The best audio settings for YouTube
The loudness target, true peak ceiling and delivery format YouTube actually uses.
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Straightforward guides to getting your voice recordings up to a professional standard — loudness, noise, formats and delivery specs, explained clearly.
How to make a podcast sound professional
Why price is rarely the problem — consistency, clean noise and a proper master are.
Read · 6 min readWhat is audio mastering for a podcast?
Editing, mixing and mastering aren't the same job — and skipping the last one shows.
Read · 5 min readMic bleed and crosstalk: causes and fixes
Why co-hosts pick up each other's mics, and why it's a recording fix, not a processing one.
Read · 5 min readRoom tone and noise floor explained
Why 'silent' recordings aren't actually silent, and why chasing true silence backfires.
Read · 5 min readFixing harsh S sounds and mic pops
What causes sibilance and plosives, and why mic placement beats fixing it afterwards.
Read · 5 min readWhy does my podcast sound different on every app?
How loudness normalisation works, and the one thing it can never fix for you.
Read · 5 min readHow to remove filler words from a podcast
When to cut 'um' and 'uh', when to leave them, and the edit order that actually works.
Read · 5 min readAudiobook recording setup for ACX narrators
Most ACX rejections trace back to the recording. A practical setup and session checklist.
Read · 6 min readRMS, LUFS and peak, explained
Three loudness numbers, three different jobs — and why each platform checks a different one.
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