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May the holidays joyous and wonderful for everyone.

Happy Holidays

 

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Hello and welcome to the computers with ease podcast where we talk about all things related audio and video.

Good afternoon everyone in today’s episode. I thought I would talk about my individual editing workflow that I use for my podcasts, and I’m going to start with a couple of questions for you.

What is the workflow that you currently follow when you are doing your podcasts, whether it be audio podcasts or video podcasts? The other question is how much editing do you do and what programs do you use? I’m am going to talk about not only the process that I use but some of the software that I use as well.

Once I create the actual recording of the podcast, then I begin the editing workflow portion and just so you know I use a Rodecaster Pro with a Rode Pod mic to actually do the recording of the podcast. and as I say once I start the editing process I begin by removing the background noise that’s inherent in any podcast, no matter how you record it, there’s always background noise unless you’re in a professional recording studio which I’m sure most of us are not.

Then I add any gain or volume increase as necessary throughout the recording and then finally I go and I remove any unwanted noise unwanted words like um ,ah all of those annoying things that we all tend to do, sometimes without even knowing it.

Now in terms of software that I use for the editing process I use a program called wave pad. I will put a link to it in the notes. There is a paid version and a free version of the software. I’m currently looking at experimenting with other programs, but this is the one that I’ve been using pretty much since day one. When I started my podcast what seems to be a long, long time ago now.

Finally the question of how long are my podcast. It depends on each episode, and the length of the episode also dictates to a certain degree, how long it takes to edit because the longer the episode the more editing that may be required so it’s an individual thing. But certainly once you find a process that works for you stick with it and make adjustments as necessary. If you find something isn’t working for you or you find a way to improve the overall productivity of your podcasts or the quality of podcast itself. I hope this is been helpful.

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Hello and welcome to the computers with ease podcast where we talk about all things related to audio and video.

In this episode I’m going to talk about how to do audio editing without driving yourself crazy, and the first thing you want to talk about is not necessarily related to editing itself, but you have to record your audio before you can edit the audio that you’ve just created. So my thoughts on recording a podcast or whatever it is that your doing is use whatever method of recording you have at the time.

The next step in audio editing is to come up with a process for editing, and what that means to me is okay what steps am I going to follow when I think about editing this podcast so that I can put it out in the world in whatever way that is for you. One of the things that I think about here in terms of process is make it easy to follow and something simple.

Now you can start editing almost anywhere and in my case it took a while for me to figure out the process that works for me in terms of editing and I’ll be covering that more specifically in a separate podcast.

Now one of the first editing steps is to remove the background noise in the recording, and that could be anything from electronic noise from a fan or computer or something to outside noises from the environment outside of wherever you recording. Another frequent thing that is found in recordings mine included is when you say um, ah or some other sound when you have a moment of I’m not sure what to say.

There’s also the question of volume of your recording, you want a consistent volume level across the entire podcast and you may find that you have to raise the volume on a certain portion and lower it in other places. Or if you’ve got several individuals that are part of your podcast one person’s voice maybe louder than another persons and so on and so you have to try and balance that.

One of the other things that I’ve noticed while, I’ve been doing my podcast is depending on your style and your pace you may find that there is blank space in your recording that is longer than you want, and you may want to trim that out.

Another thing that you may want to do in your podcast that may require some adjustments is if you add intro or outro music similar to what I have at the beginning and end of all of my podcast episodes, and once you got you music in at, the beginning or end, or in between your segments and you’ve done all your editing and you’re happy with your result.

Then you want to finalize recording and prepare it for posting to whatever website or podcast service that you are using, and you may want to add that to your editing process as I generally do so that when I’m done the editing process the podcast is completely done it ready to go.

The last step in considering your editing so you don’t drive yourself crazy is evaluate your overall process and then make changes as necessary. And here I have a suggestion for you is, when you are going to start doing a podcast start writing down each of the steps you do and the order in which you do them so that you have an idea of your overall process and you can start there and work your way through it and see if there’s any changes that you need to do.

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Hello and welcome to the computers with ease podcast where we talk about all things related audio and video.Good afternoon everyone, I just wanted to do a short podcast episode on something that happened to me recently.

I use a Rodecaster Pro for recording my podcasts and I did a recent episode and there was a almost like a electronic buzz or clicking in the podcast, and this was something new. I never had this before I went ahead and recorded the podcast, but wondered the whole time what was going on.

Upon further investigation, when I started disconnecting and reconnecting some of my audio cables from my microphone and the my fethead into the Rodecaster Pro again, I found that once I disconnected all the cables and reconnected them again the strange sound had gone away.

So basically what that told me was something had become slightly loose, not to the point that you would notice that it was loose if you touched the cable but it was loose enough that it was causing a noise in the recording.

So one of the first things to check if you get unusual or different sound in your audio recordings then you used to is check all your cables and actually disconnect them and reconnect them and see if that helps.

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Hello and welcome to the computers with ease podcast where we talk about all things related audio and video.

Good afternoon, welcome to this podcast today I’m going to be talking about the effect of small changes in your work, your business are the things that are a nagging pain for you? They may be little things they may be big things.

Think about that for a moment, and then I’m going to ask you a question. These nagging pain items for you do they happen often or not that often? Create a list of those things just so you have them, what would it feel like for you if those things were fixed. What would change for you in your work process, If those nagging pains were fixed.

The next question I have is what would it take to fix those items, what’s needed? How much time will it take to fix those? What other things you need to put in place to fix those nagging problems?

The first thought I have in dealing with those nagging items is start small, start with the things that you can do quickly and easily, and I got an example for you. In recording this podcast over the years, one of the things that’s been a nagging pain for me is the background noise in the podcast itself that I have to edit out later.

I’ve always wanted to find a solution, I’ve upgraded my equipment several times I have tried different pieces of software. Some work better than others, and recently I made two small changes that made a big difference.

One was I got a windscreen cover for my microphone, and the other change was a simple change in the settings of my recording device that eliminated a significant amount of the noise.

So the key take away here is decide what your pain points are and make small deliberate changes until you find the right combination.

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Hello and welcome to the computers with ease podcast where we talk about all things related audio and video. Hello everyone, now that were midway through February of 2021 I’ve been having a recurring thought.

Based on 2020, and thus far into 2021 and that thought is given everything that we’ve been through with the pandemic and how our work life and life in general has changed. What are we really capable of if we put our minds to it.

That question for me keeps coming up and I’m not sure that I have an answer per se, but some of my thoughts include, as we all know how things have massively changed on numerous fronts, how were all staying in as much as possible and minimizing our contact with others to keep everyone safe.

I’m wondering with all of this, shall we say quiet time because were not able to do the things that we normally would do what could we be doing with all this extra time and when I think about that. I first look at some of the things that I’ve done so far in 2021, I’ve developed my branding for my photography business.

I’m working as a Zoom tech host for nonprofits who are new to using Zoom for their meetings and so on. And as wonderful as this is I’m thinking I can do more. Is it more photography virtual exhibits, is it starting a project that I never thought that I would ever do such as writing a book?

At this moment I don’t exactly know what that other project is yet, but I know it’s there, and I have to be willing to not only embrace the thought that there is more but I also have to be willing and adaptable to dive in and start that project whatever it may be.

So my question to you is what’s the next big project for you that you never thought you would do that you’re considering at this moment in time? If I could leave you with one thought it would be this think big and go big. Thank you very much for listening.

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Hello and welcome to the computers with ease podcast where we talk about all things related audio and video.

Happy new year. Welcome to 2021, which means we can say goodbye to 2020. I’m so glad we are now in a new year 2020 was a very interesting year. And honestly, I’m glad it’s over and I look forward to 2021.

I think this new year is a new start for everyone and we should all take a deep breath and just relax for a moment and reflect on how far we’ve come since last year. One of the things that I think about now that were in a new year is what did we learn from 2020?

One of the things that I learned was that I more adaptable than I thought I was, I was able to change the way I did some business things & I was able to learn to be more content with the situation and I just was able to move from day to day and deal with things as they came. So the word that comes to mind again for me is adaptable. What things did you learn in 2020?

Another thing I think about at the beginning of this new year is what’s my plan for 2021, at this point I know it’s early in the year and I don’t have a total plan in place, but I’m going to move ahead with something that I started last year and that was to go paperless.

Initially that was going to be an experiment and I wasn’t sure how it was going to turnout or whether I be able to stick with it and I found that for me it’s work out very well.

I’m able to use my iPad to take notes and put my ideas somewhere and this makes moving ideas from concept to completion and through whatever processes are necessary is much easier.

I’m able to find the information I need quickly and I’m able to dive right in to move my projects along so that’s something that I’m going to continue with and I’m going to expand other parts of my business. I want to be doing more podcasts this year than I did last year.

This whole pandemic had sort of thrown a curve in my workflow and the I’m sure it had an effect on many of you as well. I plan to do more podcasts and hope to do a lot of interesting projects that she but one of the things that I really hope for everyone that 2021 is a productive year for you and your able to do the things that are most important for you as a person and a business.

I look forward to hearing your comments and questions. Thank you very much for listening.

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Hello and welcome to the computers with ease podcast where we talk about all things related audio and video. hello everyone the Christmas season is here again, and I for one, am very happy about it.

2020 has been a very unique and different year and I’m happy for the holiday season being here so that I can take a break from all the unusual and the stressful things that’s been going on this year.

There has certainly been a lot of personal change for everyone, in terms of the inability to move around and that see people that we would normally see that interact with both on a personal and work level. So that’s changed and one of the things that I’m looking forward to over the holiday season is having family time.

Now, this year being what it is that means visiting with family on platforms like Zoom or over the phone, or any one of the other number of audio/video platforms available. We will be using Zoom and it will be very nice to see friends and family, even though it won’t be in the traditional sense.

I would much rather see them using the new platforms that not at all, well still allowing us to remain safe and keep Covid numbers lower.

One of the other things that I’m looking forward to is the time to recharge and enjoy the Christmas season in general, having Christmas trees lit up around the house and just not having to be in a large number of Zoom meetings every week and trying to juggle a hectic schedule.

It will be nice to have some quiet time with my lovely wife and recharge as well as take some time for myself, and that’s one of things that I wish for each of you is to enjoy the holiday season as much as you can indulge in whatever traditions this season holds for you and enjoy it as much as possible.

So I would like to wish everyone a happy holidays, whatever that means for you do whatever makes you happy during the holiday season and remember that we will all get through this and I want to wish you a safe and happy 2021. Thank you very much for listening.

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Hello and welcome to the computers with ease podcast where we talk about all things related audio and video.

Hello everyone in today’s podcast I want to talk about mic levels and gain. This is been one of the issues that I’ve struggled with ever since I’ve been doing a podcast and am still struggling with. Even though I’ve changed my equipment over time, as I’m sure many of you have.

The first thing I’m gonna briefly talk about is the equipment that I’m currently using. I’ve got a Rodecaster Pro, I’m using a Podmic also from Rode. What I use, as far as editing software is a program called Wave pad and I’ll put a link to that software in the notes.

One of the problems that I’m finding at the moment is that my gain settings on the Rodecaster Pro for the mic is at 35 to 40, so I’m driving the preamps significantly hard. This is leading to a high noise floor in my recordings, meaning that there’s a lot of background noise in the recording, which I have to try and edit out later in this is not necessarily always easy thing to do.

Now next let me give you some statistics as to my set up in terms of the settings before I tell you how I managed to fix this series were of problems. As I said before, the mic levels on the Rodecaster were between 35 and 40 and the maximum for the Rodecaster is 55.

My noise floor on a recording within my wave pad software was – 39 DB and that’s after trying various adjustments in the settings within the Rodecaster itself to try and eliminate or cut down the noise floor that I started with.

Upon doing some research I found that I basically had two choices, either go with a Cloudlifter or a Fethead. Both of these devices are designed to give you more gain or boost into your microphone while not increasing the noise that is generated significantly.

Upon deciding to go with the Fethead simply because it was one device you plug-in and there’s no additional cables, no additional set up required. Just plug it in, turn on phantom power and let it do its thing.

Upon doing that I found a significant change in the noise floor the Fethead website said that the Fethead would give you approximately 27 DB of gain. Now once I plugged this in I was able to turn my levels down on my Rodecaster from between 35 and 40, down to 15.

So that means that on working the preamps, much less that I was before, and upon doing a test recording my noise floor went down to approximately -45 to -48 DB from, -39, so this has made it significantly easier to edit. There’s a lot less noise that I have to try and eliminate and overall the recording is much cleaner.

The other thing that I’ve done is gotten a better XLR cable in case that was part of the problem as well. I’m very pleased with the results and would love to hear what other people have done to make their recordings with the Rodecaster cleaner, or any specific settings that you’ve been able to adjust that have made a difference for your podcasts and your recordings.

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