PES 203: Dan LeFebvre, Host of Based on a True Story

<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>My guest is Dan LeFebvre, host of <a href= "https://www.basedonatruestorypodcast.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noreferrer noopener">Based on a True Story</a>. Follow him on <a href="https://twitter.com/danlefeb" target="_blank" rel= "noreferrer noopener">Twitter</a>.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":4} --></p> <h4>Some of the topics we discussed:</h4> <p><!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:list --></p> <ul> <li>sE Electronics V7 microphone (See Bandrew’s review video: <a href="https://youtu.be/3XjQYPIxP68" target="_blank" rel= "noreferrer noopener">sE Electronics V7 Dynamic Mic Review / Test</a>)</li> <li>RØDE boom arm</li> <li>Acoustic treatments in Dan's office: Moving blankets, carpet, <a href= "https://www.clearsonic.com/collections/sorber-sound-absorption-baffles" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">ClearSonic baffles</a> (6’ x 4’ foldable, free-standing panels)</li> <li>Zoom R16 Multi-Track Tabletop Recorder</li> <li>Squadcast</li> <li>iZotope RX 7 -- cleanup, de-reverb, etc.</li> <li>Mixcraft DAW</li> <li>iZotope Nectar - automatic EQ</li> <li>Adobe Audition</li> <li>Resampling</li> <li>Private RSS feed</li> <li>WordPress site RSS plugin</li> </ul> <p><!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":4} --></p> <h4>Here is Dan describing his post-production workflow:</h4> <p><!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>After an episode is recorded, I edit it on my primary desktop. I have a folder structure that I've built over the years with templates for each step of the process. This gives me the Mixcraft project templates I need but also gives me backups of each step so I can always go back to any step later if I need to (and I've needed to a few times).</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Step 1 is to do generate the WAV files that I'll use to edit. I do this so I'm not editing the original audio that I recorded (again, backup everything) but also because sometimes I get multiple files that I need to cut together. For example, I re