Recently listed in Listen Notes top 5% of podcasts globally, and named in Welp magazines list of the 20 top Audio Podcasts, the Pro Audio Suite is a podcast that covers everything to do with voiceovers and audio production. We feature interviews with key players from within the industry including studio engineers in music and post-production, manufacturers of gear, plugin designers, in fact, all aspects of audio and production.Â
The Pro Audio Suite is different to most other podcasts. With the highest of production values, unique sound, and produced like you were listening to a real radio show. ​
The Pro Audio Suite will not only bring you interviews with some of the leading lights of our industry but also tips, techniques and tools to hopefully make your work life more productive and creative. Most importantly we understand you don’t want long-winded, half-assed production values, so we keep it as short, sharp and value-packed as possible.Â
The Pro Audio Suite
Hosted by voice-over and audio pros, George ‘The Tech’ Whittam, Robert Marshall from Source Connect and SUM1, Darren ‘Robbo’ Robertson from Voodoo Sound and Andrew Peters a voice-over talent home studio expert.
The Pro Audio Suite features interviews with key players not just in VO but anything to do with audio and voice over.
They also talk about tech stuff, VO tips and industry news!
The Pro Audio Suite is delivered weekly.
What is the cleanest way to connect several microphones, preamps and audio interfaces without constantly crawling behind the rack?
AP starts with what sounds like a simple question about expanding the line-level inputs on his Audient iD44. That sends the team down a glorious rabbit hole involving passive switchers, mic splitters, USB converters, matrix routers, the Heritage Audio Synth Buddy, ESI interfaces, Broadcast Tools, Source-Nexus and the Passport VO.
Eventually, one decidedly old-school solution keeps winning the argument: the humble patchbay.
The team discusses quarter-inch, Bantam and TT patchbays, normalled and half-normalled connections, passive mic splitting, phantom power, transformer isolation, corrosion, loose connectors and why adding another preamp stage may not be the sonic disaster people imagine.
Along the way, George mourns the disappearance of simple line-level audio interfaces, Robert explains how passive splitters survive real concert recording jobs, and Robbo demonstrates his remarkable ability to make a straightforward signal path impressively complicated.
In this episode:
• Switching several microphones and preamps into one interface • Passive line-level switchers versus audio interfaces • Why a patchbay may be the simplest solution • Normalled, half-normalled and open patchbay configurations • Quarter-inch patchbays versus TT and Bantam systems • Passive microphone splitting and phantom power • Transformer isolation and troublesome ground loops • Keeping the signal path clean without overengineering it
The Pro Audio Suite is hosted by George Whittam, Robert Marshall, Andrew Peters and Darren “Robbo” Robertson.
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