A digital audio workstation is at the end of our signal chain but at the heart of our production process. Let's explore the elements of what makes a DAW. And why starting with a free DAW is a good idea.
I also explain the difference between mixing and mastering and what bounce means!
PRODUCTION NOTES
Recording Mic: Zoom LMF-2 Lavalier mic (I didn't secure this properly hence the scratching sounds. Arrrrrgh!!!!!! Sorry. )
Recording device : Zoom F2 32 bit float Field Recorder
Recording location: Dining table, seated, no pillow-fort.
Recording format: WAV (32 bit float mono)
Editing app (and EQ) : Adobe Audition
Sound Treatment: Auphonic Productions at Auphonic.com
Auphonic.com settings [to output as a 16bit mono WAV file]: Adaptive Leveler (on), Loudness Normalization (Loudness Target -19 LUFS ), Filtering (on), Noise and Hum Reduction (Reduction Amount: Auto), Sample rate: 44.1kHz
I uploaded the resulting WAV file to Anchor.fm to host the file and added the music from their free music stock.
Episode art: Canva
Anchor automatically converts the WAV file into a 128kbps, stereo, .m4a file
