My Podcast Recording and Mixing Signal Chain from Start to Finish (2023)

I get a lot of questions about how I record and mix my podcasts and videos, so I decided to do a deep dive on my entire signal chain, from recording with an analog channel strip, to noise reduction, equalization, compression, compression, compression, and more compression.

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:30 The recording space
1:51 Acoustic treatment
2:15 The microphone - Shure SM7b
2:51 XLR cable
3:05 The interface - Apogee Ensemble Thunderbolt
3:48 The channel strip - Millennia STT-1
4:47 Input EQ
6:21 Input Compression
7:10 Microphone technique
8:28 Let’s start mixing!
8:55 IzoTope RX Advanced
10:32 Lindell 902 De-esser
11:28 FabFilter Pro-Q 3
13:07 SPECIAL OFFER!!!
13:57 Back to Equalization
17:09 Vocal Rider
18:53 Compression - API 2500 + LA3A
21:14 Vocal Buss
21:40 Checking gain staging
21:57 IzoTope RX Mouth de-click
22:21 soothe2
23:44 SSL Buss Compressor
25:15 bx_True Peak Limiter
25:37 WLM Meter and achieving -16 LUFS
26:12 Wrap Up

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