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Re: Show HN: We made a fast audio editor for podcasting

#31

Really needs plugin support (if it's there, I don't see it). Plugins can make an otherwise minimal editor viable. For example: compression, normalization, and ducking seem to be missing, and I wouldn't want to edit speech without them.

Automatic speech recognition for search and redaction too.

Re: Show HN: We made a fast audio editor for podcasting

#32
post #12

Really appreciate the minimalism and simplicity (it's so rare in this industry!) and though obviously this app misses a lot of important sound editing features, I think it's a great start and the basis for something really cool. If I knew Rust I'd have offered myself as a contributor! Features that I think are critical for striking the minimalism/utility balance for podcast editing: - Enveloping per clip, i.e. fade i…

I did a podcast [1] and edited it myself, at first with Garage Band and then with Audacity. I used Audacity's package of audio processing. After learning the hot keys, I got reasonably proficient with it. I'm not doing it anymore, but I'd be curious what suggestions you'd have. (I have no idea what "ducking / side chain" means.) [1] https://operationcode.org/podcast

Ducking is just reducing the channel volume dynamically. For example when someone isn't speaking.

A Side Chain controls some effect on one channel based on the signal from a separate channel. Such as "ducking" background music when someone is talking.

Re: Show HN: We made a fast audio editor for podcasting

#33
Back when I was hosting and editing several weekly podcast I was in love with a now-defunct app [Ubercaster](https://www.provideocoalition.com/uebercaster_the_most_compl...).

That thing was incredible, and I wish they were able to keep developing it. The only recording and editing suite that felt like it was designed and built by people who actually made reasonably complex podcasts regularly.

I'm really interested to see if Teapodo can grow to be like that!

Re: Show HN: We made a fast audio editor for podcasting

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post #33

Back when I was hosting and editing several weekly podcast I was in love with a now-defunct app [Ubercaster]( https://www.provideocoalition.com/uebercaster_the_most_compl... ). That thing was incredible, and I wish they were able to keep developing it. The only recording and editing suite that felt like it was designed and built by people who actually made reasonably complex podcasts regularly. I'm really interested…

What are you using now? Have you tried other podcast-focused editors like Descript, Hindenburg, or Reaper with Ultraschall?

Re: Show HN: We made a fast audio editor for podcasting

#35
post #12

Really appreciate the minimalism and simplicity (it's so rare in this industry!) and though obviously this app misses a lot of important sound editing features, I think it's a great start and the basis for something really cool. If I knew Rust I'd have offered myself as a contributor! Features that I think are critical for striking the minimalism/utility balance for podcast editing: - Enveloping per clip, i.e. fade i…

I did a podcast [1] and edited it myself, at first with Garage Band and then with Audacity. I used Audacity's package of audio processing. After learning the hot keys, I got reasonably proficient with it. I'm not doing it anymore, but I'd be curious what suggestions you'd have. (I have no idea what "ducking / side chain" means.) [1] https://operationcode.org/podcast

Listened for a few minutes: I'd tweak the EQ so that voices sound more pleasant. In fact the remote voice (is it Zoom or something similar?) sounds awful to be honest, but that's the shortcoming of this type of recordings. So you need to apply a different EQ to the remote voice: reduce the highs and slightly boost the mids/lows, but it may end up being tricker than that.

Ducking in general is an effect used a lot on radio: you have a background music that automatically "ducks" when there's a voice over it. In other words, background music gives way to the voice.

Re: Show HN: We made a fast audio editor for podcasting

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post #12

Really appreciate the minimalism and simplicity (it's so rare in this industry!) and though obviously this app misses a lot of important sound editing features, I think it's a great start and the basis for something really cool. If I knew Rust I'd have offered myself as a contributor! Features that I think are critical for striking the minimalism/utility balance for podcast editing: - Enveloping per clip, i.e. fade i…

I did a podcast [1] and edited it myself, at first with Garage Band and then with Audacity. I used Audacity's package of audio processing. After learning the hot keys, I got reasonably proficient with it. I'm not doing it anymore, but I'd be curious what suggestions you'd have. (I have no idea what "ducking / side chain" means.) [1] https://operationcode.org/podcast

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Re: Show HN: We made a fast audio editor for podcasting

#37
I definitely like the UI, speed, and the simplicity.

The two things that will prevent me from actually using it for my pods are the much discussed VST support and the lack of ability to select a range and mute the selection. The second is actually more important, because it allows for small audio imperfections, like a cough, um, or smack, to be removed from the recording without requiring a split -> truncate workflow that breaks the recording into two pieces, which then have to be moved and repositioned separately.

Re: Show HN: We made a fast audio editor for podcasting

#38
post #11

So the GUI is in Qt and the internal engine in Rust. Do you call Rust code from cpp? It's less common in that direction, how was your experience doing it? any obvious traps?

I'm reasonably happy with qmetaobject crate of rust to write gui in qml. All logic in rust, all presentation qml

Re: Show HN: We made a fast audio editor for podcasting

#39
post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You mean qt6 and rust in your last sentence i think. Not on a computer right now but qml rust is reasonably mature. Will post later

yes, thanks!

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31911684

Re: Show HN: We made a fast audio editor for podcasting

#40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I did a podcast [1] and edited it myself, at first with Garage Band and then with Audacity. I used Audacity's package of audio processing. After learning the hot keys, I got reasonably proficient with it. I'm not doing it anymore, but I'd be curious what suggestions you'd have. (I have no idea what "ducking / side chain" means.) [1] https://operationcode.org/podcast

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What a stupid comment. Are you just on the lookout for something to be offended about?

I was asking for an explanation, which he gave.

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