PES 170: Stephanie Lesher, Production Manager at WRLT Lightning 100 in Nashville

Episode • Feb 20, 2020 • 1h 1m

My guest is Stephanie Lesher - Production Manager at WRLT Lightning 100 in Nashville. Among other shows, she produces Music Business Radio with host David Hooper!

We discussed a ton:

Recording at the station in her office
David Hooper and at least one guest in the room
Avid Mbox interface with 4 XLR inputs
RE20 mics with foam windscreens
Pro Tools 10
Recording resolution: 44.1kHz, 16 bit uncompressed files
Each episode ends up bring 54 minutes consisting of four 13 min. segments
Editing in Pro Tools
X Noise plugin - removes background noise
Renaissance Vox compressor from Waves (applying about 3dB of compression usually)
De-esser (rarely)
Parallel compressor - waves max volume
Buss limiter in pro tools
Adds music
Puts into database of audio to play on the air
Recording commercials using her voice

Thanks for being a great guest, Stephanie!

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