{"id":639957,"date":"2024-09-29T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-29T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-i-podcast-hyperfixeds-alex-goldman\/"},"modified":"2024-09-29T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-29T14:00:00","slug":"how-i-podcast-hyperfixeds-alex-goldman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-i-podcast-hyperfixeds-alex-goldman\/","title":{"rendered":"#How I Podcast: Hyperfixed\u2019s Alex Goldman"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The beauty of podcasting is that anyone can do it. It\u2019s a rare medium that\u2019s nearly as easy to make as it is to consume. And as such, no two people do it exactly the same way. There are a wealth of hardware and software solutions open to potential podcasters, so setups run the gamut from\u00a0NPR\u00a0studios to USB Skype rigs (the latter of which has become a kind of default during the pandemic).<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve asked some of our favorite podcast hosts and producers to highlight their workflows \u2014 the equipment and software they use to get the job done. The list so far includes:<\/p>\n

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Image Credits:<\/strong> Alex Goldman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This week, Alex Goldman shares his setup. A former producer for WNYC\u2019s On the Media<\/a>, Goldman co-founded Reply All with Emmanuel Dzotsi in 2014. The wildly popular Gimlet podcast explored how the internet shapes us \u2014 and vice versa. A decade later, Goldman is back with Radiotopia\u2019s Hyperfixed<\/a>, a \u201chelp desk for life\u2019s most intractable problems,\u201d which he produces from the comfort of his podcasting basement.<\/p>\n

Since the beginning of the pandemic, so much of podcasting is actually done remotely, so you have to make a little space in your house where it\u2019s comfortable to do it. Mine is a little 8\u00d78 room in the basement of my apartment, and it\u2019s surprisingly cozy. So when you listen to my new podcast Hyperfixed<\/a> full of hope, helpfulness, and adventure, know it\u2019s coming from this torture closet.<\/p>\n

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Image Credits:<\/strong> Brian Heater<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I mean, sure, it looks like the cabin in \u201cEvil Dead,\u201d<\/a> but all the gear being on in here keeps it nice and toasty compared to the rest of the basement, and I like to think I\u2019ve made it my own to a certain degree.<\/p>\n

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Image Credits:<\/strong> Brian Heater<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Engineers act like prepping a room to record is difficult, but really it\u2019s about making sure there isn\u2019t too much open space or hard surface for sound to reflect off of. The more cluttered a room, the better prepped it is to record.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why I have this giant Black Sabbath Vol. 4 wall flag. Behind the flag is a wool blanket I\u2019ve hung on some nails to keep the place sounding good, and I just wanted something I\u2019d like looking at. Because that album is so good. \u201cChanges<\/a>\u201d? \u201cSnowblind<\/a>\u201d? Oh my god. To the left and right of my desk are sound baffles that minimize echo, and then all the other crud I\u2019ve filled my office with helps to keep echo down as well.<\/p>\n

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My pegboard full of wires and a couple of expensive devices to make music with.<\/figcaption>
Image Credits:<\/strong> Brian Heater<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I started in public radio, which means that I learned audio editing on Pro Tools, a program that remains the industry standard despite being the most expensive, overpowered, buggy program available to audio editors. Fortunately they have recently started to offer a $10 a month license instead of buying a license outright for $599 like the old days.\u00a0<\/p>\n

My mic is a Shure SM7B, which has been the public radio standard for 20 years, and a mic that, once you know its profile, you will see everywhere. I even saw Metallica\u2019s James Hetfield barking into one recently during a rewatch of \u201cSome Kind of Monster.<\/a>\u201d For audio interfaces, I have a Focusrite 2i2 and a Focusrite 18i8; the former is basically the little brother of the latter. I like the 18i8 because it is very useful for recording directly off your desktop, but the 2i2 doesn\u2019t need to be plugged into the wall, which just makes it easier to use.<\/p>\n

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Image Credits:<\/strong> Brian Heater<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The music for the show is made by either The Mysterious Breakmaster Cylinder<\/a> or myself. I am a very, very amateur musician, but it\u2019s pretty easy, and to do that I most often use the Sequential Circuits Prophet 6 Synthesizer. It\u2019s based on a synth from the early \u201980s (named, believe it or not, the Prophet 5) that was used by folks like Gary Numan, The Cars, and Soft Cell, and it\u2019s just impossible to make a bad sound with it. If I need great big fat synth bass or super thick synth leads, I use the Moog Matriarch, a more temperamental but still really wonderful and versatile synth.<\/p>\n

For drum sounds, I mostly tend to use stock drums from Ableton, but I also have a couple of samplers and drum machines (the Erica Synths LXR-02 and the SOMA Pulsar-23) that I like making little broken beats with. I recorded an album a couple years back under the name Slow Fawns<\/a>, and I have been known to cannibalize those completed songs for music cues on podcasts as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Also I\u2019d be remiss if I didn\u2019t address the elephant in the room, or the rubber glove in the room, as it were. When I started renting this apartment, this room was full of a previous tenant\u2019s junk, and I got it all out and set everything up before I noticed the rubber glove on the floor there, just to the right of my synthesizer. At this point it\u2019s so much a part of the room decor, I barely even notice it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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