At the Microphone
Before an Interview Goes Personal, Offer a Smaller Question
An interview can become unexpectedly personal even when its subject sounds ordinary. A question about a first job may lead toward family finances,…
Sound, carefully considered
Inside the sound room
Ready to Share
An Episode Correction Needs an Audible Location
A correction written beneath a player may never reach someone who downloaded the episode yesterday. When a published factual statement needs changing, plan…
On the Timeline
A Tiny Click Is a Different Repair Job from a Missing Sentence
A sharp click may occupy a tiny part of a recording, yet attract attention every time it returns. Before applying a repair effect across a long passage,…
At the Microphone
Introduce a Re-created Scene Before It Sounds Like an Archive Recording
A newly recorded reading can bring an old letter into an audio programme. The listener should be able to tell that the voice belongs to a present-day…
Ready to Share
A Transcript Can Mark a Meaningful Sound Without Narrating Everything
A recording contains a crash, followed by a speaker saying, “That explains it.” A words-only transcript preserves the reply but may remove the event that…
On the Timeline
Invert Flips Audio Polarity, Not the Order of the Recording
The word “invert” can sound like an instruction to play something backwards. In audio editing it can instead refer to reversing the signal’s polarity:…
On the Timeline
A Crossfade Needs a Shared Stretch of Time
Two clips touching at their edges do not give you an overlapping passage to compare. Before shaping a crossfade, decide which part of the outgoing sound…
On the Timeline
Let the Voice Control a Music Duck, Then Listen to the Gaps
Music can sit comfortably under one sentence and cover the next quiet word. Automatic ducking uses a control track to trigger a temporary reduction in…