![]() ![]() When you’re putting music in your podcast, you need to make sure it’s music that you have the rights to use. Now that you know how to add music to your podcast, how do you find clips to use? Most songs on the radio are protected by copyright, which means that you can’t use the majority of popular music - not even a five second clip. As a bonus, if you’re cutting segments together that were recorded separately, segment change music can hide any difference in sound or audio quality. ![]() Segment change music works best for shows that have multiple parts that are clearly defined within one show. Segment change music signifies that you’ve finished one segment and are moving onto the next as music is an easy way to mark a transition. Most podcasts have at least intro and outro music, but some also incorporate segment change music, too. This will give the listener a feeling of closure, and they’ll know the episode is done. For outro music, you want to choose a song that is “slowly taking away sounds as the song closes out so by the end of the track it’s just the main melody,” says Craig. ![]() Frequently it’s played over the end credits or the last few seconds. To do this you need a loudness meter like WLM Plus Loudness Meter, and see if the LUFS hit -18, if you don’t get to that target you could use a compressor, in this case, to raise the output volume and make it sound louder.Outro music is the track that plays at the end of the episode. The only thing you need to check is if the podcast is loud enough for streaming services. In podcasting, there isn’t a lot to be done. Mastering is usually used in sound production to make the track sound good on different platforms. You should use it only if there are parts where the difference is very big and in those parts is impossible to understand what is being said, but if everything is hearable at a normal volume, you don’t need to use a compressor. CompressionĪ compressor will allow you to make the lower sounding parts of your podcast to sound as loud as the louder parts. In this case, where you are mixing the podcast with a background track with vocals, you will need to place an EQ plugin in the channel where your background track is routed and lower the frequencies between 2Hz because those are the frequencies that we use when we talk, so you need to lower those frequencies to avoid the background track overlapping what you say and avoid being not clear or unintelligible. For example, if you have a lot of lows in your voice you can erase them, so the voice sounds more clear. EQĪn EQ plugin is a simple tool that allows you to raise or lower the volume of certain frequencies. To eliminate those things you can use free software like audacity and its noise filters and other free software like spitfish for the ‘p’ and ‘s’ sounds or use plugins like izotope rx7 which are easier to use and you get all those features in the same plugin. Background noiseīackground noise refers to the sounds of the room as well as noises from you and the guest, like breathing or ‘s’ and ‘p’ sound, a fan in the room. To avoid it you could lower the output volume of the interface, mixer or recording software(DAW), or add to the mixer or recording software a limiter which is a plugin that will make impossible going above 0db and clip. When you talk too loud through the microphone and it sounds distorted that is when the audio is clipping. The things that you should think when editing a podcast are, clipping, background noise, EQ, compression, and mastering: Clipping ![]() When editing the podcast you should center and how overall sounds and not think about whether you used more eq or compression in some parts. You should use an EQ to lower the frequencies of the song between,2Hz, a little bit more. When you want to have a background track with vocals while you are talking on your podcast, you have to get a song which has a singer singing in a higher register, usually female, because if you choose a song where the singer is singing in a low register it will overlap with what you or your guest are talking in the podcast. You can use adlibs, choirs, or long notes but try to avoid songs with lyrics in a podcast. One instrument that can’t be disregarded in an emotional track is the human voice, but in a podcast where people are talking this can be a problem due to overlapping frequencies.Īlso, lyrics can be distracting from what you are saying. Music is one of the things that can control our emotions, and for that reason, you can use it on your podcast to give more importance to some things or to make people get more into what you and your guests are saying. A background track can be great for a podcast, especially if it’s something like a story. ![]()
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