3 Week Podcast Editing Boot Camp

Produce Better Sounding Episodes In 3 Weeks

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This boot camp will teach you everything you need to know in order to produce better sounding podcasts without learning how to become an audio engineer. Whether you’re a podcaster who wants more control over your editing than Descript or Riverside gives you or someone who wants to start offering podcast editing services, this course has you covered.

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screenshot of a podcast editing session in Hindenburg 2

Weekly Modules

01

Pre-recording and Recording Fundamentals

Week 1 covers the essential pre-recording and recording fundamentals, from optimizing your recording space and selecting the right equipment to troubleshooting common issues and setting proper recording levels. You will learn how to capture high-quality audio and understand the impact your environment has on your recordings.

02

Mixing & Mastering

In Week 2, you’ll master audio clean-up and mixing fundamentals, including noise reduction, EQ, compression, and loudness normalization. You’ll develop a professional mixing workflow and learn how to prepare your episodes so they hit industry standards.

03

Editing Techniques & Decision Making

Week 3 tackles editing. Learn how to edit so things sound clear and natural and make quick decisions so you aren’t spending too much time editing. You’ll understand what to listen for when you edit to maintain natural speech flow while removing distractions while making it seem like it hasn’t been edited.

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What You Need To Know About The Boot Camp

3 weeks

Become a better podcast editor in less than a month. Each week, you’ll receive one video module followed by a live Q&A session the following week. This gives you time to watch the video and complete your homework before we get together for the live call and answer your questions. Can’t make the live call, you can provide questions ahead of time and watch the replay.

Plugins

This course demonstrates how to easily clean up and mix audio using AI and Machine Learning-powered plugins. While these plugins aren’t required, they will speed up your process. They were selected because they provide a good starting point without needing to learn about audio engineering. See the FAQ below for more details.

DAW Agnostic

While the course material will be demonstrated mostly with Hindenburg Pro, the course is built to be DAW-agnostic. You’ll learn the techniques and concepts needed when editing your podcasts. You can apply these to whatever editing software you’re using.

The 3 week Podcast Editing Boot camp

Hybrid course

$180

  • 3 Week Boot Camp
  • Modules are pre-recorded
  • 3 Live 60 minute calls to get your questions answered
  • Lifetime access to the course and replays
  • 6 month access to our Podcast Editing School community
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What they say about Our Courses

I just completed the final section of your Level Up course. I have to say I have a tear in my eye because I have enjoyed this course so much. I was looking for a process. I was looking for an A to Z workflow for editing audio podcasts that are created and recorded by others that need to be edited. I wanted to be able to produce a final product that the client could publish with pride. I got that and more.  
Joseph Freeman
Podcast Editor
Watching Jesse work on audio was not only educational but also inspiring. I gained a whole new understanding of different problems with audio and how to correct them. Jesse is a patient, kind, and humble teacher. I really appreciate his style of explaining things. 
Chrissy ODonnell
Podcast Manager & Blogger | Christina ODonnell, LLC
Jesse’s course on audio repair explains every aspect in detail with examples to listen to which helps narrow down what area to hone in on. I would totally recommend this course if you want to take that next step in improving your skills and providing your clients with a higher level end product. 
Lynda Stevenson
Podcast Manager | LJS Creative Services
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3 Week Podcast Editing Boot Camp FAQ

The 3 Week Boot Camp is designed for new or newer podcast editors, whether you’re editing your own podcast or want to learn how to edit podcasts for others. It’s designed for podcasters and podcast editors who are working, or plan on working in a DAW. The boot camp isn’t built for podcasters and editors who are using text-based editing apps like Descript, Riverside, Podcastle, and similar apps.

The only thing you need to know is how to use your DAW. That is the only thing that won’t be covered. There are plenty of tutorials on YouTube to help you get up and running with your selection.

The 3 Week Boot Camp is designed for new or newer podcast editors, whether you’re editing your own podcast or want to learn how to edit podcasts for others. It’s designed for podcasters and podcast editors who are working in or plan on working in a DAW. The boot camp isn’t built for podcasters and editors who are using text-based editing apps like Descript, Riverside, Podcastle, and similar apps.

The only thing you need to know is how to use your DAW. That is the only thing that won’t be covered. There are plenty of tutorials on YouTube to help you get up and running with your DAW.

If you’re an experienced podcast editor, you’re unlikely to get much value out of the boot camp. We do have other options that might appeal to you like our Podcast Editing: Level Up course and one-on-one coaching.

The only thing you need to know before enrolling is how to use your editing program. I take a DAW agnostic approach to teach skills and concepts that can be applied to whichever editing program you choose to use. I do this because there are too many choices out there for me to teach how to use each one.

You will learn a workflow that allows you to produce better-sounding episodes using the latest AI-powered plugins to speed up the process without needing to learn the ins and outs of compression, EQ, and audio engineering. Most of these tools are the same as what I use every day as I edit for my clients. I use them because they save me time and give results that are in-line with what I could do manually.

Plan to set aside three hours each week: one hour to watch that week’s video, one hour to practice those concepts, and one hour for the Q&A.

You will need to have a DAW like:

  • Audacity
  • Audition
  • GarageBand
  • Hindenburg
  • Logic
  • Reaper
  • Others

Descript, Riverside, Podcastle, and others like that are not DAWs. If you are using one of those, this course isn’t going to be worth it for you unless you have become frustrated with their limitations and are making the switch to a DAW.

Since this boot camp is aimed at helping you without learning audio engineering, I recommend a few plugins that use AI and machine learning to give you a good place to start.

Audio Clean-up: Choose one or both

  • Supertone Clear: ($99) This plugin does a pretty good job removing noise and reverb from recordings.
  • Izotope RX Elements: ($99) This is a good all-around tool for cleaning up dialog. If you only have $99, this might be your best value because it offers more than just noise and reverb reduction
  • Accentize dxRevive Pro: ($299) This is the most expensive option, but it’s worth it if you are cleaning up other people’s audio. It is my go-to noise and reverb reduction tool these days.

Mixing: choose one

  • Sonible smart:essentials bundle: ($249) These smart plugins make it easy to dial in compression, EQ, and the volume of your episode using AI. I use these plugins on every episode I edit because they save me time and the suggested settings tend to work well. These are essential to the boot camp since I’m not going to go too deep into the topics of EQ and compression beyond what they are and how they work at a high level.
  • Izotope VEA: ($29) VEA won’t give you the same results as the Sonible bundle, but it will give you an easy to use voice enhancer that includes basic EQ and compression.

Loudness Meter:

Throughout the boot camp, I use Hindenburg and will demonstrate using all of the above plugins. The workflows I demonstrate will be dependent on these plugins.

If you still have questions about what you need, you can always ask me inside the communty for guidance on what will be best for you and your budget.

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