Intro to Technical Podcast Production
The Acoustic of a Room
A course by Tom Kelly , Audio Engineer and Podcaster
About the video: The Acoustic of a Room
Overview
“A great-sounding recording is dependent on a great-sounding environment. In this lesson, I will explain how the room you record in impacts the quality of your recording.”
In this video lesson Tom Kelly addresses the topic: The Acoustic of a Room, which is part of the Domestika online course: Intro to Technical Podcast Production. Learn the fundamentals of audio production to record, edit, mix, and publish podcasts like a professional.
Partial transcription of the video
“ The Acoustic of a Room In this lesson, we're going to learn a little bit about how sound travels and how it interacts with your recording space. We're going to learn some of the fundamental flaws of recording in a small room such as a bedroom. But also we're going to learn how we can manipulate our space into a place that is great for recording. First, we need to learn a bit about how our environment will impact our voice in a recording. When we speak into a microphone, our voice goes directly into the microphone. But what also happens is that our voice goes in every direction imaginable,...”
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Course summary for: Intro to Technical Podcast Production
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Audio, Music Production, Podcasting

Tom Kelly
A course by Tom Kelly
Tom Kelly is an audio engineer and podcaster based in North Carolina, USA. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in audio engineering, he worked a series of jobs in the industry until he discovered his calling in podcasts. He went on to found Clean Cut Audio and now specializes in producing shows from start to finish. He’s passionate about mastering the little technical details to create engaging audio experiences.
Tom has worked on some of the world’s most-listened-to podcasts, such as The Always Sunny Podcast, The Drive with Peter Attia and True Crime Obsessed. He’s also edited interviews with the likes of Hugh Jackman and Olympic gold medalist Apolo Anton Ohno.
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