Larry Jordan and Gary Rosen discuss Pliant’s focus on wireless intercom systems, where they are used, the challenges in building them and a look at their latest features.
Larry Jordan and Jenn Liang-Chaboud discuss how to pick the right microphone for your project, how to choose between wireless and wired mics, and Shure’s latest announcements at the show.
Larry Jordan and Chris Spahr discuss wireless audio transmitters and receivers, the unique characteristics of Wisycom wireless systems, and new products Wisycom announced at the show
Larry Jordan and Chris Spahr discuss why microphone size does not determine audio quality, new features in DPA mics, why DPA mics are used in noisy situations, and how to pick the right microphone for your project.
Larry Jordan and Paul Isaacs discuss Sound Device’s relentless focus on audio quality, their recent acquisition by Audiotonix and its impact on product development, and Sound Device’s move into live audio and microphones.
At the recent the 2025 NAB Show in Las Vegas, I sat down with Blackmagic’s audio gurus to learn more about the Fairlight page. What I learned made a big difference in the sound of my projects. Here are three secrets that I’m now using in every project.
I’m recording 65 video interviews at the 2025 NAB Show in Las Vegas next week. Here’s the gear we are using and why I picked it.
Back in late, 2022, I asked readers to share how they recorded audio in their productions. Twelve editors responded with photos, gear, and descriptions. Here’s what they reported – photos, gear, and comments.
Apple released the latest version of Final Cut Pro (11.1) last week, with several helpful new features Here are the details on what they are and how they work.
Whether you’re working on a film, a podcast, or a YouTube video, getting the audio right is crucial for your project to shine. In this guest post, Abdul Jabbar describes the importance of creating good audio in post-production.
DaVinci Resolve has a preference with a default setting that makes editing audio almost impossible. Here’s which preference to change and how to edit audio in very small increments, easily and accurately, using the Fairlight page in DaVinci Resolve 19.
One of the highlight features in the latest version of Adobe Premiere Pro is the Properties panel. Here’s an illustrated tutorial on how it works.
Audio normalization makes one or more selected audio clips louder, without creating distortion, by raising the gain (audio level) of each clip such that the loudest portion of each clip does not exceed the level that you specify. This tutorial explains when to use it and when you should not.
It appears as a bug during audio dialog editing in DaVinci Resolve 19. What it ACTUALLY is, is a preference that defaults to the wrong setting.
Here’s a detailed look at how I recorded my interviews at the NAB Show New York. This goes into detail in terms of how I edited, how clips were named and the audio effects and settings I used.
In this interview, Larry Jordan and Kari Eythorsson discuss how Clear-Com began in the rock palaces of 1960’s San Fransisco, how they evolved a cloud-based intercom solution and began offering communications on a per-project basis.
In this interview, Larry and Costa discuss how the Telos Alliance got its name, its view of the marketplace and why their tagline is “Love what you hear” and how they make audio better.
There are several reasons why you might want to send a project from Premiere Pro to DaVinci Resolve: For example, to create more complex effects in Fusion or more detailed color correction on the Color page. If you do, you also need to know how to get those files there and back.
There are several reasons why you might want to send a project from Final Cut Pro to DaVinci Resolve: For example, to mix the audio in Fairlight or do more detailed color correction on the Color page. If you do, you also need to know how to get those files there and back.
The Fairlight audio page in Resolve has very sophisticated audio recording capability. But it certainly isn’t intuitive. In this short video, Larry Jordan shows how to record audio narration in Resolve.
In spite of our best efforts, all too often we have audio that has problems: too much noise or hum. In this short video, Larry Jordan shows how to use Resolve’s audio effects to fix both those problems.
The Røde Podcaster Pro II is a beautiful machine, damaged by poor documentation, led astray by poorly-trained and over-stretched technical support, and done in by inadequate attention to audio levels; especially regarding live streaming – for which it was originally designed. It is fine as the front-end to a DAW, but very expensive to use just for that purpose.
“Ducking” is the process of lowering the audio level of background music or background sounds during dialog. Resolve has a blindingly fast way to do this automatically – without keyframes. It’s called “sidechaining.” Here’s how it works.
Hidden in the Fairlight audio page interface are several tools which can quickly optimize dialog for quality and levels in DaVinci Resolve. Here’s what they are, how they work and how to set them for best results.
Fx badges are hidden in plain sight in every Premiere Pro clip. But, what you may not know is how much they can speed adding and modifying audio and video effects. In this short video, Larry Jordan shows where these are, how they work and the tricks you can put them through.
Premier Pro stole a very useful audio technique from Audition and added interactive fade handles to every audio clip. In this short video, Larry Jordan illustrates what these are, how they work and when to use them.
Adobe added a variety of new features to enhance markers and text editing in two recent releases. This includes better searches, smoother edits and faster performance. Larry Jordan illustrates these new features in this short video.
Looking for reputable video or audio plugins that “the pro’s use?” Recently Larry Jordan surveyed his audience to learn the answer to that question. Here are the results.
Auditions are a little-understood feature in Apple Final Cut Pro which quickly allow instant comparisons between clips. While comparing video clips is probably the most common use, even more helpful is using Auditions to compare audio clips. Here’s how.
Adobe announced new versions of Premiere Pro, Media Encoder, and Audition at the NAB Show in April. Last week, they released them. Here’s what’s new.
There you are, immersed in creating your next epic – Ghost King Arising – when you are struck by a thought. “What, exactly, does a ghost king sound like?” Here are two audio effects in Apple Final Cut Pro – Alien and Spectral Gate – that you can use to answer that question.
As many of us turn to remote production, we face a bewildering array of standards and protocols to move media around the web. This tutorial explains the leading protocols, what they do and who uses them.
The Warm Audio WA-87 R2 is a studio microphone with a great sound. Here’s my review, including an audio comparison between three different narration mics, along with situations where it works – and where it doesn’t. Basically, this sounds better than any other narration mic I’ve ever used. An audio sample is included so you can hear it for yourself.
The Lewitt Ray microphone, with Aura technology, is a well-designed, well-built, good-sounding mic that has a sound worthy of its price. The Aura technology works and, for some, will be a valuable mixing assistant. Here’s Larry Jordan’s review.
This is a video interview with Gordon Kapes, President of Studio Technologies. Studio Technologies makes custom audio gear, like language interpreter systems. Here he describes the company and introduces its newest products, plus their support for Dante & ST2110 audio over IP.
This is a video interview with Matthew Lott, Regional Sales Manager for Pliant Technologies. Pliant makes intercom systems for live events, and introduced several new products at NAB. Matthew also discussed picking an intercom system in today’s crowded wireless spectrum.
This is a video interview with Vincent Gabriel Antonini, Business Development Manager for DPA Microphones. Gabriel presents their latest product: a rugged windscreen for very small mics, plus an analysis of audio trends affecting microphone development.
This is a video interview with Dave Letson, VP of Sales for CalRec Audio. CalRec specializes in audio consoles and mixing for broadcast and large live events. He discuses their products and their latest releases for NAB.
This is a video interview with Laura Davidson, Senior Market Development Manager for Shure. She explains that Shure makes audio products, including industry-leading microphones. She presents their new releases for NAB, discusses wireless bandwidth issues, and explains what questions to ask when picking a mic.
This is a video interview with Freddy Vinehill-Cliffe, Product Specialist for NUGEN Audio. Freddy shares how their essential audio plugins for ProTools work, then highlights their latest updates.
This is a video interview with Simon Fearn, Chief Technology Office of Marquis. He explains Marquis Medway and how it is central to many news, production and live video acquisition workflows, their latest releases for NAB, and describes the trends they are watching in media this year.
This is a video interview with Freddy Gately, VP of Sales & Marketing for VocalBooth.com. He discusses what VocalBooth.com is, how it got started, why quiet ventilation is essential, and their two new sound deadening booths for NAB this year.
A video interview with Francis Crossman, Principal Product Manager for Premiere Pro at Adobe Systems, on their new announcements at the 2024 NAB Show, along with comments on the impact of AI..
Here’s a list of the companies we are interviewing at the 2024 NAB Show along with links to watch them.
Here are the settings you need to use when sending a file from Adobe Premiere Pro to Avid Pro Tools for audio mixing.
Most of the time, syncing clips to be frame accurate is good enough. But, sometimes you need more precision. This tutorial illustrates how to slip audio inside the frame in 1/80th of a frame increments using Apple Final Cut Pro.
Most of the time, syncing audio and video clips within a frame works fine. But, when you need to get really precise alignment – down to the millisecond – Premiere provides a way that makes it easy. Here’s how.
In this short video, Larry Jordan explains the potential causes of audio drop-outs during video editing. He’ll also provide some ideas on where to look for a fix.
Apple updated Final Cut Pro to version 10.7 and included a number of new features. Here are details on three that are especially useful: Timeline scrolling, collapsing clips and faster H.264 and HEVC exports.
A typical problem when I record Zoom calls or screen captures is that the audio and video are out of sync. Here are three ways to sync clips, with one being the best option.
