Chris’s Dynamic Compressor

A behind-the-scenes look at complicated podcast episodes

Hear from the inside and hindsight of how Daniel planned and organized the massive 100th episode, and hear tips for working with any other complicated podcast with lots of feedback, notes, and ideas.

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Live calls, chatrooms, Audacity plugins, and podcast cards [Feedback]

How to take live phone or Skype calls, managing Audacity plugins, effectiveness of podcast cards, live-streaming a Skype conversation, how to get a chatroom, and multiple USB mics/inputs on Windows.

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Audacity Compressor Showdown

The contestants: Audacity’s built-in compressor, Chris’s Dynamic Compressor, C3 Multiband Compressor, and Levelator. I was personally surprised by the winner.

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Death of Chris Capel, Creator of Chris’s Dynamic Compressor for Audacity

With great sadness, I must tell you that I that Chris Capel, the creator of Chris’s Dynamic Compressor plugin for Audacity, died near the middle of April, 2011.

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Podcasting with Software Compressors vs. Hardware Compressors

Compression, expansion, noise gate, threshold, ratio—what does it all mean? Should you use a software audio compressor, or a hardware compressor?

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