This includes fixing where one person is louder than the other.
The Levelator is a free tool that will adjust the entire file so that it uses most of the dynamic range. I am by no means an expert in this area, but I can give you two simple things to at least get from annoying to sounding closer to an NPR podcast: Now there’s an entire profession dedicated to mastering audio – making it sound great and taking into account the devices it will be played on. These are the situations where you turn up a podcast and then when you get a text message, or your running app cuts in to tell you how many miles you are at, it blows your ears out. In other words, you are going to have to turn the volume up twice as much compared to the average song, or audio cues on your phone. On the left side the recording is not taking advantage of the power available to it. If you cut the picture above in half, the left side is the “Before” and the right side is the “After”. Here’s a screenshot of an audio wave: Sound Wave Before/After Tim has a page where you can submit comments and I wanted to post a sample to show what I’m talking about.įor anyone podcasting here are two simple things that can significantly improve your audio. I’m just posting this because I listened to a Tim Ferris interview with Tony Robbins this week and it doesn’t do well in the car or while running because of the mix.