Episode 88

How to Avoid or Remove Deep Breaths in Your Podcast Audio

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I'm Danny Brown and you're listening to One Minute Podcast Tips, the show that helps you be a better

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And now, this week's episode.

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When it comes to audio repair and optimization, three of the most common examples are mouth clicks,

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plosives, and deep or very noticeable breathing. Now for the last one, while breathing is obviously

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natural and something none of us can avoid, there are ways to help avoid it in your podcast audio.

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The first is mic technique and to speak across the mic. This helps direct your breath away from

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the mic, reducing breathing noises. The second is manually reducing the dB or decibel levels on the

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parts of the audio where breathing is most noticeable. This is a more manual step but very

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effective and keeps the audio more natural. And the third one is post-production tools like a

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de-breath plugin or noise gate. While both of these offer time-saving solutions, if used too aggressively

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they can actually make the audio worse since it becomes very choppy when breathing is present.

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For the most part though, breathing is a natural process and as humans we tend to tune that out.

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So, unless it's really distracting in your audio then personally I leave it in.

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If it is distracting any of the options mentioned here should help. Until the next time, happy podcasting.

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Danny Brown is the host of One Minute Podcast Tips, the show that helps you be a better podcaster in just a minute a week. He's also hosted, and co-hosted, several other podcasts - if you called him a serial podcaster, you wouldn't be wrong! He's been in the podcasting space for over 10 years, and has the scars to prove it.

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