Sound for Video Session: Ear Training & Q&A
In this week's Sound for Video Session, let's do a bit more ear training, this time adding some slightly more advanced training with compression and perhaps some expanding, in addition to EQ. We'll also talk a bit about post processing and mixing dialogue audio.
If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F6, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders. We have a course on sound for live-streaming with the ATEM Mini, Introduction to Izotope RX for Dialogue Audio, and Mixing fundamentals in DaVinci Resolve Fairlight.
Gear I often use or that we mentioned in this episode. The links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases:
- Mackie DLZ Creator adaptive audio mixer (the original, bigger one)
- Earthworks ETHOS microphone
The intro and outro music for this episode is from Musicbed. Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself.
Copyright 2025, Curtis Judd
Get Loud Audio for Your Video Fast with DynAssist
Our sound and lighting courses can be found here!
In this episode, we demonstrate how to loudness optimize your audio for video quickly with a plugin called DynAssist from NoiseWorks Audio.
I have no association with NoiseWorks and they did not pay me to make this video. To learn more about DynAssist and their other plugins, you can find them here.
If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F6, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders. Our latest courses cover Sound for Live Streaming with the ATEM Mini and an Intro to Izotope RX.
Support my work creating videos by donating at Ko-Fi.com.
Gear used or mentioned in this episode (the links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases):
- RODE Interview Pro microphone (this was recorded in a hotel room when I was traveling)
The outro music for this episode is from Musicbed - “Dynamo” by Virgil Arles. Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself.
Copyright 2025, Curtis Judd
Sound for Video Session: Mackie ProFX10 GO battery powered analogue mixer
In this week's Sound for Video Session, we have a look at and a listen to the Mackie ProFX10 GO, an analogue, battery powered mixer designed for remote productions where you may not have power. But in the Mackie tradition, this might just be a solid all-round analogue mixer and USB interface. Let's have a first impressions look and listen. (And yes, the battery is user-replaceable!)
If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F6, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders. We have a course on sound for live-streaming with the ATEM Mini, Introduction to Izotope RX for Dialogue Audio, and Mixing fundamentals in DaVinci Resolve Fairlight.
Gear I often use or that we mentioned in this episode. The links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases:
- Mackie ProFX10 GO battery powered audio mixer
- Mackie DLZ Creator adaptive audio mixer (the original, bigger one)
- Earthworks ETHOS microphone
The intro and outro music for this episode is from Musicbed. Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself.
Copyright 2024, Curtis Judd
EQ Match Your Boom and Lav Mic
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In this episode, we show how to use EQ to make a lavalier microphone sound similar to a boom microphone that recorded the same take. This is a common situation in video production - you may need to cut from the boom mic to the lavalier in post production for a variety of reasons, and when you do, you want the two microphones to sound similar so that the audience doesn’t notice the change. We use Fabfilter’s Pro Q4 equalizer in this video, though there are other EQ match plugins out there.
I have no association with Fabfilter and they did not pay me to make this video. To learn more about Pro Q4 and their other plugins, you can find them here.
If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F6, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders. Our latest courses cover Sound for Live Streaming with the ATEM Mini and an Intro to Izotope RX.
Support my work creating videos by donating at Ko-Fi.com.
Gear used or mentioned in this episode (the links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases):
- Sennheiser MKH50 boom microphone
- DPA 4160 lavalier microphone
The outro music for this episode is from Musicbed - “Dynamo” by Virgil Arles. Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself.
Copyright 2024, Curtis Judd
Sound for Video Session: Parallel Compression & Ear Training
In this week's Sound for Video Session, we cover some audio for video production questions, including, what's a slate mic and how do you set up coms for communicating with your boom operator?
If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses at including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F6, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders. We have a course on sound for live-streaming with the ATEM Mini, Introduction to Izotope RX for Dialogue Audio, and Mixing fundamentals in DaVinci Resolve Fairlight.
Gear I often use or that we mentioned in this episode. The links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases:
- Mackie DLZ Creator adaptive audio mixer (the original, bigger one) — B&H, Amazon
- Earthworks ETHOS microphone — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon
- ATEM Mini Extreme & Extreme ISO - B&H, DVE Store, Amazon
- Rupert Neve Designs Shelford Channel, pre-amp, EQ, compressor - Sweetwater, B&H
- Universal Audio 6176 channel strip pre-amp, EQ, compressor — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon
The intro and outro music for this episode is from Musicbed. Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself.
Copyright 2024, Curtis Judd
TASCAM DR-07XP - What's new?
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In this episode, we cover the new TASCAM DR-07XP hand-held audio recorder with built-in stereo microphones. The stereo microphones can be configured in XY or AB spaced pair configurations — giving you a couple of options for making stereo recordings of ambiences, sound effects, foley, or even ASMR. Let’s cover what’s new in this latest version of the DR-07 and cover the most important features.
If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F6, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders. Our latest courses cover Sound for Live Streaming with the ATEM Mini and an Intro to Izotope RX.
Support my work creating videos by donating at Ko-Fi.com.
Gear used or mentioned in this episode (the links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases):
TASCAM DR-07XP hand-held stereo audio recorder
The outro music for this episode is from Musicbed - “Dynamo” by Virgil Arles. Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself.
Copyright 2024, Curtis Judd
Sound for Video Session: Parallel Compression & Ear Training
In this week's Sound for Video Session, we demonstrate how to use parallel compression on dialogue audio to increase its loudness without squashing the transients. We also explore some new ear training exercises.
If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F6, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders. We have a course on sound for live-streaming with the ATEM Mini, Introduction to Izotope RX for Dialogue Audio, and Mixing fundamentals in DaVinci Resolve Fairlight.
Gear I often use or that we mentioned in this episode. The links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases:
- Mackie DLZ Creator adaptive audio mixer (the original, bigger one) — B&H, Amazon
- Earthworks ETHOS microphone — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon
- Rupert Neve Designs Shelford Channel, pre-amp, EQ, compressor — Sweetwater, B&H
- Universal Audio 6176 channel strip pre-amp, EQ, compressor — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon
The intro and outro music for this episode is from Musicbed. Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself.
Copyright 2024, Curtis Judd
Set Up Auto-Ducking on the Mackie DLZ - Simplify Your Audio Workflow for Podcasts and Livestreams!
Our lighting and sound courses can be found here!
In this episode, we walk you through how to simplify your audio mixing workflow by using the auto-ducking feature on the Mackie DLZ mixer/recorder consoles. Auto-ducking is a great way to refine and upgrade your dialogue and music mixes in live streams, podcasts, and more!
If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F6, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders. Our latest courses cover Sound for Live Streaming with the ATEM Mini and an Intro to Izotope RX.
Support my work creating videos by donating at Ko-Fi.com.
Gear used or mentioned in this episode (the links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases):
Some of my other studio gear:
- Mackie DLZ Creator XS adaptive digital mixer (the little one) — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon
- Mackie DLZ Creator adaptive digital mixer (the big one) — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon
The outro music for this episode is from Musicbed - “Dynamo” by Virgil Arles. Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself.
Copyright 2024, Curtis Judd
Sound for Video Session — Spatial Audio Fun with Al Morello
In this week's Sound for Video Session, we're joined by Al Morello, a spatial audio expert and instructor, who will cover the various formats for recording and mixing spatial audio.
You can hear some of Al's work in the Murdercast podcast here.
Slides for this presentation are available here.
Find Al's site here.
If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F6, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders. We have a course on sound for live-streaming with the ATEM Mini, Introduction to Izotope RX for Dialogue Audio, and Mixing fundamentals in DaVinci Resolve Fairlight.
Gear I often use or that we mentioned in this episode. The links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases:
- Mackie DLZ Creator adaptive audio mixer (the original, bigger one) — B&H, Amazon
- Earthworks ETHOS microphone — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon
The intro and outro music for this episode is from Musicbed. Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself.
Copyright 2024, Curtis Judd
Don't Just Compress your Audio - Try This First for Dialogue Audio
Our lighting and sound courses can be found here!
Before we export our videos, we all have to optimize the loudness of the audio. Traditionally, we use compression and then boost the levels. But that can sometimes sound a bit unnatural for dialogue if you have to compress the audio quite hard. Here’s a way to maybe make it a bit more transparent and easier for your audience to listen to, by using a leveler first, then just a bit of compression.
You can learn more about and buy iZotope Nectar 4 Advanced here.
If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F6, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders. Our latest courses cover Sound for Live Streaming with the ATEM Mini and an Intro to Izotope RX.
Support my work creating videos by donating at Ko-Fi.com.
Gear used or mentioned in this episode (the links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases):
Some of my other studio gear:
- Rupert Neve Designs Shelford Channel
The outro music for this episode is from Musicbed - “Dynamo” by Virgil Arles. Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself.
Copyright 2024, Curtis Judd
