Editing Craft
The Interview Podcast Trap: Why Too Much Editing Kills the Conversation
There's a point where aggressive editing removes the texture that makes an interview worth listening to.
The Reverbwell Journal
Practical writing about podcast audio, editing workflow, and what we're building.
Behind the Build
How AI Removes Filler Words Without Killing Your Personality
The hard part isn't detecting 'um' and 'uh'. It's knowing when to keep them.
Audio Engineering
What Nashville Audio Professionals Taught Us About Podcast Sound
Recording studios and broadcast engineers approach audio differently from podcasters.
Publishing
RSS Feed Hygiene: The Last Boring Step in Your Publishing Workflow
Most podcasters focus on recording and editing. Almost none think about their RSS feed structure until something breaks.
Audio Engineering
Audio Leveling 101: Why Your Podcast Sounds Quiet on Half the Speakers Out There
LUFS, normalization, and why the same file sounds different on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and a phone speaker.
Audio Engineering
Dynamic Range and Compression: What Podcast Hosts Actually Need to Know
A practical explanation of dynamic range, why your podcast sounds quiet on some speakers, and what compression settings matter.
Editing Craft
Solo vs Interview Format: Why the Editing Complexity Gap Is Bigger Than You Think
Solo episodes have one track, one mic, one voice. Interview formats multiply every editing problem.
Behind the Build
Five Edit Lessons We Learned from Processing 200 Raw Takes
When you process hundreds of episodes, patterns emerge. Here are five things we keep seeing.
Audio Engineering
The Multitrack Recording Headaches AI Can Actually Fix (Drift, Bleed, Alignment)
Remote interviews create a specific class of audio problems. Track drift, mic bleed, and alignment issues are all fixable.
Editing Craft
From Raw File to Episode: A Real Edit Breakdown (With Timestamps)
A 94-minute interview became a 51-minute episode. Here's every decision that happened in between.
Publishing
Why Podcast Hosts Skip Show Notes (and Why That's a Problem)
Show notes feel like optional overhead. They're not. Here's a workflow that makes them take twelve minutes instead of an hour.
Audio Engineering
Noise Removal vs Noise Gate: Which Do You Actually Need?
Two different tools, often confused. Noise removal takes out constant background hum. Noise gates silence the gaps.