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Gain Staging - Episode 2 | SOS Podcast

David Mellor

In the second episode David Mellor focuses on gain staging during recording, by balancing mic input, preamps and gain within your DAW to achieve the optimal sound level.

Show Notes

Chapters

00:00 - Introduction
00:40 - Dynamic Microphones
05:19 - Capacitor Microphones
11:25 - Gain Staging First Step
14:00 - The Preamp
16:39 - Headroom
20:49 - Audio Examples

Listen to Gain Staging Episode 1
Listen to Gain Staging Episode 3
Listen to Gain Staging Episode 4

Presenter: David Mellor - Biog

David Mellor got his start in pro audio through the Tonmeister course at Surrey University studying music, piano performance, acoustics, electronics, electro-acoustics and recording.

He went on to work at London's Royal Opera House, with responsibilities including sound design, front-of-house operation, stage monitoring and electronic design satisfying the likes of Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Karlheinz Stockhausen. David has also had over 600 works published in the field of production music, including the Chappell and Carlin music libraries (now combined into Universal Publishing Production Music). Notable uses of his music include the BBC's Horizon, Fahrenheit 911, and the Oprah Winfrey Show.

David has been actively involved in Audio Education since 1986, teaching students of City of Westminster College and Westminster University, and also returning to lecture at Surrey University. He also worked with John Cage on the International Dance Course at the University of Surrey. David now specialises in online audio education and has been Course Director of Audio Masterclass since 2001.

www.audiomasterclass.com

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