PES 217: Dallas Taylor, Host and Creator of Twenty Thousand Hertz

<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><strong>My guest is Dallas Taylor</strong>, host and creator of <a href="https://www.20k.org/" target="_blank" rel= "noreferrer noopener">Twenty Thousand Hertz</a> - an exceptional podcast about sound. He is also the Creative Director of <a href= "https://www.defactosound.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noreferrer noopener">Defacto Sound</a> where he has led thousands of high-profile projects ranging from blockbuster trailers and advertising campaigns to Sundance award-winning films and major television series. Follow on Twitter: <a href= "https://twitter.com/d_llas" target="_blank" rel= "noreferrer noopener">Dallas Taylor</a>, <a href= "https://twitter.com/20korg" target="_blank" rel= "noreferrer noopener">Twenty Thousand Hertz</a>, <a href= "https://twitter.com/defactosound" target="_blank" rel= "noreferrer noopener">Defacto Sound</a>.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>FYI, I really enjoyed the episode of Twenty Thousand Hertz titled <a href="https://www.20k.org/episodes/silence" target= "_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Silence</a> where Dallas experiences pure silence for himself thanks to a special room called an anechoic chamber!</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":4} --></p> <h4>We discussed SO MUCH in this episode including:</h4> <p><!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:list --></p> <ul> <li>His studio has acoustic panels and lots of foam, etc.</li> <li>Shure SM7b microphone</li> <li>Yellowtec boom arm</li> <li>Argosy console desk</li> <li>Sound Devices MixPre-6</li> <li>He has writers on staff</li> <li>Uses Rev.com for transcription</li> <li>Sound design starts with the script</li> <li>Table reads with his team</li> <li>He's very cognizant of emotional dynamics of episodes</li> <li>Start episodes with a small thing that arouses curiosity</li> <li>Every 15-30 seconds he tries to have some kind of sonic change to keep the listeners attention</li> <li>Early in his career he worked on foley for films</li> <li>Tweak sounds during editing? Yes! To