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Compression Ratio Explained with One Spoken Sentence
Understand threshold and ratio with a simple compression calculation, then compare a spoken recording without letting louder playback decide the result.
Sound, carefully considered
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Organise recordings, notice useful moments and make editing decisions easier to revisit.
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An Audio Pick-Up List Should Separate Missing Words from Better Performances
At the end of recording, a list saying “redo the introduction” can hide several different jobs. A missing word, a factual correction and a preferred…
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A Recording Handover Should Explain What Must Stay Private
An editor receiving a folder of interview audio needs more than a list of filenames. Some passages may be usable, some may await approval, and some may…
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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,…
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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…
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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:…
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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…
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Keep a False Start When It Carries Meaning, Not Just Because It Happened
A speaker begins an answer, stops, and starts differently. Removing the first attempt can make the sentence smoother, but sometimes the change of direction…