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Can YOU do sound this badly? - #1 of a continuing series.

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John Vickers Contributing Member • Posts: 911
Can YOU do sound this badly? - #1 of a continuing series.

I've posted a few times before about folk who publish extremely bad audio.

Have a listen to this: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-penny-for-their-thoughts/id1484110214?i=1000570008992

What has been done to make the sound that bad?

I ask so that I and others can avoid this in future.

There's phoning it in over Starbucks internet, from a busy Starbucks, with no headset or lav, and no local recording.   That happens.   Doesn't need to, but it does.

There was some excuse for medics phoning in from the parking lot at the first peak of SARS-CoV-2, while taking a break to drink some water and get their N95 mask off for a few minutes.

The organisation that produced the podcast has a budget in the £100k pa ballpark for sound.   It has a podcast room in its HQ.

The organisation often has bad audio, I think in part because the Director and their staff think taking basic steps when out-of-office is beneath their pay grade.   But this is something special.  I've listened to short-wave broadcasts from a continent away that sounded far better.

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