Listening examples
Here are the audio examples that correspond to the book. Use a high quality pair of headphones or monitor speakers.
#1 Mic pop
#2 Recording in a highly reverberant room
#3 Good room and mic placement
#4 Preamplifier distortion
#5 Low cut filter (bypassed, on)
#6 Low-mid cloudiness, then reduced with EQ
#7 High-mid edginess, then smoothed with EQ (bypassed, on)
#8 Original voice track, then with EQ
#9 Compression (bypassed, on)
#10 Peak limiter bypassed
#11 Peak limiter moderate setting
#12 Peak limiter overdone
#13 Neumann TLM103 condenser
#14 Audio-Technica AT2020 USB condenser
#15 Shure Beta 87A condenser
#16 Telefunken M82 dynamic
#17 Shure SM7B dynamic
#18 Electro-Voice RE20 dynamic
#19 Laptop mic
#20 Overloading the preamp
#21 Good mic placement
#22 Distant mic placement
#23 Laptop mic in a poor room
#24 Mic pop
#25 Phasing from holding a book close
#26 Smooth ad insert
#27 Abrupt ad transition with awkward timing
#28 Timing, first awkward, then better
#29 Sibilance
#30 Muddy voice track vs low-mid attenuation for clarity
#31 Moderate vs too much compression
#32 Original voice recording vs final processed track
#33 Stereo show music with jungle sounds
#34 Poor balance between show hosts
#35 Better balance
#36 Good balance
#37 Volume automation between show hosts (off, then on)
#38 Peak limiter bypassed
#39 Peak limiter moderate setting
#40 Peak limiter overdone
#41 Neumann TLM103 condenser
#42 Audio-Technica AT2020 USB condenser
#43 Shure Beta 87A condenser
#44 Telefunken M82 dynamic
#45 Shure SM7B dynamic
#46 Electro-Voice RE20 dynamic
#47 Flat EQ setting (no change)
#48 9dB boost at 1kHz
#49 9dB attenuation at 1kHz
#50 9dB boost at 4kHz
#51 9dB attenuation at 4kHz
#52 9dB boost at 8kHz
#53 9dB attenuation at 8kHz
#54 9dB boost at 125Hz
#55 9dB attenuation at 125Hz
#56 Low-mid attenuation—flat, wide Q, narrow Q
#57 Hi-freq peaking, hi-freq shelving
#58 Original voice track, then with EQ
#59 Original music file, then with slight EQ
#60 EQing an acoustic guitar
#61 Compression on voice (moderate, then too much)
#62 Compression on saxophone (none, heavy, medium)
#63 Compression on acoustic guitar (light, then heavy)
#64 Sibilance
#65 Noise gate with abrupt settings, then smoother
#66 Guitar amplifier hiss with gate off, then on
#67 Small hall reverb
#68 Small room reverb
#69 Plate reverb
#70 Reverb with long RT (2.6s)
#71 Reverb with short RT (1.0s)
#72 30ms delay added to right channel
#73 60ms delay added to right channel
#74 120ms delay added to right channel
#75 Vocal delay (out, in)
#76 Chorus effect
#77 Flanging effect
#78 Reverb with phaser