EWABS Ep.87 Audio Master Round Table on March 17th, 2013

ublished on Mar 17, 2013 Dan and George are joined by VO tech masters Uncle Roy Yokelson, Joe van Riper and Cliff Zellman. We had an awesome Tech Masters Round Table and covered a huge range of topics, check it out. Happy St. Patrick's Day Everyone ! George's Tech Tidbits: Genius ? George's recent experience with an Apple genius. Welcome Our Roundtable Guests: Uncle Roy Yokelson Joe Van Riper Cliff Zellman And our hosts: George Whittam Dan Lenard Visit George at VOStudioTech.com Or follow George's Twitter: @EWABS_Show The Roundtable: Six topics were prepared, the answers to resulting questions, and the discussions that flowed from those topics are listed below. 1) (2 Parts) ( a)Soundproofing in a home studio; impossible, plausible, in-expensive ? ( b) Which is more important soundproofing or room acoustics ? What sort of jobs might require more soundproofing ? Window treatment. Room tone. Location. Soundproofing versus sound dampening. Hard versus soft surfaces. Studio size, and configuration. 2)Buying the right stuff. Who to ask. Who not to ask. Equipment considerations. Smarter shopping. Mike testing scenarios, and tips. 3) Mic Price versus quality. Each panelist gives their microphone recommendations. Dynamic mics ? Lots of great mic info. Visit Dan at HomeVoiceOverStudio.com/ Or follow Dan's Twitter: @HomStudioMan Announcements: Happy Second Anniversary EWABS ! Thanks to our recent donors. WOULD YOU like to be one of our monthly sponsors ?? Contact us at ewabshop.com to discuss!!! Thanks to Lee Pinney for reestablishing our itunes podcast. Topics and questions continue. 4)External preamp ? Channel strip ? Who should be doing front end processing ? Plug Ins. Audition processing ? 5) When to Normalize. Each panelist explains their technique. Human compressor ? Normalization tips. John Florian, and Voice Over Xtra. The daily resource for voice over success. http://www.voiceoverxtra.com/index.htm One thing all of our panelists agreed on, was... Harlan Hogan and Voice Over Essentials. voiceoveressentials.com Harlan is the exclusive supplier of portable studio booths for TED. 6)Panelist topics, and questions from Chat room viewers. Home studio hum. Processing revisited. If client asks for processing, and you don't understand the request, one of our panelists can help you. Favorite pre amp recommendations. Summations from our panelists. Next week's Guest: J.S. Gilbert. March 31: Google hangouts. April 7: Joyce Castellanos. A special thank you to Dave Courvosier (Courvo) who voices the shows intro. each week. Thanks Dave ! Join the EWABS Correspondent Contest. Make a VO or home studio related video, and send it to ewabshop@gmail.com The best way to keep track of the shows activities is to visit the EWABS Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/eastwest.aud... EWABS Twitter: EWABS_Show Thanks again to our sponsors. Harlan Hogan's Voice over Essentials. voiceoveressentials.com Voice Over Xtra http://www.voiceoverxtra.com/index.htm Special thanks to the shows producer, Katherine Curriden. Also, thanks to Jason Lawson for providing our weekly show notes, and Lee Pinney for keeping our podcast up-to-date. Send us questions, and be on our show where Dan and George will solve your home studio problems live! Call 818-47EWABS, that's 818 473-9227, and leave us your question in the voice mail box. Go to ewabs.com for details. Contributions are also welcome at shop.ewabs.com