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Hello World! Christa Giammattei is a post-production engineer in North Carolina. Christa also has an apparel store (https://command-s-apparel.com/) and runs a blog (https://command-s-apparel.com/blogs/command-s-stories-through-sound). Her post-production work includes (but is not limited to) dialogue editing, sound design, and mixing for broadcast, web, and film. She has worked on pieces for HBO, National Geographic and PBS. A list of highlights from her work can be fund on her website www.cgiammatteisound.com/. Christa also has an album on Spotify found here open.spotify.com/album/1rDTVWPTbQMl1ihsFMRO4U.

For Christa, music was her gateway into the world of audio. She was a classical percussionist for 13 years. We talked about the convoluted paths so many of us take to audio engineering. We also talked about perseverance, the impossible art of the segue, and the self-conscious act of researching your guests with Instagram and whatever else.

Also, Christa, like many people, thinks Izotope\'s RX (https://www.izotope.com/en/products/rx.html) is the best tool ever! "I feel like it\'s magic." She says she\'s successfully used it to filter out sirens and helicopters from the audio she\'s worked on.

She also likes using plugins from Wavs and Plugin Alliance such as the Maag Audio EQ4 (https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/products/maag_eq4.html).

Tangela shares with Christa her journey from live sound to podcasting, and how that has been her introduction to the wide world of plugins and DAWs.

Next we talk about spending money on investments, the buyers\' remorse that comes with that, and specifically the experience of buying a Mac.

From there we resume talking about Christa\'s journey into audio, and how she found freelance post-production.

We also talk about impostor syndrome, and experience with things like being featured on panel discussions for college students.

Unfortunately we experienced some noise interruption. There was some landscaping maintenance occurring at Christa\'s apartment complex. It provided some laughs to us as well as the opportunity to discuss the joys of home recording! Part of that discussion featured sound treatment, and peoples\' varied ideas about DIY sound treatment. Christa particularly recommends Auralex (https://auralex.com/).

We returned to talking about Christa\'s blog, Command + S: Stories Through Sound. You can read her interview with Tangela here (https://command-s-apparel.com/blogs/command-s-stories-through-sound/stories-through-sound-tangela).

Christa shares with us that her motivation behind starting the blog was very similar to Tangela\'s motivation behind starting this podcast: the desire to highlight women and minorities in the audio industry.

We spent some time discussing Christa\'s interview with Madeline Brumback found here (