
PES 157: Marcus dePaula from Me Only Louder
About this episode
My guest is Marcus dePaula - audio engineer, podcast producer and website designer at Me Only Louder.
We discussed podcast production in depth (see the partial list of topics below) and at the end of the episode we shared some stories from our pro-audio pasts - Marcus engineering Live concerts and me engineering music in the studio.
We discussed:
- Two Shure SM7b's with high-mid frequency boost enabled and Popper Blockers inserted inside the grille.
- Two Audio-Technica AT875R mini shotgun mics.
- Two Samson MBA38 mic boom arms with custom integrated Mogami 2552 mic cable and Switchcraft AAA Series Low-Profile XLR connectors
- Sound Devices MixPre-3 (1st gen) with limiters enabled
- Monoprice 4-output headphone amplifier (for guest headphones)
- 2019 15" MacBook Pro with LG 4K Ultrafine display
- Logic Pro X and Adobe Audition CC
- Kensington Expert Mouse trackball (right hand)
- Contour ShuttlePRO v2 (for left hand editing control)
- iZotope RX 7 Standard
- Softube Console 1 control surface and plugins with SSL 4000 E (gate+EQ+saturation) and British Class A Console (compressor) channel strip effects emulators
- iZotope Ozone 8 Elements - mostly for Maximizer on every track!
Audient iD14 USB audio interface (with Burr Brown DA converters) - Ultimate Ears UE7 Pro custom in-ear monitors (made in 2005)
- Sony MDR7506 headphones
- Pair of KRK Rokit 5 G3 powered monitors on foam isolation pads
- One KRK 10S powered sub
- 12 custom-built 48"x17"x3" fabric and Rockwool "Safe'n'Sound" batt insulation acoustic panels
Thanks for being a great guest, Marcus!
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