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Practice · 01

Sound for podcasts

Interview · Narrative · Branded Edit, clean, mix Episodes delivered ready to publish
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Excerpt · Episode intro · before / after 2′ 14″

A raw recording arrives with uneven levels, background noise, and long dead air. The first pass is cleanup: match the voices, pull out the room, and cut the parts nobody needs to hear. The goal is simple — every word clear, no reason to skip.

How it runs

You send the raw files. I edit for pace — tighten pauses, remove filler and false starts — then clean and balance every voice so guests sit at the same level as the host. Consistent from the first second to the last.

Custom intro and sound beds where a stock jingle would sound like everyone else. A signature open people recognise before you say a word.

The mix is finished when the listener forgets they're listening to a recording.

What you get back

A publish-ready episode, mixed and mastered to podcast loudness so it sounds right on phones, earbuds and car speakers alike. Plus a branded intro and outro, and short audio clips cut for social. The session is kept, so the next episode starts warm.

Before you write

Send a recording, however rough. Separate tracks per speaker are ideal, a single file works too. The useful thing to describe is how the show should feel — energetic, calm, cinematic — not which plugin should do it.