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This week the lads hop across the pond to do some more excavation of denim and leather… Well, sort of… While it’s sort of about the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, we instead visit France, USA, Canada, Japan, and Germany! The NWOBM movement was filled with passionate bands from Great Britain that were poised to take over the world. Most of the A-listers like: Iron Maiden, Saxon, and Def Leppard went on to major success, but bands from around the globe were inspired and aspired to carry the torch of heavy metal in the early 80s. Hopefully, we can help spread the word and sounds for those that didn’t quite make it to the same level.

What’s this InObscuria thing? We’re a podcast that exhumes obscure Rock n' Punk n' Metal and puts them in one of 3 categories: the Lost, the Forgotten, or the Should Have Beens. This week we discuss the LOST. From the music, to the fashion, to the attitude… 40-years ago these bands started an underground movement that would change hard rock and metal globally forever.

Songs this week include:

1. Riot – “Hard Lovin’ Man” from Restless Breed (1982)
2. Trust – “In The Name Of The Race” from Repression (1980)
3. Loudness – “Loudness” from The Birthday Eve (1981) 
4. Manilla Road – “Far Side Of The Sun” from Metal (1982)
5. Exciter – “Heavy Metal Maniac” from Heavy Metal Maniac (1983)
6. Grave Digger – “Heavy Metal Breakdown” from Heavy Metal Breakdown (1984)
7. Cirith Ungol – “Frost And Fire” from Frost And Fire (1981)

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In this episode, we're going to be talking about an important and overlooked aspect of podcasting: loudness. We'll discuss why loudness matters, how to measure the loudness of your podcast, and best practices for ensuring your episodes sound consistent on any device.

Topics:

• Why loudness matters in podcasting
• How to measure podcast loudness (LUFs)
• Best tools to help you measure 
• Using the Youlean Loudness Meter Plugin

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This week we chat with the man and fellow podcaster that we tell you to go and listen to in every one of our episodes. The man whose band was featured way back in ep. 16 on a “Shoulda Been Huge!” show. The one. The only: Mr. Monty Colvin! Join us as we dive deep into Monty’s musical past, and current artistic endeavors, and listen to several hidden gems that he wants you all to know about. Come discover more about Galactic Cowboys, The Awful Truth, Crunchy, and Monty’s amazing paintings!

Wondering what this show is all about? We exhume obscure Rock n' Punk n' Metal and place them in one of 3 categories: the Lost, the Forgotten, or the Should Have Beens. Kevin was so excited to have the opportunity to chat with Monty and his girlfriend Alix Kaufman about a band he has loved since first hearing them in 1992. Galactic Cowboys straddled the worlds of progressive metal, alternative rock, heaviness, and melodies with amazing harmonies! They were gone for 17 years but re-emerged in 2017, so click on the links below and show some love! Buy their music, like their socials, and be amused and go buy a painting!!!

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Songs this week include:

1. Galactic Cowboys – “If I Were A Killer” from Space In Your Face (1993)
2. Galactic Cowboys – “Ranch On Mars” from Space In Your Face (1993)
3. The Wildhearts – “Vanilla Radio” from The Wildhearts Must Be Destroyed (2003)
4. Saosin – “Changing” from In Search Of Solid Ground (2009)
5. Mae – “Futuro” from Destination: B-Sides (2004)
6. Crunchy – “Love (Comin’ Out Of Our Ears)” from All Day Sucker (2001)
7. The Awful Truth – “Ghost Of Heaven” from Awful Truth (1989)
8. Crunchy – “We Don’t Fit In” from Loserville (2007)

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Episode show notes:

How loud does my music need to be and how do we measure it in 2023? 

 We got a very interesting question on Instagram.

An experienced engineer who does great work but took a relatively long break from music production was wondering about how we measure loudness today, whether RMS was still relevant now that we have LUFS, and whether we can still master as loud as we did years ago, without negative consequences when our songs are played next to others on streaming platforms.

And he's definitely not alone. Many people seem to be confused about different ways of measuring loudness and also the always changing trends and opinions on the topic. 

 To answer the question directly, we also explain the difference between RMS and LUFS:

RMS:
 “Root mean square”. The average level of your audio signal, measured over a longer period of time, and close to what your ears perceive as the loudness of your audio.

LUFS:
 “Loudness units relative to Full Scale”. This is a loudness standard designed to enable the matching of perceived audio levels. So that different signals (or songs) will sound equally loud, no matter what the dB meter says. 
 
 Loudness Units (or LU) is a unit that describes loudness by taking into account how our hearing perceives volume. Not just pure sound pressure or amplitude, like “dB” does. 
 
 And again, “FS” means “relative to full scale”. So, for example, -18 LUFS means “18 LU away from the maximum of 0”. The difference between -23 LUFS and -18 LUFS, for example is 5 LU.

 Then we're sharing how we do it in our own projects:

• How loud do we master and why?
• How do we measure it?
• How important is it to us?

 And one final word of caution:

Be careful about different RMS settings on your meters! AES-17 on/off makes a 3dB difference. One RMS value doesn't necessary equal another RMS value. 

Be careful when comparing anything, basically. There's many different ways to measure loudness and volume and it's easy to get confused and compare different things without noticing.

More details on that in the episode.

Let's go!

-Benedikt

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Kon’nichiwa! Join us this week as we once again make a journey to the far east to the land of the rising sun. This time we jump back to the decade when the western world was introduced to the thunder from Osaka and the lightning from Tokyo. A time when the samurai wielded electric guitars and made the statement to the world that they were a force to reckoned with… This week we welcome the return of the shogun – 80’s Japanese Metal!

What’s this InObscuria thing? We’re a podcast that exhumes obscure Rock n' Punk n' Metal and puts them in one of 3 categories: the Lost, the Forgotten, or the Should Have Beens. We do apologize in advance to Japanese and Japanese-speaking people for all mispronunciations and extreme naivete of Japanese culture and history! This is completely a Westerner’s take on the 1980’s Japanese heavy metal where many of us were first turned on to this country’s amazingly talented rock musicians. 

Songs this week include:

1. Seikima II - “蝋人形の館 – Wax Doll House” from Worst (1989)
2. EZO - “Kiss Of Fire” from E-Z-O (1987)
3. Heavy Metal Army - “Heavy Metal Army” from Heavy Metal Army (1981)
4. Vow Wow - “Nightless City” from Vow Wow III (1986)
5. Dead End - “The Damned Thing” from Ghost Of Romance (1987)
6. Anthem - “Light It Up” from Tightrope (1986)
7. Earthshaker - “T-O-K-Y-O” from Midnight (1984)
8. Blizard - “Fly High” from Blizard (1987)

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In this week’s edition, we are joined by Bob Katz and Rob Byers to discuss the new updated audio streaming and on-demand services tech recommendations TD1008 from the AES, which we explored recently on Production Expert. 

What is it we do here at InObscuria? Every show Kevin opens the crypt to exhume and dissect from his personal collection; an artist, album, or collection of tunes from the broad spectrum of rock, punk, and metal. This week we let you hear a very special tape of true Heavy Metal before it splintered into a million sub-genres. These are the bands that carried the hard rock banner out of the 70s into the Heavy Metal 80s! This is true metal that helped push the genre to the mainstream. Our hope is that we turn you on to something new.

Songs this week include:

1. Heavy Pettin’ - “Shout It Out” from Lettin’ Loose (1983)
2. Helix - “Heavy Metal Love” from No Rest For The Wicked (1983)
3. Loudness - “Angel Dust” from Devil Soldier (1982)
4. Vandenberg - “Lost In A City” from Vandenberg (1982)
5. Krokus - “To The Top” from One Vice At A Time (1982)
6. Riot - “Heavy Metal Machine” from Born In America (1983)
7. Raven - “Mind Over Metal” from All For One (1983)

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If you want to hear Robert and Kevin’s band from the late 90s – early 00s BIG JACK PNEUMATIC, check it out here: https://bigjackpnuematic.bandcamp.com/

Check out Robert’s amazing fire sculptures and metal workings here: http://flamewerx.com/

Is your podcast too low or too loud? Are each of your shows sounding inconsistent on the volume? Learn about the dial tones, controls and volumes on your podcast, what each dial means and tips on keeping your shows sounding great without touching your Audacity volume effects.

Warning:  Adjust your headsets accordingly when listening to this episode. I test each dial control on the back of my Blue Yeti Blackout and show you the differences between each, along with gain volumes. It will be loud in the beginning when the gain is set higher but I don't go all the way up.  It tapers off soon enough, no worries. I don't want you hurting your ears. How else will you be able to hear me?  :)

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