Why It's Important to Repair Your Podcast Episode Audio Every Time

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Now, this week's episode.

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When it comes to the listener experience for your podcast,

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obviously the quality of your audio is key.

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And I spoke before in episode 44

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about how to improve the quality of your audio

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before you actually start recording.

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And while great audio is important for all listeners, it's also really important for a specific community.

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Just as transcripts are really important for the hard of hearing community,

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making sure your audio is clean is super important for those that suffer from misophonia.

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Misophonia is an extreme intolerance to certain sounds.

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Now most often these are ones that come from the nose, throat or mouth,

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which include chewing, coughing, sniffling or lip smacking.

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Now it's that last one that's relevant for podcasting.

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Lip smacking happens when you have a dry throat

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and when you're speaking you can hear sort of little clicks in your voice

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and that's why it's called lip smacking, it sounds like you're smacking your lips together.

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Now on a podcast this can come across really clearly

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because obviously you're speaking closer to a microphone

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and a lot of podcast listeners listen via headphones

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and the problem with misophonia, it causes really bad reactions for people that suffer from it.

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That includes feelings of anxiety, panic and rage.

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The good news is it's really easy to clear up these sounds.

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You can either use free solutions like Auphonic which has a really good mouth noise remover

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Or you can use a premium plugin, like iZotope De-Click,

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and that plugin works with most editing software.

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And I'll leave links to those in the show notes,

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so be sure to check them out after the episode.

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Until the next time, happy podcasting.

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