Jeff Emtman
@jeffemtman.com
Sound designer and podcast editor in Berlin, Germany. Maker of the documentary podcast Here Be Monsters (https://HBMpodcast.com) and the procedural podcast Neutrinowatch (https://neutrinowatch.org).
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@brendanpbaker.bsky.social Thank you for requesting this. I was getting quite confused about unexpected normalization results. Saw they integrated the fix.
forum.cockos.com/showthread.p...
forum.cockos.com/showthread.p...
Normalize + "Adjust mono media -3dB" should apply to "take channel mode: mono" - Cockos Incorporated Forums
Normalize + "Adjust mono media -3dB" should apply to "take channel mode: mono" REAPER Bug Reports
forum.cockos.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:36 PM
@brendanpbaker.bsky.social Thank you for requesting this. I was getting quite confused about unexpected normalization results. Saw they integrated the fix.
forum.cockos.com/showthread.p...
forum.cockos.com/showthread.p...
I've used quite a lot of cassette tape emulation plugins for #sounddesign and I'm coming to the conclusion that Spectral Audio's (now) free OSC-45 sounds the nicest of them all. Beautiful saturation and wow/flutter emulation. archive.org/details/ocs-...
October 31, 2025 at 10:16 AM
I've used quite a lot of cassette tape emulation plugins for #sounddesign and I'm coming to the conclusion that Spectral Audio's (now) free OSC-45 sounds the nicest of them all. Beautiful saturation and wow/flutter emulation. archive.org/details/ocs-...
I certainly hope that if you need the group rate on duct cleaning you'd come to me first and not those other hacks.
October 26, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I certainly hope that if you need the group rate on duct cleaning you'd come to me first and not those other hacks.
New Neutrinowatch episode is out. Also come watch us (@martinaustwick.bsky.social) perform at Podfest tonight!
www.podfestberlin.com/2025-festival
www.podfestberlin.com/2025-festival
Ello! Top lad @jeffemtman.com just published a new episode of Neutrinowatch! "Best of the Manosphere" is a daily distillation of all the best bits of your favourite manpods into a wonderful piece of art. It's the idea-summarizing, trailblazing, time-saving game-changer! pod.link/1567632084/e...
pod.link
October 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
New Neutrinowatch episode is out. Also come watch us (@martinaustwick.bsky.social) perform at Podfest tonight!
www.podfestberlin.com/2025-festival
www.podfestberlin.com/2025-festival
Reposted by Jeff Emtman
Ello! Top lad @jeffemtman.com just published a new episode of Neutrinowatch! "Best of the Manosphere" is a daily distillation of all the best bits of your favourite manpods into a wonderful piece of art. It's the idea-summarizing, trailblazing, time-saving game-changer! pod.link/1567632084/e...
pod.link
October 18, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Ello! Top lad @jeffemtman.com just published a new episode of Neutrinowatch! "Best of the Manosphere" is a daily distillation of all the best bits of your favourite manpods into a wonderful piece of art. It's the idea-summarizing, trailblazing, time-saving game-changer! pod.link/1567632084/e...
Look at this nice picture of me pushing @martinaustwick.bsky.social out of the way. Thank you XMTR for having us there to perform our weird Neutrinowatch stuff. and thank you Rachel Manns for the photo. More of the festival photos here: www.xmtr.fm/festival
October 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Look at this nice picture of me pushing @martinaustwick.bsky.social out of the way. Thank you XMTR for having us there to perform our weird Neutrinowatch stuff. and thank you Rachel Manns for the photo. More of the festival photos here: www.xmtr.fm/festival
If anyone's coming to Berlin for #prixeuropa, I'd love to meet up for coffee.
October 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
If anyone's coming to Berlin for #prixeuropa, I'd love to meet up for coffee.
and that's just the ones I remember
August 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
and that's just the ones I remember
Reading the changelog for #reaperdaw 7.43 and five things caught my eye as someone who uses the Reaper mostly for sound design and podcast editing.
(1/8)
(1/8)
August 15, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Reading the changelog for #reaperdaw 7.43 and five things caught my eye as someone who uses the Reaper mostly for sound design and podcast editing.
(1/8)
(1/8)
I swear I'm not a robot—I just like my dashes long like a dachshund.
July 29, 2025 at 9:19 AM
I swear I'm not a robot—I just like my dashes long like a dachshund.
Another day, another new and interesting way to ruin my life with #reaperdaw <3
--> Script: acendan_Insert random FX plugin on selected track.lua
--> Script: acendan_Insert random FX plugin on selected track.lua
July 25, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Another day, another new and interesting way to ruin my life with #reaperdaw <3
--> Script: acendan_Insert random FX plugin on selected track.lua
--> Script: acendan_Insert random FX plugin on selected track.lua
Anyone have little-known mixing plugins they swear by?
The one I'm reliant on is Voice Of Snow, which is a GUI-less free plugin that separates sound into its noisy and tonal parts. Can instantly add or remove texture.
www.kvraudio.com/product/voic... #mixing #audioproduction #sounddesign
The one I'm reliant on is Voice Of Snow, which is a GUI-less free plugin that separates sound into its noisy and tonal parts. Can instantly add or remove texture.
www.kvraudio.com/product/voic... #mixing #audioproduction #sounddesign
voiceofsnow by sundevstudio - Exciter / Enhancer Plugin VST Audio Unit
voiceofsnow is experimental GUI-less plugin. It uses spectral analysis to split the input signal into noise and tone components. You can app...
www.kvraudio.com
July 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Anyone have little-known mixing plugins they swear by?
The one I'm reliant on is Voice Of Snow, which is a GUI-less free plugin that separates sound into its noisy and tonal parts. Can instantly add or remove texture.
www.kvraudio.com/product/voic... #mixing #audioproduction #sounddesign
The one I'm reliant on is Voice Of Snow, which is a GUI-less free plugin that separates sound into its noisy and tonal parts. Can instantly add or remove texture.
www.kvraudio.com/product/voic... #mixing #audioproduction #sounddesign
Just found out that bluesky lets you change your user handle to your website. Thankfully, they reserve your old handle for you too if you change your mind later.
bsky.social/about/blog/4...
bsky.social/about/blog/4...
July 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Just found out that bluesky lets you change your user handle to your website. Thankfully, they reserve your old handle for you too if you change your mind later.
bsky.social/about/blog/4...
bsky.social/about/blog/4...
EQ matching is hard for me and I need all the help I can get. Currently trial-ing FabFilter Pro-Q4:
- EQ match gave better result than any other I tried
- Perpetual license
- No iLok
- Uncluttered interface
I truly don't want to spend this much money on an EQ, but seems worth it?
- EQ match gave better result than any other I tried
- Perpetual license
- No iLok
- Uncluttered interface
I truly don't want to spend this much money on an EQ, but seems worth it?
April 4, 2025 at 9:08 AM
EQ matching is hard for me and I need all the help I can get. Currently trial-ing FabFilter Pro-Q4:
- EQ match gave better result than any other I tried
- Perpetual license
- No iLok
- Uncluttered interface
I truly don't want to spend this much money on an EQ, but seems worth it?
- EQ match gave better result than any other I tried
- Perpetual license
- No iLok
- Uncluttered interface
I truly don't want to spend this much money on an EQ, but seems worth it?
Something that helps me when I'm mixing complex ambiences is Reaper's mode where a track can become a 2-D canvas with resizable blocks. This allows for fades that would otherwise be impossible.
Right click a track in the track control panel and select "Free Item Positioning Mode" #ReaperDAW
Right click a track in the track control panel and select "Free Item Positioning Mode" #ReaperDAW
March 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Something that helps me when I'm mixing complex ambiences is Reaper's mode where a track can become a 2-D canvas with resizable blocks. This allows for fades that would otherwise be impossible.
Right click a track in the track control panel and select "Free Item Positioning Mode" #ReaperDAW
Right click a track in the track control panel and select "Free Item Positioning Mode" #ReaperDAW
This new feature for ripple editing on item edge in #reaperDAW 7.35 is pretty nice. I really wish it worked on the left edge too though.
March 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
This new feature for ripple editing on item edge in #reaperDAW 7.35 is pretty nice. I really wish it worked on the left edge too though.
Made a script for #reaperDAW that lets you select adjacent items. Helpful for me with #podcastediting, saving me from zooming in each time to grab a clump of clips. Sound on for my explanation.
Feel free to download, edit, and share.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Feel free to download, edit, and share.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
March 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Made a script for #reaperDAW that lets you select adjacent items. Helpful for me with #podcastediting, saving me from zooming in each time to grab a clump of clips. Sound on for my explanation.
Feel free to download, edit, and share.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Feel free to download, edit, and share.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Sometimes I'll learn a German compound word and think that it's odd. And then I realize the English word is equally odd.
Brust = breast
Korb = basket
Brustkorb = breastbasket, aka. ribcage.
Rib cage??
Brust = breast
Korb = basket
Brustkorb = breastbasket, aka. ribcage.
Rib cage??
March 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Sometimes I'll learn a German compound word and think that it's odd. And then I realize the English word is equally odd.
Brust = breast
Korb = basket
Brustkorb = breastbasket, aka. ribcage.
Rib cage??
Brust = breast
Korb = basket
Brustkorb = breastbasket, aka. ribcage.
Rib cage??
I've just published an episode for Long Live the New Sound:
The Best of Joe Rogan: #2268 - #2270
longlivethenewsound.com/episodes/the...
The Best of Joe Rogan: #2268 - #2270
longlivethenewsound.com/episodes/the...
longlivethenewsound.com
Four episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience without words. Parody and criticism.
longlivethenewsound.com
March 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I've just published an episode for Long Live the New Sound:
The Best of Joe Rogan: #2268 - #2270
longlivethenewsound.com/episodes/the...
The Best of Joe Rogan: #2268 - #2270
longlivethenewsound.com/episodes/the...
Audio editors: How are lowering dialog breaths in your audio? I've tried some of the automated solutions and (even with careful tweaking) have never found them reliable enough to actually use. I always revert to manually doing it.
March 5, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Audio editors: How are lowering dialog breaths in your audio? I've tried some of the automated solutions and (even with careful tweaking) have never found them reliable enough to actually use. I always revert to manually doing it.
Stop using those scummy "youtube downloader" sites.
To my journo / editor friends, JDownloader is the best easiest way to get material off streaming sites and into your DAW/NLE. You can even pick video quality options, or just DL the audio, or the transcript.
jdownloader.org/download/index
To my journo / editor friends, JDownloader is the best easiest way to get material off streaming sites and into your DAW/NLE. You can even pick video quality options, or just DL the audio, or the transcript.
jdownloader.org/download/index
JDownloader.org - Official Homepage
jdownloader.org
March 4, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Stop using those scummy "youtube downloader" sites.
To my journo / editor friends, JDownloader is the best easiest way to get material off streaming sites and into your DAW/NLE. You can even pick video quality options, or just DL the audio, or the transcript.
jdownloader.org/download/index
To my journo / editor friends, JDownloader is the best easiest way to get material off streaming sites and into your DAW/NLE. You can even pick video quality options, or just DL the audio, or the transcript.
jdownloader.org/download/index
For interviews recorded in stereo (and other field tape) I find this #reaperDAW script helpful:
nofish_Normalize take pan (Loudness based).lua
It pans the item so that left and right are equally loud. It is a quick way to put off-center voices in the middle.
nofish_Normalize take pan (Loudness based).lua
It pans the item so that left and right are equally loud. It is a quick way to put off-center voices in the middle.
February 25, 2025 at 9:07 AM
For interviews recorded in stereo (and other field tape) I find this #reaperDAW script helpful:
nofish_Normalize take pan (Loudness based).lua
It pans the item so that left and right are equally loud. It is a quick way to put off-center voices in the middle.
nofish_Normalize take pan (Loudness based).lua
It pans the item so that left and right are equally loud. It is a quick way to put off-center voices in the middle.
Came across a commotion outside the grocery store: two people arguing about a splattered carton of yogurt while a yogurt-speckled dog goes to town on the mess.
February 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Came across a commotion outside the grocery store: two people arguing about a splattered carton of yogurt while a yogurt-speckled dog goes to town on the mess.