You can learn to give your voice-overs, podcasts & audiobooks a professional, polished sounding master with this "secret weapon" for dialog compression - the Vertigo VSC-2. Place it in your mastering chain after corrective EQ and before your limiter 👇 #audio www.bryanhurtaudio.com/blog/dialog-...

Add vintage character to your projects with our "Letterpress" sound collection - authentic mechanical printing sounds in stunning detail. #SoundDesign #FilmAudio #HistoricalSFX https://www.shapingwaves.com/sound-effect/letterpress/

AI can master a song, but it can’t really listen... As Toronto's Lacquer Channel Mastering celebrates 50 years, we spoke with Noah Mintz on keeping the "dark art" of analogue mastering alive by championing the imperfect, human sound machines can’t replicate

Morning mist on #FoggyFriday 📍Pennsylvania

Tired of painful "S" and "T" sounds in your audio? 😫 Sibilance can make your dialogue recordings sound unprofessional! Learn 3 essential tips to "de-ess" your dialogue BELOW 👇 #podcastaudio #videoaudio #audiobook #podcasting #sermonaudio #audioforvideo #audio www.bryanhurtaudio.com/blog/how-to-...

Mastering Spoken Word? 🎙️You need the Vertigo VSC-2! It handles dynamic range with incredible transparency, keeping your words sounding natural while gently gluing it in place. Learn how to set up the compressor below: #spokenword #podcast #voiceover #audiobook www.bryanhurtaudio.com/blog/dialog-...

Need to work on your dialog from home? No problem! Learn to correct 4 common problems in spoken word recordings to sound polished and professional, all from the comfort of your home. FREE GUIDE BELOW 👇 #PodcastAudio #VideoAudio #Audiobook #AudioTips www.bryanhurtaudio.com/guide

Learn to finesse and enhance your spoken word audio's sound with ONLY 2 KNOBS using the famous Universal Audio Teletronix LA-2A compressor 👇 #PodcastAudio #VideoAudio #Audiobook #AudioTips www.bryanhurtaudio.com/blog/dialog-...

Do you ever wonder how to adjust problems you hear in your dialog recordings (for video, podcast & audiobooks) to simple corrections? Grab my valuable 20 pg guide to solve 4 of the most common problems. FREE BELOW 👇 #podcasting #audiobooks #editing #audiotips #videoaudio www.bryanhurtaudio.com/guide

Love this article from @discogsofficial.bsky.social on some essential ambient jazz releases - it's always a great time for In A Silent Way or Journey In Satchidananda. Surprised not to see any Albert Ayler, John Zorn, or Bill Laswell though. www.discogs.com/digs/music/e...

How do you know where to start with EQing your dialog recordings? Should you use a "one size fits all" EQ setting that you may see as a preset in your EQ plug-ins? Check the link below for a better way: #podcasting #voiceover #audiobooks #audio #tips #editing www.bryanhurtaudio.com/blog/how-to-...

The Vertigo VSC-2 comp. is ideal for mastering spoken word audio, but it has to fit in a "chain" of plug-ins for mastering. Learn exactly where to place it in your mastering chain and what other plug-ins you need for an effective dialog mastering chain 👇 #audio www.bryanhurtaudio.com/blog/dialog-...

Remember these 3 key tests to weigh your dialogue against before releasing it to the world: --is it clear and understandable? --are there any distracting noises? --do I have to reach for the volume to hear it? Learn more here 👇 #podcast #audiovideo www.bryanhurtaudio.com/blog/is-my-d...

"Intimate yet expansive, this is the sound of a band discovering itself in real time. Lage and his new quartet glide between free-jazz elasticity, gospel-blues warmth & a subtle rock drive to create something that feels both contemporary and romantic."—DownBeat ★★★★ julianlage.lnk.to/ScenesFromAb...

This is so insanely powerful it's kind of hard to know what to say. Elaborate parallel processing chains for audio that you can just drag and drop with ffmpeg's file format support and convolution and all this other stuff... and it's free?!

You definitely want your dialog to have a clear, polished sound that connects emotionally with your listeners. Today I'll help you get one step closer to that goal by showing you how to use a compressor that's tailor-made for the job 💎 #audiobooks www.bryanhurtaudio.com/blog/dialog-...

Is your spoken word audio holding you back? 🎙️ Stop letting common recording problems ruin your projects! Get the FREE 20-pg Guide to learn to quickly correct 4 common issues & make your audio sound pro - all from home. Download your guide to start sounding better today! www.bryanhurtaudio.com/guide

Exactly the sounds I wanted to start out this week ... four transcendent performances. And love the way Lorenzo Colombo is combining percussion/acoustic/electroacoustic with the machines -- expect this will inspire some of you!

What's your biggest obstacle when it comes to using compression in your spoken word recordings? Here you can find HELP for using compression in audio for video, podcasts & audiobooks. Check it out 👇 #podcasting #voiceover #audioforvideo #audiobook www.bryanhurtaudio.com/blog?tag=how...

Wise words from Malaysian musician, professor, and artist Kamal Sabran.

You can learn to give your voice-overs, podcasts & audiobooks a professional, polished sounding master with this "secret weapon" for dialog compression - the Vertigo VSC-2. Place it in your mastering chain after corrective EQ and before your limiter 👇 #audio www.bryanhurtaudio.com/blog/dialog-...

Need to work on your dialog from home? No problem! Learn to correct 4 common problems in spoken word recordings to sound polished and professional, all from the comfort of your home. FREE GUIDE BELOW 👇 #PodcastAudio #VideoAudio #Audiobook #AudioTips www.bryanhurtaudio.com/guide

A mysterious artist with millions of streams is forcing the music industry to confront how quickly AI-generated music is entering the mainstream. #AIMusic #MusicTech #Streaming #DigitalArtists #FutureOfAudio

Celebrate the aural qualities we inherited from analogue gear that preceded digital plug-ins as I follow bread crumbs for the twelve emulations in the Cenozoix Compressor manual. Which ones? How do they sound? randycoppinger.com/2026/01/20/c...

“The country with the Statue of Liberty deprived us of our liberty without any kind of evidence,” Leonardo José Colmenares Solórzano, a 31-year-old Venezuelan who was held in CECOT for months, said two days after he was returned to his family. (Published July 2025)

The Vertigo VSC-2 comp. is ideal for mastering spoken word audio, but it has to fit in a "chain" of plug-ins for mastering. Learn exactly where to place it in your mastering chain and what other plug-ins you need for an effective dialog mastering chain 👇 #audio www.bryanhurtaudio.com/blog/dialog-...

Do you ever wonder how to adjust problems you hear in your dialog recordings (for video, podcast & audiobooks) to simple corrections? Grab my valuable 20 pg guide to solve 4 of the most common problems. FREE BELOW 👇 #podcasting #audiobooks #editing #audiotips #videoaudio www.bryanhurtaudio.com/guide

AI-Assisted Vocal And Dialogue Tool : NoiseWorks Audio announce VoiceAssist

NoiseWorks VoiceAssist - We Check Out Vocal Cleanup That You Won’t Believe

If you're not already playing with this, you should be! Sting was already fun, but 'freezing' parameters when you hit generate, setting octave, and adding arpeggiator playability completely opens it up. Funnerer than ever.*

Delightful story about an oboe maker in upstate NY. I learned a lot about oboes, eccentrics, and end-stage Capitalism. Here's an archive link if you need it: archive.is/pEcws

Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

Learn 3 crucial reasons to use a compressor while mastering spoken word audio and how it functions together with the limiter in your dialog mastering sessions 👇 #podcastaudio #voiceover #audioforvideo #audiobook #editingtips www.bryanhurtaudio.com/blog/dialog-...

Apple Announce Logic Pro 12 - Pushes Deeper Into AI And Appears To Leaves Intel Macs Behind

I’ve been catching some nice sunsets lately

The free production arsenal continues to grow -- but this one won't last forever. (Plus some history/explanation of the different versions UA has done...)

Mastering Spoken Word? 🎙️ You need the Vertigo VSC-2! It handles dynamic range with incredible transparency, keeping your words sounding natural while gently gluing it in place. Learn how to set up the compressor below: #spokenword #podcast #voiceover #audiobook www.bryanhurtaudio.com/blog/dialog-...

Is your spoken word audio holding you back? 🎙️ Stop letting common recording problems ruin your projects! Get the FREE 20-pg Guide to learn to quickly correct 4 common issues & make your audio sound pro - all from home. Download your guide to start sounding better today! www.bryanhurtaudio.com/guide

FREE GUIDE: Start off the year learning to translate 4 common problems in spoken word recordings to simple corrections from the comfort of your home 👇 #audiotips #podcastaudio #voiceover #audiobook #audioforvideo #editingtips #videoaudio #sermonaudio www.bryanhurtaudio.com/guide

You definitely want your dialog to have a clear, polished sound that connects emotionally with your listeners. Today I'll help you get one step closer to that goal by showing you how to use a compressor that's tailor-made for the job 💎 #audiobook #audioforvideo www.bryanhurtaudio.com/blog/dialog-...

You can learn to give your voice-overs, podcasts & audiobooks a professional, polished sounding master with this "secret weapon" for dialog compression - the Vertigo VSC-2. Place it in your mastering chain after corrective EQ and before your limiter 👇 #audio www.bryanhurtaudio.com/blog/dialog-...

Not something I'd use for spoken word audio, but an awesome reverb plug-in nonetheless (easy to use and sounds great in your mixes) - FREE from @soundtoys.bsky.social until tomorrow - the Little Plate: www.soundtoys.com/12-days-of-s...

The Vertigo VSC-2 comp. is ideal for mastering spoken word audio, but it has to fit in a "chain" of plug-ins for mastering. Learn exactly where to place it in your mastering chain and what other plug-ins you need for an effective dialog mastering chain 👇 www.bryanhurtaudio.com/blog/dialog-...

Need to work on your dialog from home? No problem! Learn to correct 4 common problems in spoken word recordings to sound polished and professional, all from the comfort of your home. FREE GUIDE BELOW 👇 #PodcastAudio #VideoAudio #Audiobook #AudioTips www.bryanhurtaudio.com/guide

Mastering Spoken Word? 🎙️ You need the Vertigo VSC-2! It handles dynamic range with incredible transparency, keeping your words sounding natural while gently gluing them in place. Learn how to set up the compressor for your dialogue below: www.bryanhurtaudio.com/blog/dialog-... #podcast #voiceover

In a starfish dance macabre, painting craft by Jazz Szu-Ying Chen captures the inner spirit of @dj-surgeon.bandcamp.com - and please, please, collaborate, paint, find human ways of realizing music visually. A rant and a 2025 favorite with a discussion with Jazz + Tony:

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Great tips here from Author Imprints for any wanting to start recording spoken word audio from home: "How to Set Up a Home Recording Space to Record Audiobooks and Podcasts": www.authorimprints.com/home-recordi...

An excellent and exhaustive list here from @pkirn.bsky.social for great sales on your plug-in needs: