Curtis Judd 5/24/20 Curtis Judd 5/24/20

Sound Devices NoiseAssist Demonstration - Reduce Noise While Recording

In today’s episode we cover a new noise reduction plugin for the Sound Devices Scorpio, 888, and 833 recorders called NoiseAssist. This plugin is most effective at reducing - no eliminating - constant, broadband noise like fans, HVAC systems, or generators. We demonstrate how it works and provide several sample clips.

You can learn more about the Sound Devices NoiseAssist plugin over at SoundDevices.com.

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 II series of recorders.

Gear used or mentioned in this episode. The links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, Pictureline or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases:

- Sound Devices 888 Mixer/Recorder - B&H, Sweetwater

- Sound Devices Scorpio - B&H, Sweetwater

- Sound Devices 833 - B&H, Sweetwater

- DPA 4017b Short Shotgun Microphone - B&H, Sweetwater

- Sennheiser MKH 8050 Supercardioid Boom Microphone - B&H, Amazon

- Aputure Light Dome II soft box - B&H, Pictureline, Amazon

- Aputure 300x bi-color LED light with Bowens mount for video and photography - B&H, Pictureline, Amazon

- Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera 6K used for the talking head and b-roll shots - B&H, Pictureline

- Sigma 24-70 f/2.8 DG OS HSM Art Lens for Canon EF - B&H, Pictureline, Amazon

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Curtis Judd 5/24/20 Curtis Judd 5/24/20

Live Sound for Video Session: Michael Wynne, Production Sound Mixer

In this week's session, I interview Michael Wynne, a production sound mixer based in Atlanta. After a discussion about his Aaton Cantar X3 recorder/mixer, he'll answered questions from the live audience. You can find some great videos on sound for film on Michael's YouTube channel.

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.

Gear used or mentioned in this episode. The links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, Pictureline or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases:

- Earthworks SR314 handheld condenser microphone - B&H, Sweetwater

- AKG C414 XLII Large Diaphragm Condenser Microphone with multiple Polar Patterns - B&H, Sweetwater

- Aaton Cantar X3 Mixer/Recorder - Gotham Sound

- Sony MDR7506 Headphones - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- Beyerdynamic DT700 80 ohm - Sweetwater, Amazon

- Blackmagic Design mini XLR to XLR adapter cable to attach XLR microphones to Blackmagic Pocket 4K and 6K cameras - Amazon

- Sound Devices 888 Mixer/Recorder - B&H, Sweetwater

- Sound Devices Scorpio - B&H, Sweetwater

- Sound Devices 833 - B&H, Sweetwater

Curtis Judd 5/21/20 Curtis Judd 5/21/20

Live Sound for Video Session

Hello Soundies - this week we covered your pre-submitted questions. If you'd like to submit your questions ahead of time, please be sure to enroll for free at our school and be sure to opt in for the emails where we gather your questions.

Gear discussed or used for this livestream. Full disclosure - the links below are affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

- ATEM Mini Pro 4 HDMI capture and switcher for live-streaming - B&H, Amazon

- ATEM Mini 4 HDMI capture and switcher for live-streaming - B&H, Amazon

- Universal Audio Apollo x6 Thunderbolt 3 Audio Interface with digital signal processing - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- Allen & Heath SQ5 Digital Mixer - B&H, Sweetwater

- Shure SM7B Broadcast Dynamic Microphone - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- Sound Devices MixPre II Series Recorders - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- RODECaster Pro recorder/USB audio interface - B&H, Sweetwater

- Panasonic GH5 4K camera - B&H, Pictureline, Amazon

- Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K - B&H, Pictureline

- Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K - B&H, Pictureline

- RODE NTG3 Shotgun Microphone - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- Sennheiser G4 wireless microphone system - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- Focal Solo6 Be powered monitors/speakers - B&H, Sweetwater

- KRK Rokit 5 G4 powered monitors/speakers - B&H, Sweetwater

- DEITY Connect wireless microphone system - B&H, Amazon

- Sennheiser MKE2 lavalier microphone - B&H, Sweetwater

- Shure TL47 lavalier microphone - B&H, Sweetwater

- ZOOM Livetrak L-8 Recorder/Mixer - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

Curtis Judd 5/13/20 Curtis Judd 5/13/20

Live Sound for Video Session: Q&A

Hello Soundies, in this week's Sound for Video Session, we discussed your sound for video questions. You can sign up to receive the invite email where you can submit your questions ahead of time over at School.LearnLightAndSound.com.

Castmarker can help you make marks in your podcast recordings even if your recorder doesn’t support markers.

Gear discussed or used for this livestream. Full disclosure - the links below are affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

- ATEM Mini Pro 4 HDMI capture and switcher for live-streaming - B&H, Amazon

- ATEM Mini 4 HSMI capture and switcher for live-streaming - B&H, Amazon

- Sound Devices MixPre II Series audio recorders - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- Behring Shark FBQ100 Automatic Feedback Destroyer includes an audio delay feature which you could potentially use to re-sync your audio to video when live streaming - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- XLR Audio cables. I have mine custom made by Performance Audio

- Audient USB audio interfaces - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- RODE VideoMic NTG on-camera shotgun microphone - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- DEITY D3 Pro on-camera shotgun microphone - B&H, Amazon

- DEITY Connect wireless microphone system - B&H, Amazon

- Shure SM-7B broadcast dynamic microphone - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- Sennheiser MKH416 shotgun microphone - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- Sennheiser ME66/K6 shotgun microphone - B&H, Amazon

- Sennheiser G4 wireless microphone system - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- Shure in-ear monitors (se215) - B&H, Sweetwater

- Azden SGM-3500L shotgun microphone - B&H

Curtis Judd 5/10/20 Curtis Judd 5/10/20

Voice Over Microphones - Samples and Thoughts on Choosing One Which Fits Your Voice

In today’s episode we talk about voice over microphones, give you audio samples of several with both male and female voices, and then talk about how to find a voice over mic which works well for your voice.

You can find Neumann Microphones's article on the difference between small and large diaphragm condenser microphones here.

You can hear the original wav audio files for each microphone over 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, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders.

Gear used or mentioned in this episode. The links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, Pictureline or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases:

RODE NT1 microphone - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

RODE NT1A microphone - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

Sennheiser MKH416 shotgun microphone - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

AKG C414 XLR microphone - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

Lewitt LCT-440-Pure microphone - B&H, Amazon

TechZone Audio Products Stellar X2 microphone - Amazon

TechZone Audio Products Stellar X2 Vintage microphone

Blackmagic Design ATEM Mini Pro live-streaming USB capture device and switcher used to record the talking head part of this video - B&H, Amazon

Canon C200 camera used as the main talking camera here - B&H, Pictureline

Panasonic GH5 used as the overhead camera here - B&H, Pictureline, Amazon

Olympus 45mm f/1.8 lens for GH5 - B&H, Amazon

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L lens for C200 - B&H, Pictureline, Amazon

Sound Devices 888 mixer/recorder - B&H, Sweetwater

Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera 6K use for the VO mic samples - B&H, Pictureline

Producer’s Choice Sound Blankets

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Curtis Judd 5/10/20 Curtis Judd 5/10/20

$63 USB Streaming Microphone?

Join us for an impromptu live session where we take a look at a $62.99 USB streaming microphone, just because we're curious. This is the Fifine T669 microphone kit with a desk boom arm and pop filter included. I usually stay away from microphones like this, but let's just check in and informally evaluate the world of very inexpensive microphones. Sounds pretty impressive for the price.

Full disclosure, this is an affiliate link. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

Fifine T669 USB Microphone - Amazon

Curtis Judd 5/4/20 Curtis Judd 5/4/20

Sound for Video Session: Mic Samples & Q&A

In this week's Sound for Video Session, we'll get you some sample audio from several microphones, show you some of the new RODE Wireless GO gear, and answer your audio questions.

Paul Figgiani's article describing asymmetric waveforms and how to process them to reclaim headroom :

Gear used or mentioned in this episode. The links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, Pictureline or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases:

- RODE NT1 large diaphragm condenser microphone - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- TZ Audio Stellar X2 Vintage large diaphragm condenser microphone

- RODE Wireless GO White - B&H, Sweetwater

- RODE Lavalier GO White - B&H, Sweetwater

- RODE Interview GO - B&H, Sweetwater

- RODE MagClip GO to magnetically clip the Wireless GO transmitter to talent- B&H, Sweetwater

- Lewitt LCT-440-Pure large diaphragm condenser microphone - B&H, Amazon

- Shure SM-7B - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- Sound Devices MixPre recorders - B&H, Sweetwater

- Zoom F series recorders - B&H, Sweetwater

- Blackmagic ATEM Mini Pro - B&H, Amazon

- Blackmagic ATEM Mini - B&H, Amazon

Curtis Judd 5/4/20 Curtis Judd 5/4/20

Audio Talk - Booth Junkie, Sound Speeds, & Podcastage

Join us for an informal discussion with some of my favorite audio guys - Mike DelGuadio of Booth Junkie, Bandrew Scott of Podcastage, and Allen Williams of Sound Speeds! We'll talk about microphones, audio interfaces, recorders, headphones, and whatever else may come up! Our esteemed guests:

Bandrew Scott of the Podcastage channel

Mike DelGuadio of the Booth Junkie channel

Allen Williams of the Sound Speeds channel

Gear used or mentioned in this episode. The links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, Pictureline or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases:

- Shure SM7B Dynamic Microphone - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- Manly Reference Cardioid Microphone - B&H, Sweetwater

- MOTU M2 Audio Interface - B&H, Sweetwater

- Behringer Audio Interfaces - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- Audient Audio Interfaces - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

Curtis Judd 5/4/20 Curtis Judd 5/4/20

ATEM Mini Sound Settings - Compressor, EQ, Limiter, Expander

In today’s episode we run through how to setup the EQ, compressor, expander, and limiter in the Blackmagic Design ATEM Mini and ATEM Mini Pro. This will help you achieve better sound on your livestreams. And, the settings we cover can work in other situations as well such as post processing video sound or when using other hardware.

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, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders.

Gear used or mentioned in this episode. The links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater Sound or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases:

- Blackmagic Design ATEM Mini Pro live-streaming USB capture device and switcher - B&H, Amazon

- RODE NT1 microphone - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- Sound Devices MixPre audio mixer/recorder - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- Canon C200 camera used as the main camera here - B&H, Pictureline

- Panasonic GH5 used as the overhead camera here - B&H, Pictureline, Amazon

- Olympus 45mm f/1.8 lens for GH5 - B&H, Amazon

- Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L lens for C200 - B&H, Pictureline, Amazon

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Curtis Judd 5/4/20 Curtis Judd 5/4/20

Live Sound for Video Session: RTX Voice & Q&A

In this week's Sound for Video Session, we'll talk a bit about NVidia's RTX Voice noise reduction technology and answer your sound for video questions. If you are signed up over at school.learnlightandsound.com, you can email me. your questions ahead of time.

Masks from Alinco Costumes

Sound Devices Sound Summit

NVIDIA RTX Voice realtime noise reduction: NVIDIA ShortCircuit Demo EposVox

Gear used or mentioned in this episode. Full disclosure: The links below are affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

- Lewitt LCT-440-Pure large diaphragm condenser microphone - B&H & Amazon

Find out more from Lewitt themselves

- Sound Devices MixPre recorders - B&H Sweetwater Amazon

- Zoom F4 - B&H Sweetwater Amazon

- Zoom F6 - B&H

- Audio Technica BP4025 - B&H

- Oktava MK-012 - Amazon

- Sennheiser MKE2 Gold Lavalier Microphone - B&H