DIY Recording Equipment Podcast
1) Designing Legendary Gear with Paul Wolff
Paul Wolff has designed more legendary pieces of gear than most of us have used. In his years with API alone, Paul designed the 550B EQ, 512 and 3124 mic preamps, Legacy console, and 2500 compressor. ...Show More
2) Analog Synth DIY with Abby Echiverri
I've often fantasized about building a huge analog synth. But besides the obstacles of cost and not having a spare room in my house for it, I've always found the DIY synth world to be a bit intimidati...Show More
3) Chassis Design with Jon Erickson
We audio nerds love to talk about particular parts and circuitry—transformers, op-amps, discrete vs integrated, passive vs active, etc—but we rarely discuss the biggest part and the one we actually in...Show More
4) "Explain Like I'm 5": Why Is Pro Audio Gear So Expensive?
Sticker shock is a common malady in the recording world. It takes a lot of money to outfit and maintain a studio. But why? What are the factors that drive the price of professional recording gear? Why...Show More
5) "Explain Like I'm 5": Filters
How do filters work? As audio engineers, we use filters every day. We're all intimately familiar with high-pass, low-pass, band-pass, shelf, etc. filters. But how do they actually work in analog gear?...Show More
6) “Explain Like I’m 5″: Audio Levels
What's the difference between "pro" and "consumer" line levels? Is it ok to plug an instrument into a line level input? What's the difference between peak and RMS levels? In the long-awaited return of...Show More
7) Talking Tubes with DW Fearn
DW Fearn knows tubes. Since he rediscovered the sound of tubes in 1991, DW (Doug) has crafted a legendary line of all-tube, all-red-front-paneled recording gear. In April I had the pleasure of visitin...Show More
8) "Explain Like I'm 5": Impedance
When I sent out the newsletter announcing the last "Explain Like I'm 5 Podcast," I asked which audio topics you wanted to hear explained to a 5-year-old. As as result I now have a list of over 25 topi...Show More
9) "Explain Like I'm 5": Balanced vs. Unbalanced Connections
This podcast marks the first of a new series in which I attempt to explain complex audio subjects so that a 5-year-old could understand them. In this first "Explain Like I'm 5" podcast, I tackle the i...Show More
10) Mic Preamps and Surface-Mount Parts with Expat Audio
In this month's DIY podcast, I talk to Dafydd Roche of Expat Audio about their new Eden Mic Preamp. Download the mp3 or listen on iTunes . Subscribe to the DIYRE podcast Dafydd and I get into some goo...Show More