My returning guest is Garth Humphreys, host and producer of Audio Pizza, Aussie Mac Zone and iBlindTech.

Garth and I go deep and get technical - and of course we make it practical and relevant to your podcast production, too ;)

Before Garth and I got rolling, I first explained how I recently rescued some bad sounding audio using various steps: Putting it through Auphonic first (noise reduction, low end filter, leveler), then processing the resulting Flac file in iZotope RX 6 (phase, de-reverb, and de-click), then more processing in Reaper including EQ'ing and de-essing.

Then we discussed:

• Garth's new Yamaha HS7 6.5" Powered Studio Monitors
• Compression: Going through all the parameters, what they mean and how they work.
• LUFS: Understanding how it's calculated and what it’s measuring.
• FLAC file format: Benefits of using it for recording and archiving.
• Phase trick: A cool way to hear what a plugin is actually doing to your audio. It also works for checking impact of MP3 encoding.

Then I told the entire story of my recent purchase of the Rode Broadcaster microphone, and why I returned it quickly. (Note: It's NOT because it's a bad mic)

I also talked about the two Fabfilter plugins I bought recently: The Pro-DS (de-esser) and the Pro-MB (multiband compressor).

Thanks for hanging out with me again Garth and sharing so many tasty slices of audio pizza!

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