Curtis Judd 7/19/20 Curtis Judd 7/19/20

CEntrance MicPort Pro 2 Mobile USB Audio Interface

In today’s episode, we have a look at and a listen to the CEntrance MicPort Pro 2 which is a mobile USB audio interface with a single XLR combination input. This allows you to record to your Mac, PC, iOS, android mobile devices. What makes the MicPort Pro 2 special are several high quality features including Jasmine preamps, VelvetSound converter, an analogue limiter, and an AmpExtreme headphone amplifier. So you get very high quality audio, without a bunch of extraneous features. Let’s have a listen!

00:00 Intro

00:15 Summary

00:25 Recording with This

00:50 Raw Audio Samples

01:47 USB Audio Interface

02:08 Pros

10:00 Cons

11:23 Who is this for?

12:55 Please take my courses

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:

- CEntrance MicPort Pro 2L (with limiter) - Amazon

- CEntrance MicPort Pro 2 (NO limiter) - B&H

- CEntrance Mixerface R4 2 channel interface - Amazon

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

- Shure SM7B broadcast dynamic microphone - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- Earthworks SR315 condenser microphone - B&H, Sweetwater

- Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K (talking head shots) - B&H, Pictureline

- Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG OS ART Lens - B&H, Pictureline, Amazon

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

- Panasonic 12-35mm f/2.8 OIS lens - B&H, Pictureline, Amazon

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Curtis Judd 7/5/20 Curtis Judd 7/5/20

RODECaster Pro Noise Gate Settings - V2.1 Firmware

In today’s episode, we show you how to adjust the noise gate settings on the RODECaster Pro to help manage background noise for your dialogue recordings for podcasts, livestreams, or video. These settings are available on the RODECaster Pro with firmware version 2.1.0 and higher.

00:00 Intro

00:22 Check these settings first

01:35 Manage the noise in your room first

02:44 Companion App

03:47 Threshold

05:20 Attack

06:29 Hold

07:12 Release

09:44 Range

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 https://school.learnlightandsound.com 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:

- RODECaster Pro mixer/recorder - B&H, Sweetwater

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

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

- Panasonic 12-35mm f/2.8 OIS lens - B&H, Pictureline, Amazon

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Curtis Judd 6/21/20 Curtis Judd 6/21/20

Live Sound for Video Session: Live Broadcasting with Lenny Balistreri

For this week's live Sound for Video Session, we're honored to have Lenny Balistreri join us to talk live broadcast. Lenny has an extensive background in live radio production - an area that has received a lot of focus and attention in this new live-streaming era.

You can learn more from Lenny over at his site or on his YouTube 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:

- Earthworks SR314 - B&H, Sweetwater

- Canon C200 Camera - B&H, PictureLine

- ATEM Mini Pro - B&H, Amazon

- RODECaster Pro - B&H, Sweetwater

- Sennheiser ME66 Shotgun Microphone - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- dbx286S preamp and vocal processor - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- Focusrite Scarlet Audio Interfaces - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- Focusrite Clarett Audio Interfaces - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

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 4/14/20 Curtis Judd 4/14/20

Sound for Video Session: Fairlight 16.2 Highlights & Q&A

In this session, we take a high-level look at some of the new features in DaVinci Resolve Fairlight 16.2 such as 32-bit audio support and automated loudness normalization. We then take your answers to the community and discuss.

To output from a dbx286s to a Canon 80D, you'll need the following. Full Disclosure, these are affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

- 1/4" to 3.5mm TRS cable - B&H

- 3.5mm female to 3.5mm male line to mic level attenuator cable - B&H

Please consider taking my courses on how to record better audio and post processing over at Learn Light and Sound.

Garrett Sammons is hosting an online film contest called Isolation. You can check out the details at the Isolation contest page.

Gear covered or used in this episode. Full Disclosure, some of these are affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

- RODE Wireless GO (White) - B&H

- TZ Audio Stellar X2 Vintage large diaphragm condenser microphone, used this for this livestream - TZ Audio

- dbx286S vocal channel strip - B&H Amazon

- RODE NTG4+ shotgun microphone - B&H

- RODECaster Pro podcast preamplifier/processor/recorder - B&H

- Sound Devices Wave Agent

- Accusonus Plugins - Accusonus