Some recent listener feedback

Hello Bruce.
Thank you for the pedagogical way of showing how to use the Adobe Audition 3 and making me so interested.
All the best
Kasper
Actually, Adobe and Lynda are the ones that should be thanking you.
I purchased both Audition and a subscription to Lynda based solely on what I'm hearing on your excellent programs.
And I hate the word podcasts.
It lumps you in with all the a**holes that think they are content producers because they have a microphone and an internet connection (and you are obviously a professional dedicated to his craft, and know how to produce content).
They just don't know what they don't know!
Scott Hess
I'm a long time listener to your Building the Pod and Sine Language shows, and would like to thank you for producing such informative and interesting podcasts.
I'm a media production student at the University of Lincoln in the UK and your Audition guides really helped me during the radio production aspect of my course.
Paul Hennell
I've only recently decided to get back into music production after a prolonged absence.
So, when it came to choosing a DAW, it came down to a choice between FL Studio and Audition.
Dollar wise, quite similar although FL Studio does offer more in the way of virtual instruments for this price range.
But I chose Audition for two clear reasons.
1. I really like the look and feel. The layout is just easy on the eye and made sense to me very quickly.
2. I knew I had a great teacher. I discovered Building the Pod through the Adobe web site and soon found Sine Language.
I have to thank you sincerely for your weekly tuition.
It has turned a somewhat severe learning curve into managable bite size pieces.
I simply can't overstate how thankful I am of your weekly podcasts.
Bye for now.
Ross Huntley
Oh thank you god a podcast showing you how to properly make podcasts. Thank you Bruce Williams!
Matt

May 31, 2009

Building the pod – episode 133

Filed under: !Podcasts,Building the Pod,Notch filter — Bruce Williams @ 12:00

This week, we look at the notch filter.

The waveform view of our sample audio

The spectral view of our sample audio.

Note the pink line running horizontally across the display between 5kHz and 6kHz

The spectral view of our sample audio, zoomed on the vertical scale

Here we can see that the offending tone is actually around 5700Hz

Spectral view after a 25dB cut

Notice how the line of the offending tone is approximately the same colour (and therefore the same amplitude) as the surrounding audio

Spectral view after a 15dB cut

Spectral view after a 45dB cut

Here, we can see that we’ve scooped out too much, which has left a hole in the audio we wanted to keep around the 5700Hz region

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May 17, 2009

No SL or BTP this week

Filed under: Building the Pod,Sine Language — Bruce Williams @ 16:22

Sorry gang.
Just felt like laying low for a week.

May 10, 2009

Building the pod – episode 132

Filed under: !Podcasts,AATranslator,Building the Pod,Equalization,Graphic — Bruce Williams @ 13:37

This week, Michael Rooney has finished his new program, AATranslator, which will the allow the import of various other DAW session formats into Audition.
Then, we look at the next item in the ‘Filters and EQ’ section… the graphic EQ.

The graphic EQ in 10 band mode. Each filter covers an octave.

The graphic EQ in 20 band mode. Each filter covers half an octave.

The graphic EQ in 30 band mode. Each filter covers one third of an octave.

The waveform display, after a cut at 8kHz, in 10 band mode. Notice how far the dip extends to the left and right of the centre frequency (it covers a full octave).

The spectral display, after a cut at 8kHz, in 10 band mode. Notice the area of the display which is NOT yellow, but rather orange (signalling a drop in amplitude).

The waveform display, after a cut at 8kHz, in 30 band mode. Notice how far the dip extends to the left and right of the centre frequency (it now only covers a third of an octave).

The spectral display, after a cut at 8kHz, in 30 band mode. Notice how the orange section of the display is shorter, because the amplitude drop is narrower than in 10 band mode.
Grab the swept sine wave here.

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