Fix Your Speaker Sound: ARC Studio Room Correction System
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When mixing dialogue audio for video projects, we need to start with accurate sound output if we want to create an accurate end result. Because many of us are working in home studios and rooms without acoustic treatment, room correction software can help us achieve this without the need to massively modify your space. In this episode we test out IK Multimedia’s ARC Studio correction kit, as well as examine some of the theory behind software room correction. Let’s take a closer look and listen!
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.
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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):
- IK Multimedia ARC Studio Room Correction Kit — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon
Some of my other studio gear:
- Earthworks ETHOS microphone — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon
- Sound Devices MixPre audio recorder — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon
- Sennheiser MKH50 microphone — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon
- Impact Turtle-Base C-Stands — B&H, Amazon
- Aputure LS 600x Pro Bicolor LED Light — Aputure, B&H, Amazon
- Aputure Light Dome III Softbox — Aputure, B&H
- Amaran 300c RGBWW Single-Point LED Light — Aputure, B&H, Amazon
- Amaran Spotlight SE — Aputure, B&H, Amazon
- Rosco Prismatic Glass Gobo in Cool Lavender — B&H
- Canon C70 Cinema Camera — B&H
- Canon RF 24-70 f/2.8 lens — B&H, Amazon
- Panasonic GH5 camera — B&H, Amazon
- Panasonic 12-35mm f/2.8 II lens — B&H, 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: Dialogue Editing with Austin Olivia Kendrick
In this week's Sound for Video Session, we're joined by Austin Olivia Kendrick, a dialogue editor based in Los Angeles. Austin is a full time Assistant Dialogue Editor for Nickelodeon Animation and a co-founder of the Welcome Mat Radio podcast production company, where she is also the sound designer and audio engineer (and one of the performers!) of "The Legacy Saga" fantasy podcast series.
You can find Austin online at:
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 and just added Introduction to Izotope RX for Dialogue Audio.
Gear used or mentioned in this episode. The links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, DVE Store, or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases:
- Westone in-ear monitors UM Pro 50 - Sweetwater
- Behind the Sound Cart by Patrushkha Mierzwa - Amazon
- Earthworks SR314 - B&H, Sweetwater
- Panasonic GH5 camera - B&H, Amazon
- Canon C70 Camera - B&H
- Canon RF 24-70 f/2.8L IS lens - B&H, Amazon
- TA3-M to XLR-F Adapter cable to feed microphones to C70 or Blackmagic Pocket cameras - B&H
- ATEM Mini Extreme & Extreme ISO - B&H, DVE Store, Amazon
- Allen & Heath SQ5 Digital Mixer - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon
- Sound Devices MixPre II Series Recorders - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon
- Rupert Neve Designs Shelford Channel, pre-amp, EQ, compressor - Sweetwater, B&H
Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself.
Copyright 2021, Curtis Judd
Sound for Video Session: Microphone Samples, Routing, Q&A, & Gear Sale
In this week's session, we cover a website which allows you to hear multiple microphones on the same voice, a free audio routing app for Mac, a question and answer session, and we'll wrap up by selling (for $1 each) several pieces of gear including microphones, wireless systems, and even some camera monitors. Same deal as always where the winner pays shipping plus $1 (my accountant says we need to do it this way for some such reason).
Hear multiple microphones on the same voice at Audio Test Kitchen.
Ginger Audio Ground Control - free audio routing app for macOS.
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 also just added a course on sound for live-streaming with the ATEM Mini.
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:
- Earthworks SR314 - B&H, Sweetwater
- Panasonic GH5 camera - B&H, Amazon
- Rycote InVision INV-7 Shock Mount - B&H
- Canon C70 Camera - B&H
- Canon RF 24-70 f/2.8L IS lens - B&H, Amazon
- ATEM Mini Extreme & Extreme ISO - B&H, DVE Store, Amazon
- Allen & Heath SQ5 Digital Mixer - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon
- Sound Devices MixPre II Series Recorders - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon
- Rupert Neve Designs Shelford Channel, pre-amp, EQ, compressor - Sweetwater, B&H
Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself.
Copyright 2021, Curtis Judd
Live Sound for Video Session: Lloyd Puckitt on Compression for Dialogue
In this week's Sound for Video Session, we're honored to have Lloyd Puckitt join us and share some insights on compression. Skip ahead to 13:00 where Lloyd demos his approach to compressing dialogue audio and using side-chain compression to duck music behind dialogue.
If you'd like to submit your questions ahead of time, please join over at School.LearnLightAndSound.com. Opt in to the mailing list and I'll contact you once a week where you can reply with your question.
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 also just added a course on sound for live-streaming with the ATEM Mini.
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:
- Earthworks SR314 - B&H, Sweetwater
- Canon C200 Camera - B&H, PictureLine
- ATEM Mini Pro ISO - B&H, Pictureline, Amazon
- Allen & Heath SQ5 Digital Mixer - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon
- Sound Devices MixPre II Series Recorders - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon
- Rupert Neve Designs Shelford Channel, pre-amp, EQ, compressor - Sweetwater, B&H
Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself.
Copyright 2021, Curtis Judd
Live Sound for Video Session: TZ Audio Stellar X3, Q&A, & Giveaway
In this week's Sound for Video Session, we'll demo the Stellar X3 large diaphragm condenser microphone, answer your sound for video questions, and give away 3 microphones.
Thanks to Musicbed for the music for this session - “Why Not” by Utah. Get the best music for your videos at Musicbed.
If you'd like to submit your questions ahead of time, please join over at School.LearnLightAndSound.com. Opt in to the mailing list and I'll contact you once a week where you can reply with your question.
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 also just added a course on sound for live-streaming with the ATEM Mini.
How to install Sound Devices Wave Agent on macOS Catalina.
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:
- TZ Audio Stellar X3 large diaphragm condenser microphone - TZ Audio Direct
- Ambient 3.5mm to XLR adapter - Gotham Sound
- Voice Technologies VT1126 3.5mm to XLR adapter - B&H
- Earthworks SR314 - B&H, Sweetwater
- Canon C200 Camera - B&H, PictureLine
- ATEM Mini Pro ISO - B&H, Pictureline, Amazon
- Allen & Heath SQ5 Digital Mixer - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon
- Sound Devices MixPre II Series Recorders - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon
- Rupert Neve Designs Shelford Channel, pre-amp, EQ, compressor - Sweetwater, B&H
Copyright 2021, Curtis Judd
Live Sound for Video Session: Q&A & In-progress Short Film Mix
In this week's Sound for Video Session, we answer your sound for video questions and walk through a short film mix I'm on which I'm working.
Thanks to Musicbed for the music for this session - “Why Not” by Utah. Get the best music for your videos at Musicbed.
If you'd like to submit your questions ahead of time, please join over at School.LearnLightAndSound.com. Opt in to the mailing list and I'll contact you once a week where you can reply with your question.
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 also just added a course on sound for live-streaming with the ATEM Mini.
6 Truths about decibels form Pro Tools Expert
Gear used or mentioned in this episode. The links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases:
- Earthworks SR314 microphone - B&H, Sweetwater
- Canon C200 Camera - B&H, PictureLine
- ATEM Mini Pro ISO - B&H, Pictureline, Amazon
- Allen & Heath SQ5 Digital Mixer - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon
- Sound Devices MixPre II Series Recorders - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon
- Rupert Neve Designs Shelford Channel, pre-amp, EQ, compressor - Sweetwater, B&H
Copyright 2021, Curtis Judd
Jim & Rob Over-Analyze Movies - Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
My friend Rob Kristjansson invited me to come to his movie review live stream alongside his regular co-host Jim. Making Waves is a documentary film on the evolution and power of sound in cinema. We had a great time analyzing the film. I hope you enjoy!
Live Sound for Video Session: Favorites of 2020 and Gear Giveaway
In this week's Sound for Video Session, we talk about some of our favorite audio gear and things in 2020.
My audio favorites in 2020:
- Free Dante certification - audinate.com
- RODE NTR - B&H, Sweetwater
- Sound Devices 888 Mixer/Recorder - B&H, Sweetwater
- Allen & Heath SQ5 Mixer - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon
- CEntrance Mic Pro Pro 2 - Amazon
- Making Waves - Amazon
- RODECaster Pro - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon
- TZ Audio Stellar X2 Vintage - TZ Audio
- RODE NT1 - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon
- ATEM Mini, Mini Pro, ISO - B&H, DVEStore, Amazon
- Earthworks SR314 small diaphragm condenser microphone - B&H, Sweetwater
Thanks to Musicbed for the music for this session - “Why Not” by Utah. Get the best music for your videos at Musicbed.
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 also just added a course on sound for live-streaming with the ATEM Mini.
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:
- Earthworks SR314 small diaphragm condenser microphone - B&H, Sweetwater
- Canon C200 Camera - B&H, PictureLine
- ATEM Mini Pro ISO - B&H, Pictureline, Amazon
- Allen & Heath SQ5 Digital Mixer - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon
- Sound Devices MixPre II Series Recorders - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon
Copyright 2020, Curtis Judd
Sound for Video Session: Live Q&A
Hello Soundies! This week we held a live Q&A.
For future sessions, you can submit your questions live in the chat or if you've already joined the school at School.LearnLightAndSound.com, you can just reply to my weekly email to submit your question in advance. Between all of us in the community, we should be able to get you pointed in the right direction and recording some great sound!
Gear discussed in this episode. Full disclosure - most of the links below are affiliate links. I earn from qualifying purchases.
- RODE NTG5 shotgun microphone - B&H
- Shure SM7B dynamic broadcast microphone - B&H
- Cloudlifter microphone activator - B&H
- Fethead microphone activator - B&H
- Zoom H4n Pro audio recorder -B&H
- Tascam DR-60DmkII audio recorder - B&H
- RODE TF-5 stereo pair cardioid microphones for ambient recording - B&H
- Rycote wind shields - B&H
- Cinela wind shields - Gotham Sound
- Sound Devices MixPre II Series audio recorders - B&H
- Zoom F6 audio recorder - B&H
- Focusrite OctoPre Microphone Preamp - B&H
- RME Digiface audio interfaces - B&H
- RODELink Wireless Filmmaker microphone kit - B&H
- RODE VXLR+ 3.5mm to XLR & power adapter - B&H
- Sennheiser MKH416 shotgun microphone - B&H
- Sennheiser MKH8070 long shotgun microphone - B&H
- Zoom F8n audio recorders - B&H
- Zoom L12 audio recorder for podcasts - B&H
- Samson Q2U dynamic microphone for podcasting - B&H
- Audio Technica AT2005 - B&H
- Audio Technica ATR2100x - B&H
- Audio Ltd A10 digital wireless microphone system - Gotham Sound
- Blackmagic Design ATEM Mini switcher, HDMI capture - B&H
Copyright 2020, Curtis Judd
Sound for Video Session: Q&A 25 August 2019
In this week's live Sound for Video Session, we'll take a shot at answering your sound for video questions. You can submit them live, or for future sessions, just sign up for free over at http://school.learnlightandsound.com and I'll email you when its time to submit.
Video on Syncing Camera, MixPre, and ATOMOS recorders via HDMI:
