060 - Headphones

Jey's Podcasting Journal

English - March 04, 2021 21:06 - 8 minutes - 7.67 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
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Let's explore why headphones are crucial and how to choose a set.

Any of the following brands are good example of what to look for. Buy only what you can afford:

Audio Technica ATH-M20X

AKG K92

Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO 250

Sennheiser HD280PRO

Audio Technica ATH-M50x

Sony MDR-7506

PRODUCTION NOTES

Recording Mic: Zoom LMF-2 Lavalier mic

Recording device : Zoom F2 32 bit float Field Recorder

Recording location: Bedroom, facing into my closet.

Recording format: WAV (32 bit float mono)

Editing app (and EQ) : Audacity

Sound Treatment: Auphonic Productions at Auphonic.com

Auphonic.com settings [to output as a 16bit mono WAV file]: Adaptive Leveler (on), Loudness Normalization (Loudness Target -19 LUFS ), Filtering (on), Noise and Hum Reduction (Reduction Amount: Auto), Sample rate: 44.1kHz

I uploaded the resulting WAV file to Anchor.fm to host the file and added the music from their free music stock.

Episode art: Canva

Anchor automatically converts the WAV file into a 128kbps, stereo, .m4a file