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6 Podcasting Lifehacks to Make Your Workflow Flow
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Here are some tricks to make life easier around the studio, so you can get to what matters most
A thread covering the topic.Here are some tricks to make life easier around the studio, so you can get to what matters most
No.1 - Use Checklists.
Checklists are an essential part of my entire workflow. With so many hats to wear from prep to release, steps can get overlooked and details can get lost. Having a checklist for all of your repetitive tasks and settings saves time and bandwidth.
Checklists are an essential part of my entire workflow. With so many hats to wear from prep to release, steps can get overlooked and details can get lost. Having a checklist for all of your repetitive tasks and settings saves time and bandwidth.
Checklists let you focus on more nuanced details without being distracted over whether or not you remembered to arm a track before you hit record. Or remembered to hit record.
No.2 - Cable Managment/Binder Clip
For the latest in cable management and storage technology, look no further than the humble binder clip. In addition to holding scripts and documents together, binder clips are more often seen in my studio managing my assortment of cables.
For the latest in cable management and storage technology, look no further than the humble binder clip. In addition to holding scripts and documents together, binder clips are more often seen in my studio managing my assortment of cables.
Clip several to your desk or work surface and feed your cables through to keep them organized, tidy, and quickly accessible without getting lost. There are hundreds of uses for binder clips, from headphone holders, to microphone clips.
No.3 - Cable Managment/Gaffer Tape
Not to be confused with duct tape, gaffer tape is stronger and more versatile, if a little more expensive. Gaffer tape is designed for use by A/V and theatre professionals. It's strong enough to hold microphones in place.
Not to be confused with duct tape, gaffer tape is stronger and more versatile, if a little more expensive. Gaffer tape is designed for use by A/V and theatre professionals. It's strong enough to hold microphones in place.
Great for taping cables to the floor to prevent trip hazards, and makes for great temporary cable management. Gaffe tape can be removed and reapplied and doesn't leaves a sticky residue.
No.4 - Windscreens/Nylons and Socks
Okay. Pop filters and windscreens aren't the most expensive budget item. But if you don't have one lying around, when you need them, you need them.
Okay. Pop filters and windscreens aren't the most expensive budget item. But if you don't have one lying around, when you need them, you need them.
Nylons make fantastic pop screens. Wrap one around a ring like an embroidery hoop or a cut of some 4 inch PVC. A wire hanger gives the support you need to attach it to your mic stand (Using Gaffer Tape. Or a binder clip, perhaps).
No.5 - Shock Mount/Hair Ties
Got a shock mount? Keep losing the elastic rings that come with it? Hairbands and elastic bands make a suitable shockmount, so long as they hold enough tension to support the microphone without it touching the frame.
Got a shock mount? Keep losing the elastic rings that come with it? Hairbands and elastic bands make a suitable shockmount, so long as they hold enough tension to support the microphone without it touching the frame.
No.6 - Instant Audio Booth/Sound Blankets
I cannot stress enough the value of sound blankets in controlling the reverb in an audio space. We use these in film, field recording and in the studio to make baffles and booths.
I cannot stress enough the value of sound blankets in controlling the reverb in an audio space. We use these in film, field recording and in the studio to make baffles and booths.
They're durable, easily found (they're known as quilted moving blankets, officially) and inexpensive (In the U.S. Harbor Freight sells them for about $9). They can be easily hung to bars and studs using spring clamps.
Final ThoughtsPodcasting workflows are personal. Each person or team has a method of doing things, whether for continuity, or for simplifying the brain bandwidth of a workflow. How about you? What's you're favorite audio lifehack? Fire us a tweet and let us know!
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