Episode 91

Audio Production Mastery Tips from a Grammy Winner | Justin David Proctor

What does it take to record great audio? A recording studio? A degree in sound engineering?

You may be surprised. Justin David Proctor, audio recording master and two-time Grammy Award winner, joined this episode of The Visual Lounge to share his expertise on creating great audio.

Justin takes us through his advice on getting the right equipment, pre-production and planning, preparing the room, dealing with background noise, software, and much more.

Justin has worked in professional audio and music recording since 2005, engineering in multi-room large format commercial studios and cutting albums for major label record companies. He began managing a private record recording studio with his college records production partner a few years into this work while running Delivery Room Studios.

Justin has won two Grammy Awards for recording engineering and composes original music, which can be heard on television networks and streaming services in the US and overseas.

Learning points from the episode include:

  • How new technology makes creating great audio much easier      
  • Why preproduction and planning are unmissable steps in recording audio
  • Why you should always back up your data
  • The different types of microphones to look at
  • How distance affects audio
  • How to choose the right microphone
  • The best ways to set up your space for good audio recording
  • Why overtreating a room can do more harm than good
  • Why you should always sample your audio
  • How different platforms like Spotify lay out audio requirements
  • What to consider with decibels

Important links and mentions:

Learn more about the TechSmith Academy here.

To read the blog post on the topic or watch the video, go to: https://www.techsmith.com/blog/audio-production-mastery  

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Matthew Pierce

Matthew Pierce, Learning & Video Ambassador from TechSmith Corporation, has created videos for learning and marketing for over a decade. He is the lead behind TechSmith Academy, a free platform teaching video and image creation for business, which has been used by tens of thousands of users. He is the host of The Visual Lounge Podcast from TechSmith, which streams live on Youtube and LinkedIn weekly. Matthew is a regular speaker at multiple learning and development-focused conferences and is a regular contributor to various training publications. Connect with him on LinkedIn.