The Booth
Notes from the room where this gets made — what we learned building the packs, written for the person who edits their own show at midnight.
1–4 kHzthe band where consonants liveEditing
Why a voice-cut beats a compressor
Ducking fixes level. It does not fix the 1–4 kHz fight between a pad and a consonant.
Room tonewhat silence is actually made ofEditing
Room tone is not silence
Cutting to digital black is the most audible edit you can make. Here is what to lay under it.
−16 LUFSone master, four targetsFormats
−16 LUFS, and what to do when the platform disagrees
One master, four targets. Which ones matter and which ones the platform fixes for you.
The seama transition you cannot point atRecording
The stinger nobody notices
A transition works when the listener cannot say where the seam was. Three that do.
1.5 secwhat the feed decides inFormats
An audiogram that survives the feed
Square or vertical, captions burned or not, and why the first 1.5 seconds decide it.
Royalty-freein plain sentences, onceLicensing
What royalty-free actually covers
Ads inside the episode, the video cut, a live show. In plain sentences, once.