Audio editing is my favorite job, and for good reason. I love showing podcasters that they're capable of sounding like pros when they're creating their podcasts.
Achieving professionalism in podcasting requires skillful elimination of verbal mistakes, uhs, uhms, hums, paper rattling, lip noise, plosives (wind noise across the microphone usually caused from words with P's and B's), sibilance (distorted S's) and other unwanted noises. I say skillful because you don't want your audio to sound edited. You want your edited presentation to sound like that's exactly how you recorded it -- without mistakes. Because, after all, you're a pro.
To give your podcast a polished sound, it also helps to package it with a professional 30-second open and close (we call them podcast intros and outros). Furthermore, the use of brief music transitions when segueing between podcast topics really makes your show stand out.
The best part about editing is that you can make mistakes while recording your podcast -- taking the pressure off of you to be perfect. Audio editing will make you perfect after you've finished your recording.
Want to learn more about how audio editing can make you sound like a broadcast pro? Read more on our special audio editing page of our website. Now, feel free to step up to the mic and make mistakes. We'll edit 'em out for you.
