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<title>From the Engineer&#x27;s Chair</title><link>http://www.dxaudio.com/news.html</link><description>Bits and Bites from the Sound Biz</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:creator>Neil Kesterson, Dynamix Productions</dc:creator><dc:rights>Copyright 2005 Neil Kesterson</dc:rights><dc:date>2007-12-28T15:33:39-05:00</dc:date><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.realmacsoftware.com/" />
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<lastBuildDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:27:31 -0500</lastBuildDate><itunes:author>Neil Kesterson&#x2c; Dynamix Productions</itunes:author><itunes:owner><itunes:name>Neil Kesterson</itunes:name><itunes:email>info@dxaudio.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:category text="Podcast"/><itunes:keywords>Dynamix Productions recording studio engineer</itunes:keywords><itunes:subtitle>www.dxaudio.com</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>An informal look at the world from the view of an audio engineer.</itunes:summary><itunes:image href="http://www.dxaudio.com/page1/files/podcast_channel.png" /><item><title>The Golden Years of the Podcast</title><dc:creator>Neil Kesterson, Dynamix Productions</dc:creator><dc:subject>From the Engineer&#x27;s Chair</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-12-28T15:33:39-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.dxaudio.com/page1/files/58c0c26d4536d9cf09ac2e495b99d329-5.html#unique-entry-id-5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dxaudio.com/page1/files/58c0c26d4536d9cf09ac2e495b99d329-5.html#unique-entry-id-5</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[When the Federal Communications Commission started to regulate what was being said on the airwaves, you better believe those broadcasters knew exactly when they were exercising their free speech.  


...Where newspapers and broadcasters are forced to water down their content to suit a broad audience, magazines and podcasters can hone down their message to a pinpoint and shoot it like an arrow, often striking the target dead center.  


...More and more podcasts are slickly produced (disclosure: I&rsquo;m one of those producers), but there remains a large number of individuals throwing all caution to the wind and producing podcasts that are defying the rules of broadcast.    This is what I wish for the future of podcasting &ndash; that those individuals don&rsquo;t give up because they can&rsquo;t polish the sound; that they don&rsquo;t stop saying what&rsquo;s on their mind; that they come out in droves to bring us into their living rooms and lives; and that the regulators don&rsquo;t step in.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Why Your Listeners Might Be Sleeping Through Your Every Word</title><dc:creator>Neil Kesterson, Dynamix Productions</dc:creator><dc:subject>From the Engineer&#x27;s Chair</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-01-12T19:00:29-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.dxaudio.com/page1/files/6bb9216624472f48c2c3f65354211a04-4.html#unique-entry-id-4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dxaudio.com/page1/files/6bb9216624472f48c2c3f65354211a04-4.html#unique-entry-id-4</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Perhaps the hardest way to communicate is using one form of communication to deliver another form, like that English class.  ...  So, when a novice sits down to write narration, it&rsquo;s natural to write in a style that we have been using our whole life for essays, letters, emails, notes, etc.  

...Like this written sentence, the author can introduce a subject such as how to make a box, expound on it for several lines to describe its shape, material, and workmanship, then veer off in another direction to tell about all the great boxes of the world and what they contain, and then return back to pound the final nail in the lid.  

...Of course there are many other aspects of writing, but I hope these few tips will help you avoid wasted studio time editing copy &ndash; or worse, lose the listener.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Why Are Those @#&#x24;&#x25;&#x26;&#x2a;&#x21; Commercials So Loud?</title><dc:creator>Neil Kesterson, Dynamix Productions</dc:creator><dc:subject>From the Engineer&#x27;s Chair</dc:subject><dc:date>2006-11-01T10:02:10-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.dxaudio.com/page1/files/39d6c1ab50c43e064d4ebe5a67f6a070-3.html#unique-entry-id-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dxaudio.com/page1/files/39d6c1ab50c43e064d4ebe5a67f6a070-3.html#unique-entry-id-3</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[If you&rsquo;re watching this recording on a VU meter, like the type found on a recording console, you&rsquo;ll see the needle stays on the left part of the meter and barely moves during the horn passage. 

...A look at this recording on the same VU meter shows that the needle pretty much stays swung to the far right, barely moving the entire song.    Just like film can&rsquo;t capture all the degrees of colors and contrasts the human eye can see, recordings can&rsquo;t capture all the dynamic range of sounds we hear.  

...Engineers typically mix voice and music together very &ldquo;tight,&rdquo; or with a narrow dynamic range, and then push the overall sound to the loudest the recording can handle.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Turn the Ignition On&#x2c; Baby</title><dc:creator>Neil Kesterson, Dynamix Productions</dc:creator><dc:subject>From the Engineer&#x27;s Chair</dc:subject><dc:date>2006-07-31T10:42:37-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.dxaudio.com/page1/files/a81710ce5125075df28d2d0b419411ee-1.html#unique-entry-id-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dxaudio.com/page1/files/a81710ce5125075df28d2d0b419411ee-1.html#unique-entry-id-1</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[This is the point where I stop editing, swing my chair around, and look my client straight in the eye and ask &ldquo;What kind of copyright clearances do you have?&rdquo; 

...In reality, a lot of people were put to work and kept very busy for each one of those songs you will hear during your favorite program tonight. 

...If you place one television spot on your local TV station at 3 AM on Thursday morning, and another one right before kickoff on the national broadcast of the Super Bowl, which one do you think will be seen by more people? 

...The bottom line is, when you&rsquo;re faced with picking music for your next project, should you use &ldquo;Start Me Up&rdquo; from the Rolling Stones, or &ldquo;Turn the Ignition On, Baby&rdquo; from Hot Production Cuts Volume 36? ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>What Did You Expect?</title><dc:creator>Neil Kesterson, Dynamix Productions</dc:creator><dc:subject>From the Engineer&#x27;s Chair</dc:subject><dc:date>2006-04-01T16:54:10-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.dxaudio.com/page1/files/9eb6bb26ee3846df0a79a9d6359be42b-0.html#unique-entry-id-0</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dxaudio.com/page1/files/9eb6bb26ee3846df0a79a9d6359be42b-0.html#unique-entry-id-0</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Now I know what you&rsquo;re thinking - all that engineers are interested in are the latest electronic toys and model numbers, we say cryptic things to each other like &ldquo;that A-I-F-F needs to be minus twenty D-B before you set your levels to zero,&rdquo; and we can&rsquo;t possibly have a grasp on the &ldquo;real world&rdquo; going on outside our padded walls that we call the studio.


...	Well, I have to admit that I do like new gadgets, I do talk the lingo, and those that know me may agree that I&rsquo;m best kept in a room with padded walls. ...  I can&rsquo;t speak for every engineer, but for me, the quest to create a sound that I hear in my head or an emotion that I want the listener to feel drives me to find the right tool. 

...Which is why most sound designers go for the opposite: &ldquo;Okay, we can&rsquo;t fool them, but we can make it bigger than life!&rdquo;
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