You can make something great with stock plugins, but here’s a couple of reasons to buy 3rd party plugins...

I wanted the opportunity to let you all know that I'm taking a break from the podcast for a while! I plan on coming back in a few months...

It's very important to know that every compressor is different and it will make your audio sound differently depending on how it...

Compression is a topic I've covered extensively (but also not nearly enough) on my YouTube channel. Even with all the hours of teaching...

Death has a crazy way of putting a lot of things into perspective. With the recent passing on my dog and best friend Levi, I've been...

Something I've been seeing recently in Facebook groups and forums is people claiming they can't be great at audio because they don't have...

Many folks think noise reduction is something that can only be done in post production, but I'm here to tell you that's a bald-faced lie....

When new podcasters or audio engineers are reaching out to their peers for help with their production, it's not uncommon to hear the...

I vow to never stop talking about local recordings until every podcast on Earth at least KNOWS it's an option. Whether or not they choose...

When it comes to mixing audio, you'd be hard pressed to find a more lively debate than the one between headphones and studio monitors....

My father always taught me the worst thing you can do is to constantly compare yourselves to others. It can be limiting, anxiety...

The title says it all. You can almost stop reading now if you want to. But, I find buying used gear to be one of the most valuable "life...

No matter what instrument you are recording, how it was recorded, or what hardware it was recorded with, you will always capture unwanted...

we're going to focus a bit on HOW our voices are converted and encoded into a digital signal, as well as how it's converted back to analog.

The entire series on frequency has been leading up to this point. The importance of the midrange and presence frequencies

We are now exploring more subtle and intentional moves when it comes to equalizing vocals for a podcast!

In order to produce a great sound, we first need to learn how to hear good sound. In this listening heavy episode, we isolate the 7...

When it comes to audio and creating a good sound, everyone will tell you "just trust your ears". It's a blanket statement that really...

You can't master your craft until you've mastered the fundamentals ten times over. This week's episode is all about the fundamentals.

There are many hills I'm willing to die on, but one I never feel bad about is that your podcast, my podcasts, everyone's podcast is a...