Auralphonic Episode 28: How Platforms Affect Podfic

Auralphonic Episode 28: How Platforms Affect Podfic. Dated: April 2017.

I ignored the LiveJournal stuff at the beginning, tbh, but there’s a tie-in with the one host’s vidding experience and YouTube. My Little Pony podficcers are on YT, but more communities that the hosts can think of don’t tend to use YT (including copyright issues, especially for those who include music).

Through trial and error, Tumblr has an upload limit around 10 - 15 MB, which probably can’t handle more than a 10 - 15 minute podfic. Most people don’t host solely on tumblr because it seems more based around songs than podfic itself.

The bit about Flash isn’t true for AO3 anymore (episode is from 2017, and the phasing out of Flash happened in 2020). This platform has affected where some people choose to host (so they can easily post to AO3), coming up with podfic posting stuff ([Podfic] Title),  and what they include (some read the content warnings).

Auralphonic Episode 15: Audacity Tips and Tricks

Auralphonic Episode 15: Audacity Tips and Tricks. Dated: February 2016. (It’s possible this predates the Audacity update that integrated the MP3 Encoder plugin for exporting MP3 files.)

• Equalization gets rid of certain decibel ranges. Several presets are already under Effects. (An example tutorial from the notes uses this to get rid of pops - Tutorial: Pops, Pop Screens, And Equalizing.)
• You can make labels (f’ex, fix pronunciation of X).
• You can go to Preferences to see the Keyboard Menu and change what your keyboard shortcuts will do. (Labels might still think you’re trying to do a shortcut when typing certain letters.)
• Plugin to download to add an Effect → NoiseGate filter. Set a decibel level to automatically filter out if you go below (removes noise clicks).
• Leave 5 to 10 seconds of silence at the beginning to make Noise Removal better. You can also run it more than once if need be.
• The one host uses Auphonics to equalize volume and for noise removal.
• Someone found adding Bass Boost helps make their quiet voice sound better.
• When dealing with multi-voice projects, you can split track to stereo (to edit one person’s bit) and export the file as mono.
• Sync Lock Tracks. If you cut something from one track, it will cut from the others highlighted. You can also use this technique to add music in a separate track.