Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This week we'll talk about the decibel — what it is and why the numbers seem different in different situations. Then we'll answer your sound for video questions.
Read Ofuk Önen' article "Decibels - Here Are 6 Simple Truths To Help Explain dB" at pro-tools-expert.com/production-expert-1/decibels-here-are-6-simple-truths-to-help-explain-db
Steve DeMott's article "dBs Explained: A Musician's Guide To Understanding Decibels" at pro-tools-expert.com/production-expert-1/2020/8/19/dbs-explained-a-musicians-guide-to-understanding-decibels
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 used or 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 SV33 studio vocal microphone — B&H, Sweetwater geni.us/jfIw
- Earthworks ETHOS microphone — B&H, Sweetwater geni.us/8G8UdBB
- Neumann U87 Ai microphone — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/phYZH
- Universal Audio Volt 276 USB audio interface — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/H5pbQ7
- Epiphan Pearl Nano live stream encoder — B&H, DVE Store, Amazon geni.us/qXyXR5
- Sound Devices MixPre II Series Recorders - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/O8e0
- Panasonic GH5 camera - B&H, Amazon geni.us/InspOl
- Canon C70 Camera - B&H geni.us/ABYB
- Canon RF 24-70 f/2.8L IS lens - B&H, Amazon geni.us/qwsEs
- TA3-M to XLR-F Adapter cable to feed microphones to C70 or Blackmagic Pocket cameras - B&H bhpho.to/3o2dTOS
- 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
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Copyright 2022, Curtis Judd
Index
00:00 Start
3:21 Beginning of stream
3:49 Agenda
6:24 Discussion of Decibels
25:30 Troubleshooting monitor calibration
32:27 Questions from the chat
1:04:00 Wrap-up
1:05:20 End of stream
This week we'll talk about the decibel — what it is and why the numbers seem different in different situations. Then we'll answer your sound for video questions.
Read Ofuk Önen' article "Decibels - Here Are 6 Simple Truths To Help Explain dB" at pro-tools-expert.com/production-expert-1/decibels-here-are-6-simple-truths-to-help-explain-db
Steve DeMott's article "dBs Explained: A Musician's Guide To Understanding Decibels" at pro-tools-expert.com/production-expert-1/2020/8/19/dbs-explained-a-musicians-guide-to-understanding-decibels
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 used or 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 SV33 studio vocal microphone — B&H, Sweetwater geni.us/jfIw
- Earthworks ETHOS microphone — B&H, Sweetwater geni.us/8G8UdBB
- Neumann U87 Ai microphone — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/phYZH
- Universal Audio Volt 276 USB audio interface — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/H5pbQ7
- Epiphan Pearl Nano live stream encoder — B&H, DVE Store, Amazon geni.us/qXyXR5
- Sound Devices MixPre II Series Recorders - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/O8e0
- Panasonic GH5 camera - B&H, Amazon geni.us/InspOl
- Canon C70 Camera - B&H geni.us/ABYB
- Canon RF 24-70 f/2.8L IS lens - B&H, Amazon geni.us/qwsEs
- TA3-M to XLR-F Adapter cable to feed microphones to C70 or Blackmagic Pocket cameras - B&H bhpho.to/3o2dTOS
- 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
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 2022, Curtis Judd
Index
00:00 Start
3:21 Beginning of stream
3:49 Agenda
6:24 Discussion of Decibels
25:30 Troubleshooting monitor calibration
32:27 Questions from the chat
1:04:00 Wrap-up
1:05:20 End of stream
