One-on-One with
Michael Raphael
Intro to Pro Tools
If you are new to audio or just new to Pro Tools … it can be daunting. Pro Tools is an incredibly deep application that is used not just for podcasts, but also for film, TV, music, audiobooks, and so much more. Not all of these workflows are the same! If you’ve struggled to get started (What are slip and shuffle? What’s automation? Why are my files always missing?) or are just intimidated by the idea, this is the class for you!
Join Michael for a primer in Pro Tools basics. Michael will walk you through best practices for setting up a session, editing within Pro Tools, and a few novel workflows to help you work quickly and confidently. You’ll leave comfortable with the software and ready to dive in on your own.
Dialogue Editing
When should you cut stumbles, stammers, and ums and when should you leave them? What about if your guest makes a weird gulpy breathing sound or snort-laughs like they got milk up their nose or says “like” a lot? Should you cut those? The answer: sometimes.
We often cut tape for time or because we’re worried it will annoy or distract listeners, but it’s all too easy to lose track of the intricacies that give our conversations life. If you’re just a beginner or even if you’ve been cutting tape for a while now and are struggling to make your characters sing, sign up for a 2-hour crash course with engineer and producer Michael Raphael.
Michael will help you to sharpen your ears and learn to decide with confidence what to cut and what to keep, demonstrating the power of voice and explaining how our cadence, accents, and patterns of speech are one of the last bastions of regionalism in the world. He’ll teach you the finer points of dialogue editing for reported pieces and interviews, and you’ll leave class with a solid understanding of how you can preserve these powerful and critical identifiers of who we are and how we tell stories.
After checkout, you will contact Michael directly by email to book a time instead of booking through a calendar.
About Michael Raphael
Michael is a Peabody Award recipient who has worked on the production teams for The New Yorker Radio Hour, Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen, Marketplace, Weekend America, and Radiolab.
His work can be heard on Fiasco, Lost Hills, Suspicious Activity: Inside the FinCEN Files, Voyages: Listen to the World from the New York Times, Performance Today, among others. He is an expert field recordist whose company, Rabbit Ears Audio, provides authentic sounds to the film and video game industries. If you need the sound of an Mi-24 Hind Soviet era helicopter, or an Olivetti Lettera 22 Royal Standard Model 10 typewriter, he's all ears.
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