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My dad has always been a photographer and I still remember when he put my first camera, a Nikon F90, in my hand. I think this was the moment that sparked in me the love for photography and then for creating audio-video content.

In 2014 I had the opportunity to start working (for free) as a host for this small local web radio and, I began to develop a deep interest in all the hardware needed to be used in a home studio starting from the acoustic treatment, the choice of audio interfaces and microphones, midi controllers, active or passive monitors arriving then, to the choice, especially in recent years, of all the video gear: DSLR or mirrorless, lights and softboxes and so on....

If I have to be honest, in the last three years, I have been much more interested in audio gear, developing a maniacal interest in portable recorders and all types of microphones that can be used in various recording situations: microphones to record the vibrations of surfaces, hydrophones to capture what happens underwater, ambisonic microphones and the classic shotgun to capture sounds in very precise directions.

Of course, there is also the part dedicated to recording voices for a podcast. Here we open Pandora's box and I could suggest a thousand combinations to use.

Ye, Tommy, You told me about microphones, audio interfaces and portable recorders, but then what?

I could call myself a tech guy, I love technology and I always try to keep up with the times. There is also a deep interest in computers and their internal components. When I have some free time I always like to take old laptops apart and try to bring them back to life by changing ram, SSD, thermal paste and so on.... yes, I do that too. My dad taught me the sacred art of being able to do it yourself, to cut costs ahahah

And now, we get to the interesting part... Softwares.

I'm a Windows user but I don't mind using iOS devices either. I still have one of the first iMac all-in-ones at home and it is still working.

As a podcast editor and audio lover, I use Adobe Audition and Studio One Professional almost every day. Sometimes I test other programs like Tascam Podcast Editor, Ableton and Wavelab cast.

The suite of plugins on which I spent most of my hours of study and practice is Izotope: from RX 9 Advanced for the restoration of recordings, Neutron 3 for equalization and compression, then Ozone 9 for all the mastering. Yes, of course, I also use other stuff to spice up my productions.

Many people always ask me: Tommy, which distribution platform should I use for my podcast? I always answer: it depends ahahah

I know Anchor by Spotify, Spreaker, Buzzsprout, RedCircle and I'm still experimenting with other podcast hosting platforms. There's no shortage of analytics, starting with Spotify for Podcasters, Apple Podcast Connect, Google Podcast Manager and Chartable.

You can ask me anything about the world of podcasting.

Talking about videos, images and graphics I use the whole Adobe Suite: Adobe Premiere for my YouTube videos, After Effect for intros, lower thirds and titles, Photoshop and Illustrator for logos, thumbnails and graphics.

I think the perfect combo for a content creator is to combine these programmes with a service like Envato Elements, which on many occasions has saved me long hours of work on a single logo or video.

A couple of months ago I started studying Da Vinci Resolve, but for the moment I'm sticking with Adobe :)

At the beginning of my Youtube career, I was not only talking about podcasts but also about a program I started using in 2014: OBS Studio. On my channel, I made many tutorials on how to optimize the workflow and create quality live streams using external plugins and more. To this day I continue to experiment and I always have a lot of fun.

As a Youtuber, there's also the whole content planning part and besides using a diary and a whiteboard, I use Notion for my scripts and editorial plans. I have always used Excel or the Google suite, but Notion is on another level.

It might be obvious, but for me, it's not: I can do research on the Internet. Everything I know I have learnt by searching in this wonderful reality called web2.0... and yes, now I am also moving forward in web3.0 and the metaverse.

Zoom, Skype, Discord and so on are software that, during the pandemic, I used every day and they do not have any secrets anymore.

To top it off, there is no lack of knowledge of the entire Office suite, Google and Libre.

I the next episode we will talk about my education and, as always, you can find all my contact in the description below.

Have a good one :)