But it also occurs to me that this is a use case where I could see value in machine learning tools
to recreate the cadence and art of the delivery cleanly from existing sources would make these much more accessible to modern audiences.
Reading King is not the same as hearing him speak. And I'm not normally one to listen to speeches.
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I have a 16-disc (!) set of sermons and speeches by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that recently I got from a library fundraising sale for like a dollar.
The audio quality in some of the early stuff especially is very poor, owing in part to the circumstances of recording and in part to the limitations of available technology.
A lot could be done with modern software to clean this up, so I'm going to give it a swing as an exercise.
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After spending part of the last week trying to figure out a good workflow for noise reduction in problematic spoken word audio
(and documenting it here https://venya.soundslike.pro/blog/2025/05/meeting-acx-audible-standards-with-adobe-audition-and-reaper/)
I am now playing on hard mode by trying to fix up audio from an outdoor wedding recorded on a not-close Zoom H4N under a local airport flight path
Some #LessonsLearned on using #AdobeAudition to remove background noise and make #AudioBook recordings comply with ACX standards for #Audible
(and because that's how I roll, how to do it in #ReaperDAW, too)
Hey #LinuxAudio geeks, anyone succeeded using multiple #proAudio cards with #pipewire? I have a RME HDSPe MADI (with a massive 32 in rack) and a RME HDSPe RayDAT (with a modest 8x8 in/out rack). In pipewire, I only see the MADI card. I have 0 DA converter on MADI so it's basically useless: I have *zero* working outputs with Pipewire.
I can run jackd over pipewire and it works, but gets unreliable: the bridge from jack to pw regularly drops under load, requiring a restart of jackd.
Ideas?
I have been asked last minute to do sound for a funeral.
I did not get to test anything before it started so I'm leaning pretty heavily on the default configuration.
I have so many questions about this EQ curve but I'm not about to mess with it during a eulogy.
Freelance is (in this case) another word for "unemployed"
but I'm staying busy
Scheduled an interview on Thursday for a studio internship. #Nashville #ProAudio
In a world where everyone is waiting to copy other's ideas just to get a head start, I've chosen to share my thoughts on products & features openly, knowing well that some of them can make it big (some already did as #musictech products you might know)
Periodic update:
- graduated from my studio engineering program
- minor medical things
- more background on the song we released CC-BY-SA this week
Recording a session guitar player to wax cylinder
as one does
@nielso @patricklang I think that some manufacturers will offer better support for #linuxaudio on their own in the future. That's wishful thinking of course, but I'm convinced that the situation will get better with #proaudio #hardware on #linux. 
https://www.europesays.com/1748383/ Renkus-Heinz clarifies audio at 14th century Croatian church #croatia #HousesOfWorship #hrvatska #LavProjekt #ProAudio #RenkusHeinz #vijesti
At school we work with priceless vintage gear all of the time. We are setting up signal chains full of the classic stuff, sometimes weird mics or preamps that like only 50 were made and John McBride bought 4 of them
That stuff is really cool
And you do NOT need it to make excellent music. Spend your money elsewhere. Learn the plugins that came with your #DAW, save yourself $10,000.
In the mix of life, be the signal, not the noise.
And when you aren't the signal, be the carrier for someone else's signal.
And sometimes the world could use a filter or EQ or compressor, and that's good work, too.
A lot of little signals could use a good pre-amp, and that is a real calling.
Strive for good balance, and only hard pan when the song requires it.
And once the music is really good
make it loud.
Dearest friends, do you have a solid book recommendation in #music, #ProAudio, #MusicProduction, #AudioProduction, #Recording, or the like?
Consider suggesting it for inclusion in our #BookWyrm reading lists, or (even better!) consider joining the #FediverseSound group on BookWyrm to help us curate such resources.
Why? Because good books are often expensive, but never as expensive as bad books.
Cleanup from the party last night (and getting the studio back into functional condition again) took about 3.5 hours this afternoon, so I had to send my regrets to band rehearsal, but it was more fun cleaning up than actually being at the party, and afterward Mitch Dane talked with us quite a bit and answered questions and ordered us pizza. SUPER nice guy, very thoughtful and friendly.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Dane
#ProAudio #SputnikSound #Nashville
What does a holiday party at #SputnikSound look like before the (hundreds of) guests arrive?
Shiny.
Edit: the white and blue rooms are the domain of Vance Powell. Mitch Dane prefers the colored lights.
I may never go anywhere in music, but I did once staff a holiday party at Sputnik and drink some of Vance Powell's bourbon, so there's that.
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