Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In this week's session, we're joined by Jude Buffington of Audio Buff to talk about his recent experience mixing sound for the Oklahoma Governor's inauguration. Not only was he responsible for the PA system, but also lots of feeds for press. Join us as Jude covers what went well, what didn't, and how he delivered a solid mix.
Visit Jude's YouTube channel at youtube.com/@audiobuff
If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses at school.learnlightandsound.com including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F6, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders. We have a course on sound for live-streaming with the ATEM Mini and just added Introduction to Izotope RX for Dialogue Audio.
Gear I often use or that we mentioned in this episode. The links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, DVE Store, Waves, or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases:
- Earthworks ETHOS microphone — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/8G8UdBB
- AEA KU5A ribbon microphone — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/OBUvsAG
- Sound Devices MixPre II Series Recorders - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/O8e0
- Panasonic GH5 camera - B&H, Amazon geni.us/InspOl
- Canon C200 Camera - B&H geni.us/9Zi4m4a
- Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 lens — B&H, Amazon geni.us/kZyU7e
- ATEM Mini Extreme & Extreme ISO - B&H, DVE Store, Amazon geni.us/b8my
- Allen & Heath SQ5 Digital Mixer - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/sRxFU90
- Rupert Neve Designs Shelford Channel, pre-amp, EQ, compressor - Sweetwater, B&H geni.us/9ZfE77
- Universal Audio 6176 channel strip pre-amp, EQ, compressor — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/505L55n
The intro and outro music for this episode is from Musicbed. Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: geni.us/G7by
Copyright 2023, Curtis Judd
00:00 Start
02:41 Beginning of stream
5:32 Audio Buff’s intro
31:17 Unshielded cat cable snakes with long-run dynamic mics?
33:24 What to do in the case of unexpected events
50:51 Hollowed-out SM57 with Schoeps CMC-641 inside
52:15 How many mics for a 2-row, 18-24 piece choir?
59:25 Process for taking live audio mix to live broadcast mix
1:01:27 Encouragement for the audience
1:04:48 Wrap-up
1:05:08 End of stream
In this week's session, we're joined by Jude Buffington of Audio Buff to talk about his recent experience mixing sound for the Oklahoma Governor's inauguration. Not only was he responsible for the PA system, but also lots of feeds for press. Join us as Jude covers what went well, what didn't, and how he delivered a solid mix.
Visit Jude's YouTube channel at youtube.com/@audiobuff
If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses at school.learnlightandsound.com including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F6, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders. We have a course on sound for live-streaming with the ATEM Mini and just added Introduction to Izotope RX for Dialogue Audio.
Gear I often use or that we mentioned in this episode. The links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, DVE Store, Waves, or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases:
- Earthworks ETHOS microphone — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/8G8UdBB
- AEA KU5A ribbon microphone — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/OBUvsAG
- Sound Devices MixPre II Series Recorders - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/O8e0
- Panasonic GH5 camera - B&H, Amazon geni.us/InspOl
- Canon C200 Camera - B&H geni.us/9Zi4m4a
- Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 lens — B&H, Amazon geni.us/kZyU7e
- ATEM Mini Extreme & Extreme ISO - B&H, DVE Store, Amazon geni.us/b8my
- Allen & Heath SQ5 Digital Mixer - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/sRxFU90
- Rupert Neve Designs Shelford Channel, pre-amp, EQ, compressor - Sweetwater, B&H geni.us/9ZfE77
- Universal Audio 6176 channel strip pre-amp, EQ, compressor — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/505L55n
The intro and outro music for this episode is from Musicbed. Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: geni.us/G7by
Copyright 2023, Curtis Judd
00:00 Start
02:41 Beginning of stream
5:32 Audio Buff’s intro
31:17 Unshielded cat cable snakes with long-run dynamic mics?
33:24 What to do in the case of unexpected events
50:51 Hollowed-out SM57 with Schoeps CMC-641 inside
52:15 How many mics for a 2-row, 18-24 piece choir?
59:25 Process for taking live audio mix to live broadcast mix
1:01:27 Encouragement for the audience
1:04:48 Wrap-up
1:05:08 End of stream
