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The Podcast Engineering Show


Oct 24, 2019

My guest is Sarah Wendel - editor and sound designer. She's an editor for Astonishing Legends and has a background in film audio production. And previously nominated for an Emmy! 

We discussed tons including:

  • Pro Tools Ultimate
  • She was speaking through a Shure SM7b microphone
  • Sometimes she records legal disclaimers herself
  • Pro Tools First - has limited functionality
  • Mbox Pro (allows 5.1 deliverables)
  • Monitors: Dynaudio MkII’s - 8” woofers
  • Audio-Technica Headphones
  • She sometimes checks mixes on earbuds
  • Argosy Halo sit/stand desk - https://argosyconsole.com/halo/halo-ge
  • Building the room - one bay, designer Gary Hedden, the HVAC System is incredibly quiet. 
  • Pro Tools episode templates
  • Processing: EQ, roll off low frequencies,
  • iZotope RX7: Noise reduction and dialogue cleanup
  • Waves plugins: Compressor, De-esser, L2 at end
  • Vox subgroup with peak limiter on it
  • Stems - a component of audio segregated from all other audio
  • Mixing in sound design elements
  • Philosophy of compression
  • Philosophy of editing
  • Sarah's favorite plugin? Mouth De-click ;)

Thanks for being a great guest, Sarah!

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