Audio Processing for Broadcast - Part II

Part II

From the great waveform peaks and valleys of dynamic range to the "compression wars" sound, listen in as we take the Aphex 230 and 2020MkIII for a spin...

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• voiceover
• mic
• aphex
• sennheiser
• aphex 230
• aphex 2020

[active1045fm]

@NewMediaGear

Are you using the Aphex 2020 for these videos? or is the sound we hear post the voice processor?

[NewMediaGear]

@active1045fm

The audio in *most* videos routes through the Aphex 230, the audio console and then the 2020MkIII before being digitized by a FirePod.

[mogwix]

I'm no broadcast guy, my work is primarily in live sound. When mixing bands live, the mantra is "less is more". You can do a lot more harm with a compressor than without if you don't know how to use it. I use compression on vocals but it's very light... 2:1 or 3:1 ratio taking off 3dB of the peaks at most. It's really just to smooth things out a little bit. I get vocals to pop by cutting at around 200Hz. Your videos really drone at 200Hz.

[NewMediaGear]

@mogwix

The key to understanding our different views is all in your first sentence.

The main reason for this video is to highlight the night-and-day differences between live stage/recording studios and radio/television broadcast.

Voiceovers and tracking will always be up for grabs based on the client.

Thank you for taking time to post and I hope you'll keep listening.

Best,

Mark

[Smubbs]

mmm when you cut down the drive it sounded waaay better

[heroineworshipper]

The guy talking makes a huge difference. Some people are really good at clear, even talking without plosives. Those of us with heavy breathing, mumbling, & plosive problems live & breathe by noise gating & compression.

[cbtcafe]

This is a helpful video and hearing the difference. I have both a TLM103 and RE27 running through a OneQ. I like the sound overal but what I'm interested in the 230 is the built in gate.

Do you have any demos or best practices for getting the most out of my OneQ? The OneQ has an "Enhancer" feature which might be similar to the aural exciter? I haven't had much luck with that either.

[cbtcafe]

This is a helpful video and hearing the difference. I have both a TLM103 and RE27 running through a OneQ. I like the sound overal but what I'm interested in the 230 is the built in gate.

Do you have any demos or best practices for getting the most out of my OneQ? The OneQ has an "Enhancer" feature which might be similar to the aural exciter? I haven't had much luck with that either.

[mandolinroad]

I've been told the Aphex 230 is really noisy, I was going to buy one but the noise rumors kind of scared me. Is it?

[MrROTD]

Compression is needed to compete in broadcasting and recording because it raises the perceived volume of the audio. I suppose limiting is needed for radio but I avoid using it by editing any drastic peaks manually, not possible in live broadcasting. Anyway thanks for the informative show, I like the mic demos.

[hollywoodfinch]

Great demo! The Dorrough Loudness Monitors are great for recordings.

[mogwix]

@NewMediaGear Yup, it's a different approach for sure. Although the vast majority of my job is simply getting things to make sound in the first place... haha