I've attended every single Podfest since 2014. And this year it was great to see so many friends and colleagues in person again!
Here are some of my experiences, notes and highlights of the event:
MY TALK:
"How to Use Compression & Normalization (Mandatory for Creating Professional Grade Audio)" ---> The full presentation will be published soon!
Outline what I covered:
- Normalization (Peak and Loudness) (When and where to normalize audio)
- Compression (Why, controls) (Demonstrations of compressors, upward compression, vocal riding, limiter, and a great sounding plugin chain)
*Audio Production Challenge for my listeners: Compress the ultra-dynamic audio clip that I used for demonstration in my presentation and send me your processed audio file!
Links to Apps and Plugins I Mentioned in My Talk at Podfest 2022 on "Compression and Normalization"
Link to 4 recent overview posts:
- What is Compression? (Audio Processing)
- Introduction to Compressor Controls
- What Are Audio Plugins? (Audio Processing)
- Introduction to Plugin Chains
PODCASTING 2.0, CRYPTO, BLOCKCHAIN, ETC.:
- Spoke with several podcast industry pro's about Podcasting 22.0, crypto integrations into podcast feeds and websites, etc. Hardly anyone was talking about this. It's still VERY early.
- The Florida Bitcoin & Blockchain Summit
PRESENTATIONS I SAW:
Seth Silvers, CEO of Story On Media --- "The Roadmap To Using NFTs To Engage Your Podcast Audience and Increase Revenue"
- Focus on "how can NFTs help build my community, instead of how can NFTs make me money."
- Think of an NFT as an access card.
- "Gratitude" NFTs just for people to support the show. (offer NFTs of every episode, etc.)
- Never-ending tickets.
- Uncut.fm "Collect NFTs from your favorite podcasts"
TikTok presentation by Melissa Hughes
- *Mindset when creating TikTok posts: Document instead of create.
WHAT I WAS INSPIRED TO CHANGE/DO:
- Create a new short course??
- TikTok posting for marketing purposes? (Am I really g
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