In this episode, I (finally) stop espousing theory and give you the exact audio engineering steps you should follow to make amazing sounding and accessible episodes of your podcast. They are:
Clean up the noise
Control the dynamic range
Tweak the EQ
Compress to impress
Mix well and export at -16 LUFS
How do you do each of those steps is dependent on your DAW, but I do mention some plugins and services I use, like:
Hindenburg Journalist Pro (https://hindenburg.com/products/hindenburg-journalist-pro)
iZotope’s Voice De-noise (https://www.izotope.com/en/products/repair-and-edit/rx/features-and-comparison/voice-de-noise.html)
Vocal Rider from Waves (https://www.waves.com/r/pypgx1)
My Aeropress (https://amzn.to/2TZewtE) coffee maker, oddly enough
Also, and somewhat uncharacteristic of me, I enlisted the help of some smart and talented audio engineers to vet out my thinking. So thank you, Chris Curran (https://podcastengineeringschool.com/) for keeping me honest.
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