May 13, 2021
My guest is Dallas Taylor, host and creator of Twenty Thousand Hertz - an exceptional podcast about sound. He is also the Creative Director of Defacto Sound where he has led thousands of high-profile projects ranging from blockbuster trailers and advertising campaigns to Sundance award-winning films and major television series. Follow on Twitter: Dallas Taylor, Twenty Thousand Hertz, Defacto Sound.
FYI, I really enjoyed the episode of Twenty Thousand Hertz titled Silence where Dallas experiences pure silence for himself thanks to a special room called an anechoic chamber!
We discussed SO MUCH in this episode including:
- His studio has acoustic panels and lots of foam, etc.
- Shure SM7b microphone
- Yellowtec boom arm
- Argosy console desk
- Sound Devices MixPre-6
- He has writers on staff
- Uses Rev.com for transcription
- Sound design starts with the script
- Table reads with his team
- He's very cognizant of emotional dynamics of episodes
- Start episodes with a small thing that arouses curiosity
- Every 15-30 seconds he tries to have some kind of sonic change to keep the listeners attention
- Early in his career he worked on foley for films
- Tweak sounds during editing? Yes! Tons.
- His sound designer Soren uses Pro Tools with lots of plugins, etc.
- iZotope software
- Has many sound FX libraries and music beds, etc
- Sound Toys plugins
- Limiters
- Compressors
- EQ’s
- Final MP3 files are between 160-320 kbps!
- Megaphone for hosting - dynamic ad insertion, etc.
- He sells his own ads