Ok I'm going to be the pedantic audio nerd here. Using decibels to measure this sort of thing can quickly lead to issues. The above example kind of proves that. Without going into a REALLY long rant about audio measurements and acoustics, the industry standard for measuring finalized audio levels like this are LUFs (Loudness Unit Full Scale). The level that is standard for podcasts is -16 LUFS. On Tenacity/Audacity this can be achieved using the "Loudness Normalization" effect. I usually do some work on audio prior to using that plugin to even out the levels. This would ensure that the intro, body and outro of the show are all at the same loudness. Yes Ken, I know I owe you a show...
I agree with Klaatu. I usually bake in the intro and outro but would be more than willing to not if it makes another feed easier to produce. On Sat, Oct 16, 2021 at 5:40 PM anarchore via Hpr <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi; > > There was a community news show about a month ago during which the > producers remarked that there was a plateau in subscribers. > > I have a suggestion that may improve this attrition rate... I and I'm sure > a lot of others listen to podcasts to wind down while going to sleep. > > The intro song is loud, low bitrate sounding trumpet chiptune fanfare, > which is fine. The thing is, the shows are often recorded at a low volume > level so the volume must be adjusted upward to hear them... then after > being soothed by a soft spoken hacker voice, the blaring, loud chiptunes > are blasted again at the end of the show. > > This has woken me up from sleep many times. I can only imagine the > consternation from headphone users. > > I'm sure this has led to many rage-unsubscriptions by those less level > headed than I. > > There is a much more mellow sounding intro that is the same tune at a > lower volume, that is used sometimes. If there must be an outro song, > this should be it, and the loud blaring fanfare tune should be only used at > the beginning. > > -- > Sent with Tutanota, the secure & ad-free mailbox. > _______________________________________________ > Hpr mailing list > [email protected] > http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org >
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