Ask an Engineer is today!

📣 HAPPENING TOMORROW 📣 Ask an Engineer! W/ Rob Byers 🗓️ Sep 16 🕐 2-3pm ET 👤 @robbyers1.bsky.social 🎟️ RSVP: soundpath.co/course/ask-a... In this Q&A Rob will answer ur questions + share tips on mixing, workflow + recording that every audio storyteller can use.

🔊It's time for another Ask an Engineer session, next Tuesday 9/16! Many #audio producers don't get to work with engineers — this is a small way to fill that gap. Bring your questions about tools, techniques, & best practices. Free for @airmedia.bsky.social members!🎙️ www.soundpath.co/course/ask-a...

🔊It's time for another Ask an Engineer session, next Tuesday 9/16! Many #audio producers don't get to work with engineers — this is a small way to fill that gap. Bring your questions about tools, techniques, & best practices. Free for @airmedia.bsky.social members!🎙️ www.soundpath.co/course/ask-a...

How's This Sound? A Post-Production Feedback Panel 🗓️ Thursday, September 25 🕐 5:30 - 7:30pm ET 👤 Erica Huang, Rob Byers, Jeremy S. Bloom, and Hannis Brown 🎟️ Sign up for free access: ow.ly/3KCp50WnG9R

📣WEDNESDAY: "Ask an Engineer" with @airmedia.bsky.social. Many audio producers don't get a regular opportunity to work with an engineer so this is a great way to get questions answered about tools, techniques, best practices, and "why does Pro Tools do THAT THING?!?!" 😆 airmedia.org/jobs/trainin...

Happy to see the new iZotope Equinox out in the world — but it's missing some key presets from the original Exponential Audio version. Golden Toilet, Coultergeist, and Drumpski's Dacha were favorites!

Want to improve your audio production? Book me through @airmedia.bsky.social's SoundPath! Maybe you want to improve your dialog edits and mixes, get to know Pro Tools a little better, or are looking for advice. I promise not to wear a puffy jacket to our session. www.soundpath.co/course/rob-b...

Are you new to #podcasting, #radio, or #audio storytelling? You are about to discover that audio gremlins can pop up at any moment! 👾 Join me & @radiobootcamp.bsky.social next week to strengthen your ears👂 and learn how to prevent the most common audio problems! 💪 radiobootcamp.org/classes/audi...

Noisy sharks! 🦈 Scientists have recorded the first documented case of a shark deliberately making sound underwater, in a breakthrough discovery in fish acoustics: www.abc.net.au/news/science...

How To Stop Popup Ads Appearing In Pro Tools

Seeing lots of criticism of this study saying the conclusion is "obvious." And yet we see media organizations de-prioritizing audio quality more and more.

Some radio sound effects. "Radio Directing" by Earle McGill, 1940.

Many independents don't get the opportunity to work alongside #audio engineers on a regular basis, so I'm doing an "Ask the Engineer" session with @airmedia.bsky.social on May 7. A great opportunity for producers to get technical questions answered! Sign up: www.soundpath.co/course/ask-a...

Tomorrow! Join us for a discussion on @airmedia.bsky.social's rate guide for audio storytellers. airmedia.org/tools/2025-r...

🧪 Using sound to develop a “…long-term monitoring protocol to evaluate how ecosystems and biodiversity are responding to climate variability…recording sound baselines in sites with minimal human intervention...” www.wired.com/story/costa-...

🔊 NEXT WEEK: we'll discuss the new #audio storytellers rate guide from @airmedia.bsky.social in a FREE webinar. Learn about updates to the guide and join in the discussion on how you can implement it in your work. 🗓️ Thurs, March 6, 2-3:15pm Please join us! RSVP: airmedia.org/jobs/trainin...

Last chance for our Pro Tools workshop! Starting at 10am this morning! ☀️ Sign up here —>

Going live today with some smart #GameAudio folks from @heartmachine.bsky.social to talk about Hyper Light Breaker & Crafting the Soundscape of Procedurally Generated Worlds TODAY at 2pm ET / 11am PT on #Wwise Up On Air Swing-by and join the discussion! m.youtube.com/watch?v=aUSi...

The @airmedia.bsky.social rate guide was just updated for 2025, meant to help independents working in audio storytelling. This is GOOD STUFF! Check out all the details here: airmedia.org/tools/2025-r... #audio #pubmedia #podcasting

I'm doing two audio production classes with @radiobootcamp.bsky.social this spring! "How to mix — for producers" and "Audio gremlins (and how to slay them)." More details in thread. Come join us and up your production game! #audio #pubmedia #podcasting 1/3

💫Released on this day 1985💥 #tearsforfears #musicsky #recordingsky #recordingstudiosky #musicproduction #80s #alternative #newwave #postpunk #synthpop

There is a troubling trend in the audio industry: the relentless pursuit of profit over quality, driven by tech investors who don’t understanding this industry, sometimes called "enshittification"—the gradual degradation of products and services as companies prioritise growth, valuation, and…

Here we find a podcast in the same list as the Vienna Philharmonic, Moby Dick and the Academy Awards... nymag.com/article/best... Thanks @nwquah.bsky.social and @nymag.com for repping the medium!

I'm doing two audio production classes with @radiobootcamp.bsky.social this spring! "How to mix — for producers" and "Audio gremlins (and how to slay them)." More details in thread. Come join us and up your production game! #audio #pubmedia #podcasting 1/3

I’m teaching a course called Pro Tools for Beginners over @radiobootcamp.bsky.social . The class is running at 10am Eastern Time on Wednesday 2/26. radiobootcamp.org/classes/pro-... #podcast #training #protools

See you there! #onairfest

For those interested in the BBC Radiophonic Workshop it seems like Spitfire Audio are going to offer up some instruments based on their gear. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/f...

If you do any work in podcasting/audio — or hire people who do — this is ESSENTIAL READING: @airmedia.bsky.social's shiny new rate guide. I see too many job postings undercutting these fair rates. Please read & share! airmedia.org/tools/2025-r...

This is *huge* for everyone working in audio storytelling. Congrats to @airmedia.bsky.social! Lots of hard work went in to this.

AIR NYC Meetup 🗓️ Thursday, February 20, 2025 🕑 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm EST 📍Brooklyn, NY RSVP for free: airmedia.org/jobs/trainin...? Whether you're in town for On Air Fest or live locally in NYC, meet and hang out with other AIR members!

Who's heading to #OnAirFest this week? I'll be there and am looking forward to seeing many friendly faces old and new!

Surprise surprise!

Happy #WorldRadioDay! Here are two of my dad’s old radios. The Hitachi still works (sort of)!

More than 77 years ago, the first transistor was produced, ushering in a new era of semiconductor technology that continues to define electronics. A special issue touched on the history of transistor technology—and its future. Learn more on #WorldRadioDay: https://scim.ag/3CXjUYS

Join us at 4p ET **today** for a sneak preview and AUA about Circuit 05, which will be otherwise announced tomorrow! 💘Hosted by our pals at @airmedia.bsky.social, free and open to all. Just RSVP here: ow.ly/L8j250UQkQ6

Keep your eyes and ears peeled for the first issue of @signalhillfm.bsky.social. It's dropping next week! I'm thrilled to be an inaugural board member for this creative audio magazine that's being spearheaded by dream team @lizayeager.bsky.social + @jacksonroach.bsky.social. 📡: www.signalhill.fm

Filler words aren't a thing.

Signal Hill is a new audio magazine. Trailer out now. signalhill.fm

Picked up a new production machine. So many plugs to install!

Tubi. No.

Meet Justin Berger, an award-winning audio engineer + producer specializing in podcasts, music, + sound design. W/ Grammy-winning contributions + 2 Signal Awards, Justin crafts immersive audio for Pushkin Industries, Whyy + more. Work w/ Justin: ow.ly/aAxZ50UNS0Y.

Thanks to everyone who's checked out my new library, MicroMech, those that helped spread the word about its release, and for such kind words in the five-star reviews! 😮 😊 Grateful that it's useful to so many folks! www.asoundeffect.com/sound-librar... #gameaudio #sounddesign #filmsound

G’day from Down Under 🇦🇺! Board member @willcoley.bsky.social took Australia 🦘 by storm, bringing AIR members and local audio pros together for an AIR meetup in Sydney and Melbourne! Who’s ready for more international AIR meetups? #AIROnTheGo

I tried the tech that makes hands-free smart locks actually work

I find it rude when people use headphones on the bus or the train. Your phone has a speaker. Please share what you are listening to.

A friend asked me about the potential risk of losing public broadcasting funding. If you're interested, I recommend this comprehensive report from "On The Media," which explains what's always saved CPB funding in the past, and why it might not now. www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...