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Today
on
five
minute
Monday,
you'll
learn
how
to
level
your
audio
so
you
don't
blow
out
your
listeners
eardrums.
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Now
this
is
week
two
of
a
four
week
mini
series
about
rookie
editing
mistakes.
These
are
the
common
mistakes
that
you
hear
in
new
podcasts
that
detract
from
the
listener
experience
and
stunt
your
podcasts
growth.
And
today
we're
going
to
be
talking
about
leveling.
Now,
I
don't
know
if
you've
experienced
this
yet,
but
there've
been
a
couple
times
where
I
was
sure
my
eardrums
must
have
ruptured
from
listening
to
a
podcast.
I
had
the
volume
set
at
a
comfortable
level.
I'm
enjoying
a
nice
conversation.
And
then
the
bass
from
the
outtro
theme
music
drives
an
audio
wave
shaped
ice
pick
through
my
ears.
Has
that
ever
happened
to
you?
Well,
that
is
why
leveling
is
important.
It
keeps
your
podcast
at
a
nice
even
volume,
even
as
you
incorporate
different
segments
in
your
episode.
So
now
I'm
going
to
teach
you
how
to
actually
level
your
audio.
First
you
want
to
bring
every
audio
file
into
your
episodes
project
and
whatever
editing
software
that
you're
using.
Then
you're
going
to
listen
to
each
one
with
headphones
on.
You'll
want
to
adjust
the
volume
slider
so
that
the
relative
volume
is
the
same
or
really
close.
So
as
you're
listening
to
each
track,
each
person,
each
music
track,
each
sound
effects,
whatever
it
is
that
you
are
incorporating
in
your
episode.
You
want
to
make
sure
that
before
you
do
anything
else,
all
of
them
are
starting
at
around
the
same
volume
as
you
can
hear
it
in
your
headphones.
Now
just
a
rule
of
thumb,
music
tracks
tend
to
be
louder
than
vocal
tracks,
so
you'll,
you'll
find
yourself
dropping
the
volume
on
those
more
significantly
than
with
audio
tracks,
normal
vocal
tracks,
and
then
you
also
want
to
make
sure
that
every
person
is
set
at
the
same
relative
volume,
right?
This
is
easiest
if
you
have
each
person
recordings
,
their
own
microphone
and
have
it
saved
as
a
separate
track
because
then
you
can
just
adjust
each
track
individually.
That
is
ideal,
but
you
want
every
single
person
to
be
set
at
the
same
volume.
Now
when
vocals
and
music
overlap,
when
you
start
to
mix
and
match
these
segments,
then
you
want
to
make
sure
the
voices
are
clear
and
easy
to
understand,
so
more
than
likely
you're
going
to
have
to
drop
the
music
lower
than
you
think
that
you
need
to.
Even
if
you
can
understand
what
people
are
saying,
even
if
you
think
voices
are
clear,
go
ahead
and
drop
the
music
a
little
bit
lower
than
that
because
when
somebody
is
actually
listening
to
it
on
the
other
end,
you'd
be
surprised
how
big
of
a
difference
that
will
make.
Now
once
you
finished
editing
your
episode,
you
want
to
quickly
scrub
through
the
different
sources
in
segments
just
to
make
sure
that
the
volume
is
consistent
in
any
area
where
there's
an
overlap
that
you
can
clearly
hear
the
voices.
And
then
I
also
recommend
utilizing
a
software
like
Al
Phonic
to
really
dial
in
your
audio
leveling
because
software
can
often
pick
up
and
discern
what
your
ears
can't.
And
I
will
leave
a
link
to
a
guide
that
we
put
together
and
how
to
use
auphonic
to
Polish
your
podcast
episodes
in
the
show
notes
for
this
episode.
But
at
the
end
of
the
day,
you
want
your
podcast
episode
listening
experience
to
be
as
phenomenal
as
possible
because
when
somebody
discovers
your
podcast,
they're
not
only
going
to
fall
in
love
with
your
content,
but
it's
going
to
be
something
they
rave
about
to
their
friends.
That
is
it
for
today.
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Thanks
for
listening
and
as
always,
keep
podcasting.
