Asheville, NC
I definitely battled the volume levels in the edit. Tom only had a headset. Not a actual mic. I recorded my audio on zencaster and audacity. My audacity cut is much better, but overpowered Tom's audio.I lost connection with him 3 times and each time he would fade in and out for several minutes after. I ran his entire cut through a seperate mp3 software and boosted his volume as much as I could. His headset clipped alot so I reduced those areas. When I would boost my audio it got grainy and fuzzy. I went back to my audacity cut, but when I reduced Tom's volume at all he lost all subtle nuances. the sweet spot was for tom to sound good and mine to sound distant and boomy lol. It annoyed me as well, but I wanted Tom as my guest to be represented well. I toyed around with boosting my volume in the zencaster cut, but that boomy sound was amplified and more annoying than the volume cut. I'm sure someone with more experience could dial it in. My next interview I hope to find a better balance and utilize a few more tricks I learned from my first outing. Thanks to everyone that listened and please keep the feedback coming. It's the only way any of us can improve.
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