089 - OBS

Jey's Podcasting Journal

English - April 02, 2021 22:09 - 3 minutes - 3.37 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
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OBS Studio ( https://obsproject.com/ ) is an app used by gamers to record their videos to post on YouTube or Twitch. But podcasters can use it to back up their remote interviews. A couple of downsides but it's a good tool to have in your kit.

PRODUCTION NOTES:

Recording Mic: Samson Q2U (Hand held, no pop-filter)

Recording device: Adobe Audition on Dell G7 Windows Laptop

Recording location: Dining room with no pillow-fort

Recording format: WAV (16-bit, 48KHz)

Sound Treatment Mixing and EQ: Adobe Audition

Editorial Edit: Descript.com

Mastering 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.