#pancub21

hey pal! all the editing and postproduction (incl. music) is done by me (DM MJ) in about two waves: 

we each record separately in audacity (free audio editing software). after each session i get everybody’s audio files and sync them to a designated point (typically we all clap together on the call so that there’s a visible audio spike for me to use). i use audacity to sync, as well as to filter out background noise and adjust volume levels so that everybody’s equally loud. that’s the editing wave. 

postproduction is going to vary a lot for whoever’s doing it but here’s the way it happens for DNL. i export the mp3 of the raw session as an mp3 and open it up in garageband. i typically have incidental/background music already prepared (more on that in a minute) which i drop in and equalize with garageband’s interface - it’s a little easier to move stuff around in GB for me, but everybody’s got different preferences. this is where i cut out all our like, long pauses and rule checks and tangents about like, what the best panic at the disco song is. after i have everything in the right spots i give it a final listen to make sure the music is at the loudness i want, etc., then i bounce it to the disc as an mp3, which is what gets uploaded to libsyn (and syndicated via yknow apple podcasts and stitchr and whatever). 

i make music in garageband using a combination of ready-made loops available in the GB library and my own instrumentals, which i make using a 2 octave midi controller keyboard. everything i make is done specifically for the podcast, typically after the session has been recorded (although for certain Set In Stone scenes i sometimes have music already drafted). if you have specific questions about scoring i’d encourage you to shoot me a message on my main (@piratejenne) and i’ll try to help you out. 

i hope you dont mind me answering this publicly but this question comes through relatively regularly and i don’t check the inbox here very often now that we’re Extended Hiatus