6 new podcasts worth hearing: VR audio production, selling sound effects, bass fear, elephant sounds & much more:

On Tonebenders, hear a discussion about selling SFX, covering everything from metadata to distribution. On Soundworks, listen to a panel dicussion about VR sound design with pros from Skywalker Sound, Pyramind, Subpac, and Dysonics. On The Mastering Show, Ian and Jon discuss strategies for achieving a clean, clear low end. On The Right Scuff, hear an interview with Kitty Malone, a dancer turned actress turned Foley artist who recreated every step by Joel Grey and Liza Minnelli in Cabaret. She’s also done Foley on classics such as The Exorcist, Star Wars, Apocalypse Now and many more. On the Six Figure Home Studio Podcast, get inspired with a discussion about checklists and how they will transform how you work. And finally, the AudioNowcast features Bret Johns and how he recorded an elephant sound library in Thailand. Happy listening!

Episode outline: ‘This week we are featuring a special event hosted by Pyramind studios based in San Francisco who hosted a panel on VR Sound Design.

This panel was moderated by Greg Gordon, CEO and Creative Director of Pyramind and included Sharosh Khuwaja from Subpac, Kevin Bolen from Skywalker Sound, David Grunzweig from Dysonics and Brennan Anderson from Pyramind.’

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Episode outline: ‘In this episode of The Right Scuff we interview Kitty Malone!’

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Episode outline: ‘Timothy and Teresa were recently in Montreal and gathered some of the city’s top SFX recordists and curators to sit down and talk with us. We discuss every aspect of the process of releasing a SFX library for sale, from initially recording the sounds all the way to metadata and distribution strategies. If you were ever thinking about putting out your own SFX library this is a goldmine of information.’

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Episode outline: ‘We all want great low end – deep, fat, solid and punchy. But it can be one of the hardest things to get right – especially knowing how much of it is needed. Too much bass can sound boomy, flabby, muddy or dull.

And as a result, it’s easy to be scared of bass. It’s easier to be cautious and avoid all those possible problems, right ? Well, maybe. Except if the low end isn’t working in your master, you risk the opposite problem – everything can sound weak, thin and harsh.

In this week’s episode we talk about ways to avoid all these problems, including:

Topics we cover include:

* The one thing you shouldn’t do – and why
* The deceptively simple thing you should always do
* Will a sub-woofer help, or hinder ?
* How EQ for better bass can sometimes make things worse – because phase
* Dynamic EQ versus multiband compression
* How distortion might help
* Ah, duck it’

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Episode outline: ‘Checklists may seem dull and boring, but the reality is this:

Checklists help you to systemize tasks in your business which frees you up to focus on the things that actually matter. The things that actually push the needle in your business.

In this episode, Brian and Chris explain their thought process behind some of the checklists in their business and how you can start implementing them in yours today.’

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Episode outline: ‘AudioNowcast SPACES takes you to Thailand with sound designer Bret Johns to record an elephant sound effects library. You have never seen or heard anything like this before. Join Mike Rodriguez on this incredible Asian adventure of culture, sight and sounds.’

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