My guest is René Coronado - audio engineer, sound designer at Dallas Audio Post Group, and cohost of the Tonebenders Podcast. Enjoy this awesome episode; we discussed: Speed Round #1 for his Tonebenders Podcast: Shure SM7B, Sound Devices MixPre-3, Skype, record onto SD Card, ProTools, Soundcloud. Speed Round #2 for his work at Dallas Audio Post (Control Room A):Avid C24 Controller, Genelec monitors, ProTools, computers are in a separate machine room, AT 4050 (workhorse), TLM 103, U87, MKH 50 and 416. Wave Rider (from Quiet Art) on the voices, aims at -25 dB RMS using averaging mode EQ, Compression, Master compressor The room where works is calibrated for -23 LUFS so he knows what that sounds like. Bounce the mix into RX6 Loudness to -18 LUFS stereo, then back into ProTools for encoding the MP3. Field recording: Line Audio CM3 Studio recording (Voiceovers, etc) Sound design techniques Track layouts Separate chains - dialogue, voiceover Soundminer - sound fx software program, tagged with metadata so the sounds are easily searchable. Mixing plugins: ProTools channel strip, Sound Particles, Twisted Sound “whoosh,” using distortion to bring up mids (20% distortion), Native Instruments delay called Replika. I also asked René: "What advice do you have for podcast engineers and producers?" Listen for his answer ;) Thank you for being a great guest, Rene! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS