MY EQUIPMENT

Over the years of testing microphones, plug-ins, various audio tools and interfaces, my current VO recording kit consists of Sennheiser MKH 416 and RME UCX. With a good quality cables and well tuned recording space I can safely promise to deliver broadcast quality recordings. For studio monitoring and basic mastering job I am using Grace Design m900 DAC converter and amplifier.

When it comes to field audio, ORTF stereo pair of Sennheiser MKH8040 microphones is probably the best combo that money can buy. Especially for quiet and detailed recordings. On the other hand little Nagra SD, with a clip-on green stereo microphone, captures sound beautifully being slightly larger than a pack of cigarettes.

My go to DAW for voice recordings and long form editing (podcasts, audiobooks) is Adobe Audition. When mixing dialogue with higher number of tracks and plugins, I prefer a very stable and predictable Avid Pro Tools. For de-noising and sound restoration I am using the Izotope RX.

For video editing jobs, subtitling and rendering - Adobe Premiere Pro on a Dell Precision workstation with 128 GB of RAM and Nvidia GPU with 16 GB.

STUDIO RECORDING INTERFACE & PREAMPS: RME UCX, Sound Devices Mixpre 6ii

STUDIO & LOCATION MONITORING: Adam A3X, Genelec 8010A, Avantone Mix Cubes, MDR 7506, HD25, and DT150 headphones, Grace Design m900 mastering amp.

LOCATION RECORDING: Sound Devices MixPre-6ii with NoiseAssist and MixAssist plugins, Nagra SD field recorder, Lectrosonics SPDR dual channel recorder with timecode.

MICROPHONES: Sennheiser MKH 416, Sennheiser MKH 8040 stereo pair, DPA 4060 lavaliers, stereo pair of Micbooster clippy

WIRELESS SETS: Sennheiser G4,

TIMECODE: Tentacle Sync E

ACCESSORIES: Orca bags, Rycote blimps, K-tech boom pole (3.5m), Swit NP1 batteries

DAW & SOFTWARE: Mac based Avid Pro Tools and Adobe Audition CC, PC for video rendering, Izotope RX 11 Advanced, Izotope Neutron 2 Advanced, RX Loudness Control

VIDEO EDITING: Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro X.