Cleaning a podcast voice

A clean podcast voice is a chain, not a single magic filter. Order matters.

The chain

High-pass at 80 Hz, gentle noise reduction, de-esser on harsh sibilants, light compression at 2:1, and a limiter to catch peaks. Each stage does a little — that is why the voice survives.

Order matters

De-noise before compression, or the compressor will amplify the noise. De-ess after EQ, or the boost will make sibilants worse.

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