Recommended · Step 4

Edit and clean

Remove noise, level the voices, cut the mistakes.

What this step is

Turn raw tracks into one listenable mix: remove background noise, make every voice the same loudness, cut the false starts, add intro and outro if you have them.

Can you skip it?

For a solo show recorded well, nearly. For co-hosts or guests, levelling and noise removal make a large difference, and tools now do most of it automatically.

Tools

Audacity (free), Descript, Hindenburg, Reaper. Our Podcast Track Cleaner does the cleaning and levelling of per-participant tracks automatically.