The length of the intro annoys me. TTS, followed by ad for AHH, followed
by horrible and raucous music.
There is a much softer version of the music which IMHO should be used.
On 18/10/2021 17:50, Todd wrote:
> I would subscribe to a feed that did not have the intro music.
>
> I like the branding, but I know there have been several comments about
> improving the music.
> The best solution may be to offer a feed with only the contributor's voice.
>
> On Sun, Oct 17, 2021 at 7:16 PM Thaj Sara <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>>
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