This week Ricky is joined by our guest, play-by-play sports announcer, broadcaster and podcaster, JP Sweet.  The guys discuss how the test they did pre show went.  Then Ricky shares a story of being caught in the middle of a tornado on his birthday.  Sometimes the bad luck really is unbelievably hilarious.  Being your own producer and the differences between radio then and now is discussed.  Technical problems coming up and dealing with them live and ways to do it is brought up.  Throwing to break in the middle of the action is tricky to say the least.  How JP works through that is discussed.  The guys go inside calling hockey.  Ricky discovered a clever delay on a live broadcast of an NHRA US Nationals event.  JP talks about an untimely technical glitch.  Tape delays and clean feeds letting you peer inside the production unintentionally are discussed.  Finally, profanity going out on the air and Ricky's take on it.  FCC vs Pacifica is mentioned.  What's your thoughts?  Check out the youtube and leave a comment:   http://youtube.com/@RickyHarrisMedia. Seeya next week.

Ricky talks about his recent trip to Savannah with his wife.  He is on the road and demonstrating recording sound inside a moving car.  Where is Ricky going?  Well, to pick up some music on record store day of course.  He talks more about turning your car into a recording booth and then plays a dub of a vinyl record of one of his favorite songs.  After break, he talks about the full experience of music.  He gets geeky with the sound differences of mixes.  He then talks about restoring his 1979 record player and getting it playing at the right speed.  Ricky talks about the last show he's seen and how much fun it was.  The tom rolls?  Oh man!  Ricky talks about some public knowledge from one of his on-set experiences and his recent car show.  He finally dives into some maintenance tips for your classic cars.  Thanks for listening and tell a friend.

Ricky is back after overhauling the wiring of his studio.  The purpose of this was to get back to recording acoustic drums.  And he does.  He talks about recording digitally with a similar workflow of tape.  The studio is a laboratory for learning and communication.  He then talks about the flexibility the patch bay gives you.  Ricky then dives into the drums and plays some fast drums for you.  Let's go.  Ricky takes an annoying situation, and turns it into a test, naturally.  He talks about a way to keep your internet up and running during a power failure using batteries.  This will help with working from home.  He then thinks about gigabit ethernet.  Now we have gigabit internet now?  Crazy!  The 1965 truck video Ricky is referencing:  https://youtu.be/Sny3B_T_BLI?si=WJbrFEoEMdkcPjno He shares a favorite movie of his and it might get you interested in amateur radio or RF in general.  Ricky gets all 'Ron Burgundy' on us.  Oh boy.  Thanks for listening everyone!

Ricky is back talking about a tip for keeping a car that isn't driven a lot, up and running worry free.  This reminds him of a hilarious commercial.  He then plays the audio from a commercial he did sound for.  He then talks about something he recently discovered while doing this podcast.  Ricky dives into the basics of phantom power and ribbon mics,  He talks more about how he got so interested in production, and it even predates his dealings with video.  His wife found someone he can hire for Ricky Harris Media and body shop.  Thanks for listening everyone and tell a friend.

Ricky is back this week talking about being realistic with your creative endeavors.  Also he talks about how the media business changed dramatically.  The consumer is in a good spot. with a la carte.  Or are we?  Ricky's stance on AI is brought up.  Ricky then touches on CGI and chromakey and how the tech has changed for the better and things he's noticed.  Putting out a quality product with your name on is discussed.  Ricky is not in the studio for this episode and demonstrating techniques with mic selection, placement and acoustics in the room.  Ricky talks about the proximity effect.  Another homework assignment?  Aw man!  No it's fun homework again.  He loves making and fixing things.  Please rate this show.  Seeya next week.

Ricky is back this week talking about getting good audio in challenging environments.  Ricky loves gaffer's tape.  He then talks about 2 heavy hitters in capturing good sound.  Is input gain level adjustment starting to become obsolete?  Ricky goes inside film on some of his techniques to get on-set audio when you have some loud sounds to deal with.  There is a mad scientist in the room apparently and Ricky talks about how he captured on set sound for his 1968 Camaro snow video.: https://www.youtube.com/@RickyHarrisMedia Ricky then talks about the attention to detail that us, the film community has.  We say y'all.  He then talks about the importance of getting set experience.  Ricky then talks a little about his favorite field audio recorder currently.  He then dives into picture and sound sync.  Oh wow, homework?  Really?  It's fun.  Don't worry.  Check out this song by Chris Stapleton.  Thanks for listening and please rate the show.  Seeya next week.

Ricky talks about the easiest and cheapest way to watch the Superbowl.  He dives into the technical limitations of this approach.  He then talks about a more high tech way to watch the Superbowl.  Ricky plays the audio from the original script of him and his friends' Doritos Superbowl commercial contest submission.  Ricky then plays the PSA he and two fellow voice actors recorded in the backseat.  He then dives deep into simple and inexpensive ways to create content for social media.  Ricky talks about the many advantages of content creation, not just worldwide, but also locally.  The importance and methods of close miking is discussed.  Ricky then talks about being a fan of spoken word in general.  He finally dives into the importance of traditional media.  That being helping your local community.  Really Ricky?  You want to make this process less painless?  That was clearly a mistake?  Let's hope so.  Seeya next week!

Ricky is back this week and is talking being a railfan.  Thank you all for checking out the steam train video.  It's coming up on 20,000 views!  He then dives more into less high tech ways of weathering power failures.  Ricky then talks about recording voiceover in the field and recaps his experience at VO Atlanta.  A simple but effective audio engineering solution is discussed.  Ricky walks through him solving a problem during a recording session.  He then talks about using gating to help your sound.  Ricky demonstrates in the studio what gating sounds like.  Ricky then talks about a popular quiet microphone.  He finally dives into another recording technique for reducing noise in your recording.  Thanks for listening everyone and see you next week!

Ricky talks about an obvious and even simpler way to record.  Ricky then talks about a small studio workhorse.  He then dives into some connector talk.  The rule of customers and technical bugs is brought up.  How do you invest in your future?  It's not difficult, it just requires some careful planning.  This applies to audio gear as well.  Thank you for checking out the choo choo!  And no, the pirate radio clip didn't make it into this show.  You are not losing your mind.  Ricky couldn't locate the file.  He'll keep looking.  The bad precedence of the TikTok ban is mentioned and Ricky talks about technical ways to ensure you have communication.  How to prepare for disasters is discussed.  Ricky has a tip to keep CapCut up and running.  Thanks for listening and seeya next week!

Ricky talks about how making music helps you grow.  Ricky talks about how he once was in media professionally and how you should never let technology prevent you from being creative.  He then dives into technical tips for processing your audio in post production to make it sound more professional.  Ricky then talks about how to automatically isolate mics when podcasting with multiple people.  The damn dam gate analogy is brought up.  What is a one sheet?  It can help a lot.  Why is this person in the closet talking to themselves?  It's fine.  Don't worry.  Ricky finally talks about how the laser gun sound effect was recorded for Star Wars.  A radio tower was involved, strangely.  Speaking of radio towers, Ricky discusses wave guides.  It was a brief discussion, fortunately.  Thanks for listening and seeya next week!