Podcast Editing Tips THAT SAVE HOURS (Delete Silence & Mute Microphones)

[@MikeRussell]

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[@kringlacson]

I'm a beginner who's editing her first podcast episode. Dropping by to say that your tutorials have been a TREMENDOUS help - thanks so much for doing these!! You've got yourself a subscriber in me!

[@MikeRussell]

Thanks Krizelle. Good luck with the podcast.

[@OttoZeiger]

I was totally surprised when I heard the guest talking in Estonian :D Small world. I'm currently in Australia and was looking how to edit podcasts faster, pleasant surprise it was.

[@amalyaneumann227]

Daammmnn that Mic bleed fix saved my life!!!! Thank you so much!

[@MikeRussell]

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[@drunkhas]

Ooof! That tip for the microphone bleed is just pure gold! I've been having that exact issue with the podcast I produce and edit, Thanks a lot!

[@MikeRussell]

Great 🎙

[@RyanSamuel]

I've been wasting hours manually editing voiceovers over the past couple of years as a freelance in the industry. This video is absolutely game-changing - I just wish there was a way to delete 2nd take read for things like audiobooks as well! Many thanks for your help!

[@MikeRussell]

Thank you for sharing your experience and feedback. It's great to hear that our tips are helping save hours in your podcast editing process.

[@suem6004]

Thank you!!! I will take notes for edit time. You breeze through it that I forget which subfile of subfile.

[@MikeRussell]

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[@allyncia]

Whoa...just met you/saw you speak at Adobe Max. This is amazing. Just got through HOURS of doing exactly these two steps. Now, I'm trying to consider what I need to do for final step before mixing and uploading to site. Feel free to refer me your video on sequence of steps for multitrack podcast edit. AWESOME again and thanks!

[@JonathanHarris]

I'm a podcast editor and have issues with background echo/noise in the past until just a month ago I discovered the dynamics tool! Awesome tutorial!!

[@MikeRussell]

Awesome news Jonathan!

[@gabronson]

Hey Mike, thanks for the tutorial, but for me it's not working properly. When I apply the dynamics effect, it also cuts audio from the main audio, the one i need. And if I put the noise gate to a lower volume, it starts bleeding again. Is there a solution to this?

[@MrRedman911]

I have the exact same issue and don't know how to resolve it

[@theoppenheimerprojects2867]

Following.

[@davidpestana5980]

o it never did resolve anything, he thought he did as the podcast is in a foreign language

[@efsnetwork]

having the same issue. some of my main audio is getting affected by the autogate. have any tips on how to fix this??

[@mrhappy9911]

Me too😢

[@oliviervandesanden5400]

this tutorial is very handy: two basic techniques that save so much time. Not all the intro and extra's that other tutorials have. It's so to the point, that I only had to watch it twice and now I have incorporated it into my 'workflow'.

[@MikeRussell]

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[@efrainschunior815]

Mike! I've been trying to figure out FOR A YEAR how to edit 3 mono tracks simultaneously without doing it in the multitrack. thank you!!!!! bless you!!!!!!

[@MikeRussell]

Glad to have helped 👍

[@pennlive]

Mike you just saved my life and mental health! I've been spending 3-4 hours editing a podcast each week. My boss won't know what happened when I finish in an hour.

[@MikeRussell]

That's great to hear and fingers crossed for a pay raise!

[@jessejustsick]

You just saved my life man! I just switched over to a multi-track recorder and was seriously clueless on how I was supposed to edit all the mic bleed. The deleting silence tip is the cherry on top

[@MikeRussell]

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[@SchalkNeethling]

Thank you for yet another great video. One thing I found and thought I would mention is that, under settings, there is an option to remove or shorten silences. I have found that sometimes shortening has a better end result than deleting. Again, thanks so much for sharing all this great info!

[@MikeRussell]

Thanks for sharing 👍

[@franklidgad]

Is there a way to batch remove silence from the beginning and end of audio files ? Also export and overwrite the original as part of the process??

[@glyndewis]

Superb yet again. Thanks Mike

[@MikeRussell]

Glad you liked Glyn.

[@charliecaisey9451]

@@MikeRussell Hi mike, I have watched many of your video's this is the most valuable one for me yet! Thanks a lot!! I am working with 3 mics in one room as a beginner recorder & editor with minimal equipment so anything along the lines of group recordings would help me out! Audition is such a great software but there is just so much I don't know about it like this, why don't they make it more clear Lol

[@starskysaber]

Tbh, thank you for your videos. Learning Audition from scratch has been a learning curve for me, as a beginner in audio post-production.

[@MikeRussell]

Thank you for your kind words. I'm glad my videos have been helpful in your learning journey.

[@cicischallengehighlights421]

I’m literally crying right now 😭😭😭 the most stressful and difficult part of editing our podcast!!! Sometimes we record for 4-5 hours and going through breaking out silences one at a time would take me a full day. This is amazing thank you!!!!

[@MikeRussell]

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[@RevEricHebert]

I guessed on the use of a GATE, but was completely blown away with the CUSTOM channels! Great vid!

[@MikeRussell]

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[@Jojor11]

This is exactly what I was trying to figure out by myself (didn’t know how to search it), and now this video appears on my KZbin home screen... thanks for doing it

[@musasoyyo]

Thank you so much, I was having so much trouble with mic bleed and this technique really helped me. Great Content!

[@MikeRussell]

How do you have your mics set up? Try placing them facing back to back so you sit opposite the other person as this may also help reduce mic bleed at source.

[@kinkperth9095]

I just edited my first podcast and you saved me a day just by watching this video. Cheers

[@MikeRussell]

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[@levitatelondon]

Thank you so much for the autogate tutorial. OMG, this will save me hours. I've recorded 10 episodes of my podcast and only managed to get through manually editing 3 of them, given the amount of time needed to manually drop volume etc!

[@DavidMathieson]

I'm a video producer and I've always felt I could get more out of Audition since I'm not really a sound guy. To make matters more interesting, I've been asked to produce a podcast so I've had to dive head first into Audition. In general, your channel has been a Godsend, but after my first more-or-less real world 3-mic test (yes in English but with my kids as unenthusiastic 'guests') I found these two very problems. Great to wake up this morning to a notification to this on-point tutorial. Thank you! Oh, and coffee for me, please.

[@MikeRussell]

Yay! Coffee it is!

[@steem23]

This video has single-handedly made me consider switching from my familiar Ableton Live to Adobe Audition. Great work my man. Also, I want to hear your voice mic’d without any processing!

[@MikeRussell]

Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm glad my video has inspired you to consider switching to Adobe Audition. I'll consider include a segment in an upcoming video without any processing. Isn’t that like forgetting to shave or wear makeup however?! Stay tuned!

[@ramosfoley]

When I try this for a two wav set-up, the first channel is panned to the left, second to the right. Both mono tracks. What am I doing wrong?

[@PSQ7]

I had this same problem! I made a 4 wave set-up and copied and pasted the first track onto the first 2 waves and then the second onto the 3rd and 4th wave. Also check your Audio channel settings in preference and make sure tracks 3 &4 are enabled.

[@xaosikk]

Please!!!! Keep doing what you're doing. You're the SINGLE best audition editor ever.

[@MikeRussell]

Thanks so much!

[@yasharzorofi3801]

You my friend, just saved HOURS of my life. Thank you so much 👍❤

[@MikeRussell]

Glad to have helped

[@nataliaradziuk2032]

Omggggg!!! Your videos have helped me with my podcast soooooo much!! Thank you for making these videos and helping people like me feel more confident and comfortable in my podcast Production work!!!

[@MikeRussell]

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[@curiosityofpod]

Really helpful, thank you! Struggled with mic bleed but this does a lot of the heavy lifting. Still have a few issues when my son is speaking quietly but manual clean up for that isn’t too bad. The polywave is really interesting too.

[@MikeRussell]

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[@davalvideo]

What a time saver!! Thank you so much, Mike.

[@MikeRussell]

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[@daviddryden7668]

I'm so happy to have hours and hours of my life back. Thank you so much!

[@MikeRussell]

Thanks David

[@BenDurham]

oh my goodness. I wish I found this sooner! Wonderfully automated!

[@dr_wilko]

I've been looking for a way to emulate Strip Silence in Audition for several years. This is excellent, thank you!

[@MikeRussell]

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[@iv.prutskov]

Thank. This is magic. I subscribed to your channel.

[@MikeRussell]

Great, thank you!

[@thesmarterspodcastingadvis6804]

I just love you! Mike, multiple blessings in your life

[@MikeRussell]

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[@tenkelly]

About to switch my podcast editing from Reason to Audition. This video is saving me TONS of time while learning the new platform. Wow, I can't believe I'd sit and do that manually! Thanks, Mike!

[@MikeRussell]

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[@HORRORBOISHA]

This saves me more time and my life is better for it. Thank you.

[@MikeRussell]

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[@jeremiahchinyoka7121]

You rock Mike. You are a Legend. Keep doind what you are doing learning tons

[@MikeRussell]

Thanks Jeremiah

[@Will.Standfest]

Holy cow, this is a fabulous tip. Will save me a lot of time as I get started editing our podcast. Thanks for sharing

[@MikeRussell]

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[@authenticpivots1356]

Mike you're an absolute power user!! Thank you for saving the team at Authentic Pivots a lot of time and effort!

[@MikeRussell]

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[@HaL-vt3mm]

Sheesh! That's a lot of tea taking opportunities. Thanks Mike! Thanks a lot.

[@MikeRussell]

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[@justanothernoobe]

I love how effective this is. I'm shooting videos of about up to 6 or 8 people performing Improv in an acting class. I'm using Rode Wireless Go (the original, not the newer v2). I see this video is 5 years old so just wondering whether all of this is now automated via the denoise functionality or whether this is an alternative or better process? I don't mind taking extra time for a manual process if it's a better outcome but for obvious reasons don't want to spend time if it's already automated.

[@MikeRussell]

Ah, the eternal battle of man vs. machine! While automation can be a time saver, sometimes you just can't beat the good ol' human touch.

[@ialokinstein]

That's the most helpful tutorial for THE exact problems I've been having!!!😁👍👍👍

[@MikeRussell]

Yay, glad to have solved your pain!

[@sbharvey11]

Holy smokes, I wish I had seen this video years ago, thanks Mike! Saving me hours!

[@MikeRussell]

I'm so glad to hear that my video was helpful to you, and I'm thrilled that it's saving you precious time! Thanks for your support and kind words. Keep up the great work!

[@sbharvey11]

Okay I'm back with another quick question if you don't mind sir! I'm getting a slight latency issue when I play back my audio on the multi-track in the levels panel, it's a bit choppy and it's not crisp if that makes sense, any help would be amazing, thank you!@@MikeRussell

[@miraclewalkerproductions]

You ROCK! This really helped me, thank you. You saved me hours of frigging frustration.

[@MikeRussell]

Thanks for letting me know 👌

[@DevtheGeek]

God bless you, Mike!

[@MikeRussell]

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[@MyTruckingSkills]

So I cant seem to figure something out. 3 different people/audio recording, I did everything you said in this video, but when I playback the file after copying and pasting in the 3 different channels, I have channel 1 on the left ear, channel 2 in the right ear, and channel 3 does not have sound. I use the Realtek(R) Audio as the output in Hardware. I want everyone to come out of both earpieces. what do I do, all 3 channels are on mono

[@MikeRussell]

I'd suggest joining our community and sharing screenshots of your multitrack session community.musicradiocreative.com/

[@sameeroafbazivich2832]

Mike you are great! I love your voice and you british accent! Your video helped me a lot :) Thank you!

[@MikeRussell]

Thank you very much

[@ai-whisperer]

0:35 => Remove Background dialogue picked up from the environment (like mike bleed from multiple people) 4:01 => Remove Silences from multi-Guest Podcast w/ multiple audio tracks

[@KOTAKVISUAL]

As always great tutorial mike. Thx 😎🤘

[@MikeRussell]

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[@jayrojas2259]

Great content, I just got a TLM 49 and this is a great start in learning to use the program I already have, thank you!

[@MikeRussell]

Thanks Jay. Have fun

[@elifdaskaya6073]

Thank you so much Russell! I love your tips and I want to ask you million questions :) For example, how do I prevent echo sound when two speakers speak at the same time? Do I need to make any adjustments to the microphones while recording?

[@MikeRussell]

Thank you for your kind words! To prevent echo when two speakers speak at the same time, it's best to have both microphones positioned closely to each speaker and set up a noise gate to automatically mute the microphone not in use during recording. Keep the questions coming, happy to help!

[@ramasamystudios4101]

Thanks again man. I swear, if my channel takes off, you will be the first KZbinr I will donate to. I am basically recording in my room, so I do not have advanced equipment, but my audio is freaking 1000000 times better. And i only watched 2 of your videos!!!!!!!!

[@MikeRussell]

Glad to have helped

[@andremp03]

Thank you so much for this tip, Mike! This is gonna save hours!

[@MrSaeedae]

great tutorial; I would like to hear after the silent was deleted and combine all the three tracks, but anyway, that was a great tutorial

[@MikeRussell]

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[@lizm.308]

Wonderfully helpful! Thank you so much for the tutorial.

[@cyphercvp1629]

THANK YOU!!!!!! OH GOD THANK YOU!!!!!! I edit 2 hours files in multitrack you just save my life and gave me enough time to eat and have a life!!! thanks

[@MyTruckingSkills]

That was a wonderful tutorial.

[@MikeRussell]

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[@vagrantodyssey4736]

This was pretty amazing help, thank you so much!

[@MikeRussell]

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[@KeitiBlog]

Me as an Estonian trying to understand this, but couldn't focus at first, because I was too surprised to hear Estonian language in your podcast :D

[@MikeRussell]

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[@HiYesTY]

Hey Mike, thanks for another great tutorial. Do you recommend doing this process before ENCN processing or after?

[@TheZordon321]

This was seriously amazing advice and help. Cheers m8.

[@MikeRussell]

Brilliant. Glad it helped

[@edpugh6962]

Love these videos Mike, I'm slowly improving thanks to your tutelage... :)

[@MikeRussell]

Good to hear 👌

[@Runnetib]

This is a great help! Would you suggest adjust LUFs before or after the dynamic adjustment for the mic bleed?

[@MikeRussell]

Probably best to do the repair work before proceeding.

[@chuckdeez810]

This is fantastic -- thank you so much for this valuable information! Subbed.

[@thomasshakelton]

This is amazing, but if I have many multiple clips on my multitrack it only allows me to apply the "delete silence" on one clip at a time?

[@KanapaKnapa]

Amazing. I just wonder how can I do the mute microphone trick in Final Cut Pro or Garage Band.

[@MikeRussell]

The technique would be the same across all DAWS. Find the maximum amplitude of the mic bleed from the second speaker and apply a noise gate set at that level. Make sure to preview before you apply to ensure you haven't also cut off any of the softer bits from the actual speaker on that microphone.

[@KanapaKnapa]

@@MikeRussell Thx for that, I will check it. I usually edit an hour long video podcasts. If it works on Garage Band it will save me hours of work.

[@jeffzeringue8234]

Just starting a podcast for my association and finding your tutorials incredibly helpful! A challenge for me is getting good audio recorded. We will invest in a Scarlett 2i2 for two inputs as the format is most often going to be host and one guest. I can't find answers to simple questions, like with each mic record on a separate track, whether I'm recording in Audacity or Audition?

[@MikeRussell]

If you're recording in Audition you can use the multi track and assign the two channels to separate tracks in the multi track which will make for better editing

[@grantthiel5015]

Amazingly helpful, thank you so much for saving me so much time!

[@MikeRussell]

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[@EvanFordeBarden]

The most helpful video on the most helpful channel.

[@MikeRussell]

Thanks Evan

[@cortneythedesigngoat]

Thanks for showing this tip. It's very helpful!

[@TenaciousTO]

Hey Mike. Thanks a lot for this video. I'm not sure if I've looked over it or not, but do you have an in depth video on how to tweak the attack, release and hold of the AutoGate? I've been playing around with it a bit and have found some explanation online but I still can't get my head around how these three buttons work. I'm able to filter out the mic bleed, but the main voice in the respective tracks always kind of gets choppy. Thanks i.a.!

[@MikeRussell]

It sounds like the mic bleed and certain parts of the main voice are of similar amplitude. You may wish to try upping the hold and / or the attack figures.

[@gibsonedu]

Nice work :) Didn't know about the polywave track. Curious to hear how the deleted silences sound; obviously would be impacted by settings and all. I generally avoid using a gate for the silences because it wants to start triggering a little bit on breaths where they inhale but it's not quite enough to trigger the gate but it's halfway getting cut out and sounds awkward. Then lightening up how aggressive it is just ends up leaving a little too much. Will try again with some of your tips from this video.

[@MikeRussell]

Thanks Thom. You're right that it's a fine art to setup a gate and it does crush those breaths for sure!

[@spyroball2032]

Niceeee exaclty what i needed to know to expand my knowledge. Thank you

[@MikeRussell]

Cool!

[@wisdomtibagye3689]

great tutorial. I have however found that deleting all scanned silences also makes the conversation within each single tracks less realistic. The delete silence edit of course is not able to distinguish a pause for breath and a silence between two speaker. The result was a very rushed conversation or monologue even, somthing like playback times 2

[@MikeRussell]

That can happen and that's why you have to use it with caution

[@USMan21]

You earned a new subscriber Mike, Awesome videos!!!

[@MikeRussell]

Thanks

[@SkyLineBg]

so useful! many thanks! saved me a ton of time, i wish i knew this earlier : )

[@MikeRussell]

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[@GDoggProductions]

Thank you mike 😁 just what i was looking for

[@MikeRussell]

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[@trexmusic176]

Wow your audio is crystal clear. Is this because of your microphone? Or you edit this this. Please make a tutorial on how you edit "your audio"

[@MikeRussell]

There are many videos on making your voice sound better but you do need both a decent microphone and an acoustically treated space to record in

[@AishaaMusic]

Those tips are crazy ! Thnank you

[@mhwilly]

wish I saw this before editing out mic bleed and silences, haha! Thank you for this tutorial!

[@MikeRussell]

Hopefully it helps for the future

[@anthonybreedlove1552]

Hey Mike, thanks for all your work! As I'm just getting into podcasting, you're a life saver. Probably a noob question, when deleting silence does it matter that the audio files aren't sync'd? I saw you can load them separately in multi track but didn't know if they needed to be sync'd ahead of that or if doing it in multi track is still appropriate.

[@anthonybreedlove1552]

Also, is it normal for the process to take a long time? Sometimes when a process is resource taxing Audition will go into 'Not Responding limbo' but usually catches up fairly quick. This is the only process that stays in that 'limbo' state.

[@MikeRussell]

If you are deleting silences across multiple files it's better to combine them into a poly wave and let Audition delete the silences that way.

[@allanspinto]

With this hack, you do not make me save hours, but a life time. I'm thankful so much to you, Mike Russell!

[@MikeRussell]

Yay, go and use those hours to do something fun!

[@allanspinto]

@@MikeRussell You bet I will, like watch more Mike Russell's videos.

[@thesportspa6712]

Excellent... guess I'll be trying out audition now

[@MikeRussell]

Enjoy 👌

[@dancurry156]

Mike, great video. I'm a relative novice and testing Audition. Learned a lot from you. One question about your process here. On my podcast, I mix down separate tracks to a single mono file. Instead of applying delete silence feature to polywave files, wouldn't it just make more sense for me to mix down the tracks and apply the delete silence feature to the mono track? Is there a disadvantage to doing it that way?

[@georgiema4710]

This is amazing! The silence hack was pretty cool. I tried the the mic bleed for a couple of multitracks I had talking at the same time but I found it also cut out some of the conversation from the speaker. I tried playing around with it but I couldn't get it to only cut the bleed out - any further tips would be appreciated. Thank you.

[@MikeRussell]

I'd suggest you post an unedited sample in our community community.musicradiocreative.com/ but in short if the mic bleed is louder than the quietest part of the talking on the track itself then you can't eradicate it easily

[@bahatashani2038]

I knew I could come to your channel and find a fix to save me time… But I wanted to waste my own time for 16 episodes before coming to you so I would be wowed for longer 😱

[@MikeRussell]

Glad to have helped

[@literallyshane4306]

Brilliant! I don't thin I'd have a podcast if it wasn't for your videos Mike. Thank you

[@MikeRussell]

So amazing to hear. Thank you!

[@MarcoBattocchia]

Wow, amazing tips, thank you! I hope it can be applied in Audacity as well.

[@MikeRussell]

Certainly you can noise gate in Audacity but the rest I'm afraid you won't find in Audacity. It is a very good free DAW but most of this video is on features found in Adobe Audition.

[@MarcoBattocchia]

@@MikeRussell Thank you for the clarification on Audacity.

[@troygooden2525]

Good Tip, I'll try this with my next edit.

[@MikeRussell]

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[@SonLefty_]

Great video Mike, it saves me a lot of time when working on my podcast. My only question is after I got rid of the background sound in wave form, when I play the clip in multitrack, the background noise in multitrack is much higher than in wave form. How do I fix this?

[@MikeRussell]

Multitrack will only alter the audio using any effects you’ve added to the effects rack. The ideal is to record in a good recording environment without background noise but before you process your recording you’ll need to remove the background noise otherwise your effects rack effects will enhance it

[@charliecaisey9451]

Hi mike, I have watched many of your video's this is the most valuable one for me yet! Thanks a lot!! I am working with 3 mics in one room as a beginner recorder & editor with minimal equipment so anything along the lines of group recordings would help me out! Audition is such a great software but there is just so much I don't know about it like this, why don't they make it more clear Lol

[@MikeRussell]

Don’t worry, we all started somewhere and the more you use it and the more knowledge you pick up and seek out you’ll soon find it becomes a lot easier.

[@charliecaisey9451]

@@MikeRussell thank you ! 😁

[@patrickbradshaw8238]

Hi Mike, really helpful thank you. My question is, how do I restore a selected area I applied the auto gate function to back to how it was. I have spots in the track where the transition from one speaker to another isn’t great where I have reduced the decibels by too much. Thanks a lot, Pat

[@MikeRussell]

Hi Pat, if you're working in waveform and have saved the file then your only option is to go to a backup copy before the save was made I'm afraid,

[@michamazur9367]

I'll definitely try all of this next week when editing my podcast! Thank you so much 🙌 The polywave will work great if all tracks are in sync. How should I approach it if I record audio remotely with my guest and we clearly did not hit Record at the same time? Thanks!

[@MikeRussell]

Fortunately with audio you get the audible and visible so it's often easiest so align the tracks roughly first using the voices and then expand the waveforms and use them as a visual reference to align perfectly.

[@michamazur9367]

@@MikeRussell Good point!

[@sellayoffe]

You're a lifesaver!!! It's like you read my mind...

[@MikeRussell]

Great Sella!

[@Iareawesome100]

Just edited a podcast in 5 minutes cheers mate!

[@timfarmer4836]

Great video! Really helpful.

[@MikeRussell]

Thanks Tim

[@arnoldonea]

You are so on subject . Yeayy so glad i find you page

[@MikeRussell]

Thanks Arnold 🙏

[@TommysOutdoors]

Great video, very helpful! Thanks Mike.

[@MikeRussell]

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