Season 3

Dec. 20, 2021

Mary Lynn Wissner - How to make your Audition Stand Out

Mary Lynn Wisner

Dec. 13, 2021

Plugin Comparison and More

With the Black Friday sales recently done for another year, we compare purchases and discuss how we might set them up and use them in our day to day workflow. Plus in our usual way, we go down a whole other rabbit hole on a bunch of other...

Dec. 7, 2021

Top 7 Audio Interfaces

If Audio interfaces are on your Christmas list, here's a thought-starter for Santa.... The Pro Audio Suite has kindly been supplied with gear from RØDE microphones. We would like to thank them for their involvement with our show, and their...

Nov. 29, 2021

Mac v PC the BIG question

It's the age-old argument, and this week we do our best to settle it once and for all... Do you agree with our conclusion? The Pro Audio Suite has kindly been supplied with gear from RØDE microphones. We would like to thank them for their involvement...

Nov. 22, 2021

Those Pesky room resonances and how to deal with them..

According to Wikipedia, Room modes are the collection of resonances that exist in a room when the room is excited by an acoustic source such as a loudspeaker. Most rooms have their fundamental resonances in the 20 Hz to...

Nov. 15, 2021

Mic Placement, how to get it right

Microphone placement is critically important to acoustic quality during live performances and recordings. Microphone placement alone contributes to around 20% of the overall sound while the person, instrument, setting, and microphone choice...

Nov. 8, 2021

The Presonus Revelator Review

More than a USB microphone, Revelator features compressors and EQs modelled on world-class analogue processors. An independent reverb bus lets you add just the right amount of shimmer to your sound, and two stereo loopback channels make it easy to add...

Nov. 1, 2021

How much is too much for "On Call"?

Where do you draw the line?

Oct. 25, 2021

The Tri Booth Road Test

The blurb on the website promises the following when it comes to the Tri-Booth.. "The Tri-Booth is ideal for recording artists who need an affordable professional home/mobile studio for auditions and broadcast. You provide the mic, interface,...

Oct. 18, 2021

Monitoring: Passive v Active

SO... Monitoring... Active and Passive... What's the difference? What's the best/most cost-effective way to go? This week a question about powered speakers leads us down a rabbit hole on all things monitoring. The Pro Audio Suite has kindly been...

Oct. 11, 2021

Phantom Power - The What, Why and when...

This week we answer a question about Phantom Power. SHould it stay on? True to form we manage to cover the whole gamut of the Phantom Power ins and outs... The Pro Audio Suite has kindly been supplied with gear from RØDE microphones. We would like to...

Oct. 4, 2021

Matching a Mic and Pre..

We wring our hands and tap our fingers when it comes to making a decision on the Mic we are about to spend a large chunk of cash on for our studio. But when it comes to the Mic Pre, we sometimes don't spend as much time procrastinating. ...

Sept. 27, 2021

Mp3 - The what, why, how and when...

Everything you need to know..

Sept. 20, 2021

Digital clipping and popping. What causes it, and how to avoid it.

When it's not cool to be top of the Pops...

Sept. 13, 2021

Green Audio. How to achieve it.

If not me... WHO? If not now... WHEN?

Sept. 6, 2021

Which Room Suits Your Needs?

Everyone wants a great sounding room, but no one wants to spend more on a studio than they need to. So where's the balance? CJ Ringwall sent us a video of his setup after listening to our recent episode with Nick O'Rourke and Christa Lewis. It's a...

Aug. 30, 2021

Road Test: Austrian Audio OC18 and HI-X65

The ultimate combo?

Aug. 23, 2021

How to build the perfect home studio

If you've ever built a studio at home, you know that it's not as easy as it seems. There are so many expenses, and (to be honest) choices to be made. In this episode, we talk to two hard-working Voice Actors who have great home setups, and deep dive...

Aug. 16, 2021

ISDN, the end of the line... So whats the next big thing?

AT & T has just announced they will be closing their ISDN network from June 1 2023, and many other major players are already winding down services. Australia has already lost their network and the UK closes in the next few years. Given the...

Aug. 10, 2021

How to record dynamic reads.. And we check the mailbag

Laughter is contagious just like COVID..

Aug. 2, 2021

Attack of the clones

There are a bunch of them out there, clones of some of your favourite mics. You can buy them online as a kit or straight from the designer. But do they stack up to the real deal, and are they worth the $? This week we take a look! The Pro Audio Suite...

July 26, 2021