I would subscribe to a feed that did not have the intro music. I like the branding, but I know there have been several comments about improving the music. The best solution may be to offer a feed with only the contributor's voice.
On Sun, Oct 17, 2021 at 7:16 PM Thaj Sara <thajas...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ok I'm going to be the pedantic audio nerd here. Using decibels to > measure this sort of thing can quickly lead to issues. The above example > kind of proves that. Without going into a REALLY long rant about audio > measurements and acoustics, the industry standard for measuring finalized > audio levels like this are LUFs (Loudness Unit Full Scale). The level that > is standard for podcasts is -16 LUFS. On Tenacity/Audacity this can be > achieved using the "Loudness Normalization" effect. I usually do some work > on audio prior to using that plugin to even out the levels. This would > ensure that the intro, body and outro of the show are all at the same > loudness. Yes Ken, I know I owe you a show... > > I agree with Klaatu. I usually bake in the intro and outro but would be > more than willing to not if it makes another feed easier to produce. > > > On Sat, Oct 16, 2021 at 5:40 PM anarchore via Hpr < > hpr@hackerpublicradio.org> wrote: > >> Hi; >> >> There was a community news show about a month ago during which the >> producers remarked that there was a plateau in subscribers. >> >> I have a suggestion that may improve this attrition rate... I and I'm >> sure a lot of others listen to podcasts to wind down while going to sleep. >> >> The intro song is loud, low bitrate sounding trumpet chiptune fanfare, >> which is fine. The thing is, the shows are often recorded at a low volume >> level so the volume must be adjusted upward to hear them... then after >> being soothed by a soft spoken hacker voice, the blaring, loud chiptunes >> are blasted again at the end of the show. >> >> This has woken me up from sleep many times. I can only imagine the >> consternation from headphone users. >> >> I'm sure this has led to many rage-unsubscriptions by those less level >> headed than I. >> >> There is a much more mellow sounding intro that is the same tune at a >> lower volume, that is used sometimes. If there must be an outro song, >> this should be it, and the loud blaring fanfare tune should be only used at >> the beginning. >> >> -- >> Sent with Tutanota, the secure & ad-free mailbox. >> _______________________________________________ >> Hpr mailing list >> Hpr@hackerpublicradio.org >> http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org >> > _______________________________________________ > Hpr mailing list > Hpr@hackerpublicradio.org > http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org >
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