Following up on our article about de-essers, today we look at multiband compressors. Both are frequency-specific (a la EQ), compressors, but whereas de-essers only reduce sibilance, multiband compressors can be used on any part of the spectrum. For podcasters there is one great and simple way to implement multiband compression on our vocal tracks.

To get the low down on our MBC tip to our accompanying article about de-essers

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A de-esser is a podcaster’s best friend. It reduces the sibilance (words with “sss” or “shh” sounds, like ship, chip, sip, zip, or jump) of phrases so that they don’t jump out in listeners’ ears. It is literally a de “sss”er. Once you start listening for sibilance, you’ll never be able to unhear it, and I apologize for that, but it is all in an effort to help you make a better podcast!

To sharpen your de-essing skills head to our accompanying article about de-essers

Or if you want us to take your podcast to the next level, come see why people love Podigy's podcast editing

Compressors are perhaps the most misunderstood and misused of all the tools podcasters have at their disposal to edit podcasts.

They’ve been on every single episode of a big name podcast that you’ve listened to, yet you are probably a little shaky on what they’re doing, and when to use them. Today we’re going to make clear what a compressor does, what all of its components are supposed to do, and the best places in your FX chains to use them. We’ll also go through the simplest free compressor that you can start using right now to get your podcast levels more in line, and the best way to set it up. It might seem tricky right now, but getting a good handle on how compressors work can save you a lot of time in the editing bay trying to get levels right.

To sharpen your compression skills head to our article about compressors

Or to see what we can do to take your podcast to the next level, head to https://podigy.co/

In this, the inaugural episode of The Podcaster’s Podcast, Riley Byrne from Podigy.co takes you through how to effectively use EQ in your podcast. Anytime you start editing a podcast, an EQ will be the first thing we start using, and probably the last thing we’ll adjust. It’s our swiss army knife to fix all sorts of problems that we might run into, so it’s very important we learn to use it correctly.

To sharpen your EQ skills head to https://podigy.co/2017/09/01/podcasters-eq/

Or to see what we can do to take your podcast to the next level, head to https://podigy.co/