Blanket permission thought + podfic + "making-of"

[greedy_dancer]

My post for today contains two different things: first, my thought about blanket permission, and then a podfic I recorded and edited this afternoon, while documenting the whole process, kind of like a making-of. I'm cutting both parts, so if you just want to get to the finished product, just scroll down!

Blanket permission is a way for fan

Comments

[randomicicle]

Oh, this post is gorgeous ♥. Paid special attention to the bit about editing and effects because that's where I basically get stuck and.. urgh, it's such tedious work after having fun recording. Anyway, I was actually wondering about two things. First, you said, "I also amplify the whole thing by 15dB". Ehm, how do you do that? *shuffles feet* I don't have too much trouble apparently when exporting without doing it, but the volume is certainly lower. Also, when you say to apply noise reduction, if there an special key for that in Audacity? I have to say, Mac's recording quality is quite good, but if there's a way to make it clearer, I'd be delighted.

Anyway, thank you so much for this post! It had tons of interesting useful tidbits ♥ :")

[greedy_dancer]

Editing is probably the BANE of every podficcer's life! But it can also be fun! I like seeing it come all together, and definitely watching as all the mistakes go away is also kind of satisfying!

Amplification and noise reduction are in the "Effects" menu. There's a basic description here, but I think it's probably for a previous version of Audacity, because in my version, "noise removal" has been renamed "noise reduction". But you can find your way around it pretty easily, I think.

I use Amplification version 1.3.13 beta (in French) so to me amplification looks like this:

[randomicicle]

:O! Thank you for all this info, love ♥ It was very very useful. Also, I just finished editing a podfic and it took me A LOT less time than usual just by doing the visual editing. It's quite wonderful, should've come up with something similar before and save so much time. Anyway, thanks for the tips :D

[hardboiledbaby]

This post is made of awesome :) Don't have time to absorb it all now, but am bookmarking for future reference; thank you!

[greedy_dancer]

Yay! I'm glad you find it interesting/useful! :D

[anna_unfolding]

Amazing!!! I think I wouldn't get past all that editing. I'm just not a perfectionist enough. I'd love to read fic aloud, though, for pleasure, or for someone else. But this intimidates me!!! I realize when I listen to one of your fics that you are the kind of podficcer who goes to this length, and I totally appreciate it as a listener. Seeing it spelled out here is eye-opening. Thank you for your commitment to it!

[greedy_dancer]

Oh man, no! That's totally not the point here /o\ If you want to record, you should. I'm not saying this is what everyone should do, and I certainly don't want to intimidate people out of podficcing, you know? Different podficcers have different editing regimes, more or less stringent, I just happen to have crazy expectations and insecurities that I try to address through editing

[keitorin]

Reading your process was really interesting, it made me rethink some of the ways I do things myself.

It's fun when you find out how to do a new effect, and I think I picked up a thing or two to try while reading this!

As a side note, I actually enjoy the editing process. I've always liked things that take some concentration, that I can lose myself in a bit. It might be different for editing really long podfics though, we shall see.

Thanks for sharing!