Sep 12, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min · 24 segments
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Well, meanwhile, over on Reddit, we have somebody asked this and I just put, this is why you wear headphones.

When editing, I noticed that the volume is very uneven from quiet, loud to very soft, quiet, loud, not, not just loud, quiet.

Obviously that's because we talk louder or softer, but there, is there any way to balance this more with specific settings? I can't find anything online that et cetera, et cetera.

When you have multiple people on your show, you have to pretend you're Oprah and you get a microphone, you get a microphone, you get a microphone.

So having, even it's a condenser, because we always say condensers pick up more things around them, but that's, you're asking too much for that.

And so, you know, go get yourself some Samson Q2Us, make sure everybody wears headphones and, And then if you're like, oh, we don't have the budget for that, there are things like Auphonic.

Well, meanwhile, over on Reddit, we have somebody asked this and I just put, this is why you wear headphones.

When editing, I noticed that the volume is very uneven from quiet, loud to very soft, quiet, loud, not, not just loud, quiet.

Obviously that's because we talk louder or softer, but there, is there any way to balance this more with specific settings? I can't find anything online that et cetera, et cetera.

When you have multiple people on your show, you have to pretend you're Oprah and you get a microphone, you get a microphone, you get a microphone.

So having, even it's a condenser, because we always say condensers pick up more things around them, but that's, you're asking too much for that.

And so, you know, go get yourself some Samson Q2Us, make sure everybody wears headphones and, And then if you're like, oh, we don't have the budget for that, there are things like Auphonic.
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