Uploaded June 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In this week's session, we have a look and a listen to a new broadcast dynamic microphone — the AUDIX PDX720 Signature Edition. Then we answer your sound for video questions.
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:
- AUDIX PDX720 Signature Edition dynamic microphone — B&H, Sweetwater geni.us/zo7B
- Mackie DLZ Creator — B&H, Amazon geni.us/42KrX0
- Earthworks ETHOS microphone — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/8G8UdBB
- Sound Devies 888 field recorder/mixer — Trew, B&H, Sweetwater geni.us/zAryW4J
- 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
02:46 Beginning of stream
03:10 Agenda
05:01 Audix PDX720
19:33 Setting gain for recording when normalizing in post
23:20 Batch-splitting poly WAV files on Mac OS
25:01 Comparing mics for recording in untreated spaces
27:40 Ground hum + how to treat it
31:26 Troubleshooting distorted audio with a camera setup
41:12 Thoughts on podcast hosting services
42:43 Nuances of our livestream encoder setup
44:11 DaVinci Resolve Fairlight: do we like it?
47:18 RODE Streamer X…?
49:01 How much do control panels improve software workflows?
50:10 DEITY Theos US vs global version (+ some Zaxcom discourse)
1:01:24 Is Fairlight a reasonable DAW?
1:02:26 Wrap-up
1:02:37 End of stream
In this week's session, we have a look and a listen to a new broadcast dynamic microphone — the AUDIX PDX720 Signature Edition. Then we answer your sound for video questions.
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:
- AUDIX PDX720 Signature Edition dynamic microphone — B&H, Sweetwater geni.us/zo7B
- Mackie DLZ Creator — B&H, Amazon geni.us/42KrX0
- Earthworks ETHOS microphone — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/8G8UdBB
- Sound Devies 888 field recorder/mixer — Trew, B&H, Sweetwater geni.us/zAryW4J
- 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
02:46 Beginning of stream
03:10 Agenda
05:01 Audix PDX720
19:33 Setting gain for recording when normalizing in post
23:20 Batch-splitting poly WAV files on Mac OS
25:01 Comparing mics for recording in untreated spaces
27:40 Ground hum + how to treat it
31:26 Troubleshooting distorted audio with a camera setup
41:12 Thoughts on podcast hosting services
42:43 Nuances of our livestream encoder setup
44:11 DaVinci Resolve Fairlight: do we like it?
47:18 RODE Streamer X…?
49:01 How much do control panels improve software workflows?
50:10 DEITY Theos US vs global version (+ some Zaxcom discourse)
1:01:24 Is Fairlight a reasonable DAW?
1:02:26 Wrap-up
1:02:37 End of stream
