I’ve mixed and edited hundreds (or thousands, I lost count) podcast episodes and overtime I have noticed the same issues in those recordings that could have exponentially improved the sound by just spending, not money, but a few minutes of prep time to set everything up. Forget about expensive mic or outboard preamps and limiter, all you need is a handy recorder, the tips below, and a good story.
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You just said your thanks to your captivating guest, he said you’re welcome. It was an interesting interview. You pressed the stop button, the recording stops. After the guest leaves, you listened back to see if your questions are tight. You press play and first thing you hear is a loud hiss.
A recurring static noise in your recording is caused by one or more than one reasons that I will try to tackle in this article. Let’s start from the farthest possible source of noise until we reached the embedded waveforms on your screen
I recently was asked to quickly create a radio-themed show intro for a new podcast. As with anything that requires creativity, it's the planning and conceptualizing that took a lot of time. But once you managed to create an outline in your mind, it's all a matter of finding the right parts and stitching them together.
The radio noises was sourced out from the amazing people at Freesound.org. I got a very lengthy sample with a variety of noises. I took the ones that I like and spliced them in. The vocal processing was quite easy, just a low cut and high pass filter, add in some noise, and you got a very lo-fi radio sound. What I really like with this creation is the addition of a short outtake just before the actual intro. I found it in a very long recording of several takes for the show intro. So I guess it's actually quite a good thing to "roll the tape" early. |
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