17,690 --> 00:13:14,279 turn that back on there we go you can 277 00:13:19,090 --> 00:13:17,700 hear now the noise gates are noise gates 278 00:13:24,410 --> 00:13:19,100 are completely off 279 00:13:27,060 --> 00:13:24,420 holy moly isn't that you can just 280 00:13:32,220 --> 00:13:29,850 start back on as you can hear me breathe 281 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:32,230 you can hear you can hear my nose and 282 00:13:42,749 --> 00:13:42,490 that's not a good thing I mean right 283 00:13:49,379 --> 00:13:42,759 there 284 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:49,389 that's my computer well didn't do a lot 285 00:13:53,370 --> 00:13:51,370 let's just uh let's uh let's go ahead 286 00:13:56,730 --> 00:13:53,380 and and I still have the exciter down 287 00:13:59,180 --> 00:13:56,740 here on the on the behringer turned off 288 00:14:03,420 --> 00:13:59,190 let's go ahead and turn it back on 289 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:03,430 Bing Wow didn't that didn't that little 290 00:14:07,319 --> 00:14:05,410 thing this little slider down here do a 291 00:14:10,439 --> 00:14:07,329 lot of this down here I'll demonstrate 292 00:14:18,250 --> 00:14:10,449 again I'll play a little translational 293 00:14:27,130 --> 00:14:21,940 that's what that does it is a critical 294 00:14:29,710 --> 00:14:27,140 part of the entire podcasting audio 295 00:14:31,990 --> 00:14:29,720 experience it's dramatic 296 00:14:34,540 --> 00:14:32,000 now you could definitely not have to 297 00:14:36,220 --> 00:14:34,550 have spent as much money as I have to to 298 00:14:37,900 --> 00:14:36,230 drought the background sound there's 299 00:14:41,890 --> 00:14:37,910 there's various plugins you can buy for 300 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:41,900 audacity that will perform the noise 301 00:14:47,860 --> 00:14:45,650 gate that will do this exciter that will 302 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:47,870 do brick wall limiting I still I still 303 00:14:53,470 --> 00:14:51,290 use audacity I use sound Forge for the 304 00:14:55,060 --> 00:14:53,480 final product like I said is anything 305 00:14:59,550 --> 00:14:55,070 that's necessary no you probably could 306 00:15:04,210 --> 00:14:59,560 actually spend maybe 250 bucks and 307 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:04,220 produce a very similar sounding show 308 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:06,530 with with audacity plugins or sound 309 00:15:13,990 --> 00:15:09,890 Forge plugins and you could you could 310 00:15:16,420 --> 00:15:14,000 definitely hair it down and have a very 311 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:16,430 well polished podcast but what this 312 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:19,010 allows me to do instead of relying on 313 00:15:24,370 --> 00:15:21,410 plugins after in fact I gave some ones 314 00:15:27,190 --> 00:15:24,380 in the studio or on the show I can I can 315 00:15:31,420 --> 00:15:27,200 just tweak their audio as we go if 316 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:31,430 someone has a really nice mic that picks 317 00:15:35,470 --> 00:15:33,410 up a lot of background noise I can 318 00:15:39,490 --> 00:15:35,480 increase the noise gate a little bit so 319 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:39,500 it might might focus their voice and 320 00:15:44,650 --> 00:15:41,930 push back the background noise that 321 00:15:48,430 --> 00:15:44,660 might be in their room that's really 322 00:15:49,990 --> 00:15:48,440 hard to do with plugins and you probably 323 00:15:51,850 --> 00:15:50,000 could do it but you'd be going through 324 00:15:54,750 --> 00:15:51,860 and looking at each section of audio in 325 00:15:57,340 --> 00:15:54,760 your in your wife your waveform and 326 00:15:59,050 --> 00:15:57,350 doing a lot more audio editing on the 327 00:16:01,090 --> 00:15:59,060 computer than in real life I think in 328 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:01,100 real time I can just do it and live with 329 00:16:05,830 --> 00:16:03,770 it as opposed to trying to do it after 330 00:16:07,990 --> 00:16:05,840 the fact and edit edit to gather 331 00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:08,000 something we do basically one take on 332 00:16:11,530 --> 00:16:09,890 the show there's not really any editing 333 00:16:14,470 --> 00:16:11,540 besides cutting out maybe a commercial 334 00:16:17,290 --> 00:16:14,480 break or a commercial break or pee-pee 335 00:16:19,410 --> 00:16:17,300 break we play stupid it's the only 336 00:16:23,370 --> 00:16:19,420 thing that gets edited down in this show 337 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:23,380 this is command center alpha 1 version 338 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:26,570 3.0 this is where the audio and 339 00:16:31,060 --> 00:16:29,090 podcasting gets done this is where I do 340 00:16:33,100 --> 00:16:31,070 a lot of programming or 341 00:16:35,590 --> 00:16:33,110 produce the podcast where I produced the 342 00:16:40,630 --> 00:16:35,600 YouTube videos where I actually writes 343 00:16:43,330 --> 00:16:40,640 songs jingles I do a lot of work 344 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:43,340 freelance this is it and I can't ask for 345 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:44,810 a better setup but it didn't happen 346 00:16:50,380 --> 00:16:46,970 overnight it was a bit of a learning 347 00:16:52,900 --> 00:16:50,390 experience and I can't stress enough I 348 00:16:56,770 --> 00:16:52,910 don't recommend going down this road 349 00:17:00,040 --> 00:16:56,780 unless you want to learn about every 350 00:17:01,690 --> 00:17:00,050 piece of equipment that you buy because 351 00:17:03,670 --> 00:17:01,700 it's buying this equipment and not 352 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:03,680 knowing how to use it or what the 353 00:17:07,360 --> 00:17:06,050 threshold means what attack and release 354 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:07,370 means I'm compressor if you don't know 355 00:17:10,569 --> 00:17:09,410 what that means there's no point in 356 00:17:11,949 --> 00:17:10,579 buying this stuff you're gonna give 357 00:17:14,290 --> 00:17:11,959 yourself a headache and you're gonna get 358 00:17:16,180 --> 00:17:14,300 frustrated and probably not want to deal 359 00:17:18,819 --> 00:17:16,190 with it I recommend if you do want to go 360 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:18,829 down this route buy one piece at a time 361 00:17:22,449 --> 00:17:20,810 buy a microphone in the mixer then maybe 362 00:17:24,819 --> 00:17:22,459 add a compressor later figure out how to 363 00:17:26,890 --> 00:17:24,829 get that compressor back into like an 364 00:17:28,390 --> 00:17:26,900 the auto goes into compressor how to get 365 00:17:29,290 --> 00:17:28,400 that into mp3 format you're gonna dump 366 00:17:32,980 --> 00:17:29,300 out into the computer you're gonna 367 00:17:34,750 --> 00:17:32,990 record on a tascam device these there's 368 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:34,760 so many different ways to go in about 369 00:17:41,290 --> 00:17:37,250 capturing auto audio and putting out the 370 00:17:41,830 --> 00:17:41,300 podcast that there's no one good way to 371 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:41,840 do it 372 00:17:47,980 --> 00:17:45,730 mine is an elaborate way but with the 373 00:17:50,530 --> 00:17:47,990 amount of rec equipment I have it allows 374 00:17:53,950 --> 00:17:50,540 me some freedom to produce the kind of 375 00:17:56,530 --> 00:17:53,960 sound that I want so I hope this is 376 00:17:59,080 --> 00:17:56,540 somewhat educational if not very 377 00:18:00,340 --> 00:17:59,090 confusing and I hope you've learned 378 00:18:02,970 --> 00:18:00,350 something if you have any questions post 379 00:18:05,140 --> 00:18:02,980 them in the comments I'll try to answer 380 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:05,150 but until next time