Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In this week's session, we talk about some of the pros and cons of hardware and hybrid (hardware + software) audio gear. Many of the newer audio products we're seeing on the market are hybrid hardware with a substantial software component. One good example is the RODE Streamer X and several new USB microphones with software controlled signal processing. 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:
- RODE X Streamer X — B&H, Amazon amzn.to/3rGr0LD
- 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 Beginning of stream
02:45 Start
03:23 Agenda
03:43 Today’s signal chain
04:45 Hardware vs hybrid gear
28:55 Syncing audio in a Multicam edit
30:16 Working efficiently with the Zoom F6
31:27 Installing the Fairlight sound library
33:05 Relinking media in Resolve
34:28 Syncing audio/video with RODE Streamer X
37:01 A good NDI video mixer…?
38:00 Some general info questions and comments
39:32 A simple fader for the MixPre…?
40:27 Deciding how to separate tracks in your mix
42:02 RODE Unify/Connect compatibility
43:05 Describing today’s mic
44:17 Combining channels while recording
45:45 Share your live audio signal chains!
48:45 Streamer X vs ATEM Mini
51:07 More on combining multiple channels
51:35 Streamer X signal processing
52:30 The People’s Signal Chains!
59:50 How to EQ your own voice
1:02:25 End of stream
In this week's session, we talk about some of the pros and cons of hardware and hybrid (hardware + software) audio gear. Many of the newer audio products we're seeing on the market are hybrid hardware with a substantial software component. One good example is the RODE Streamer X and several new USB microphones with software controlled signal processing. 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:
- RODE X Streamer X — B&H, Amazon amzn.to/3rGr0LD
- 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 Beginning of stream
02:45 Start
03:23 Agenda
03:43 Today’s signal chain
04:45 Hardware vs hybrid gear
28:55 Syncing audio in a Multicam edit
30:16 Working efficiently with the Zoom F6
31:27 Installing the Fairlight sound library
33:05 Relinking media in Resolve
34:28 Syncing audio/video with RODE Streamer X
37:01 A good NDI video mixer…?
38:00 Some general info questions and comments
39:32 A simple fader for the MixPre…?
40:27 Deciding how to separate tracks in your mix
42:02 RODE Unify/Connect compatibility
43:05 Describing today’s mic
44:17 Combining channels while recording
45:45 Share your live audio signal chains!
48:45 Streamer X vs ATEM Mini
51:07 More on combining multiple channels
51:35 Streamer X signal processing
52:30 The People’s Signal Chains!
59:50 How to EQ your own voice
1:02:25 End of stream
