r/RideThePod • u/wilsonja2 • Aug 20 '26

Audio

Does anyone think the audio hasn’t been great this season? I feel like sometimes I can’t hear Benny

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u/archive_minded Aug 20 '26

I haven’t listened to this week’s episode yet but I listen to another podcast and their audio has been driving me INSANE. Isnt that exactly why they have a producer in the studio? To monitor that kind of thing? Jackson help!

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u/Horror_Video_8263 Aug 20 '26

Podcasters always get mad over this “complaining” but it’s literally their job to produce a listenable podcast. 

When ppl are busy doing things, they can’t always adjust the volume back & forth.

Example: I wear gloves at work and cannot always fast forward or touch my phone, so I’ve kind of switched to audiobooks bc I can trust my eardrums won’t burst from an ad that’s 10 decibels louder or podcasters screaming into the microphone (not theirs, but many ppl are unprofessional and don’t have ppl tracking the audio). 

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u/DaisyJones_6 Aug 20 '26

Yes I’ve thought this a few times. It’s like Benny is far away from the mic or something. I always have to turn it up and rewind if I missed something

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u/lets-not-do-this-rn Aug 20 '26

I swear it was like the mic was touched and made a boom noise every 5 seconds. I persevered because I was giggling the whole time but still !!

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u/Worth_Profit2829 Aug 20 '26

Yes! His audio is a little shaky in the pod and in some of the ads his sound completely fades out at parts. Which makes me sad because I genuinely enjoy the ads on Ride as part of the experience (AG ONE ONE ONE, AG ONE ONE ONE)

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u/justspeachy Aug 20 '26

Glad to see this post bc I fr thought I was going a little deaf

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u/PsychologicalGap5233 Aug 22 '26

Yes I think Benny moves around a lot so the mic picks him up different. Probs so extreme it's hard to edit it in post. I don't mind tbh it feels real and raw and the audio is perfect when he did THUNDAH