Auralphonic Episode 27: Podfic Permission

Auralphonic Episode 27: Podfic Permission. Dated: March 2017.

I’m rather late to some of the controversy around whether it’s a requirement or a courtesy to get permission from fanfic authors [see also: Podfic Permission], especially when certain fandoms have different etiquette around this [references episode 26 about My Little Pony where fans do not get or expect permission to podfic]. For people who don’t list permission in their AO3 profile, you can check the Fanlore pages Blanket Permission to Podfic and Blanket No to Podfic where lists of users have already been compiled.

From Episode 36: FPS List = Fanworks Permission List organizes Fanlore’s BP page by fandom.

Auralphonic Episode 3: Editing Styles

Auralphonic Episode 3: Editing Styles. Dated: February 2015.

Broadly split into two groups: 1) Record all at once, and edit everything afterwards, and 2) Edit while you go in recording. One host does very little editing, but another one does more inspired by her video editing experience (relistens and takes notes for edits on commute). For super long recordings, she has sometimes had a podfic beta catch mistakes (listening too many times can lead to zoning out or missing stuff). The third didn’t use GarageBand (actually used Nero Wave Editor for 8 years before switching to Audacity after using it on her job). She also started using Auphonic for noise cancellation, levelling, and such (2 hours for free per month) before doing her own editing. Times for editing an example around 30 minutes they all did range from [very little] to around 2 hours to between 5 and 6 hours, and a small Twitter poll averaged out to between 2 and 4 hours for a similar length recording.

Common editing tip: Snap fingers or create a noise after a mistake, so you can go back in the audio file and easily find the visual bump to remove.