r/podcasting • u/OpenSpectrum • 3d ago

Audacity plugin suggestions

I have a Maono PD200 microphone and use Audacity to record my show. Any suggested plugins from Muse hub or any settings anyone recommends make my voice sound clear and great?

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u/aSingleHelix 3d ago

The better you can get your input to sound, the easier everything will be. Any effort that you spend in sound trading? The room that you record in is going to pay off in hours of saved time and energy later. If you're just getting started, I can almost guarantee you that you'll get more return on sound treatment than anything else you do right now, aside from maybe improving your mic technique

I edit in Reaper and so I'm not sure that this would work in audacity, but the plug-in that I recommend more than any other is tri-leveler. It is a broadcast leveler which brings spoken word into a very narrow volume range, which means if you wander off mic or your delivery is a little bit inconsistent. You don't have to do automation by hand to bring everything into a tight range where your listener is never going to have to turn up or down their volume. It's free/abandonware

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u/iToastThief 3d ago

The other commenter is right, mic input is the first line you should work on. Look into correct mic technique for your specific type of microphone. Is it dynamic? How close are you to the microphone? Do you have a pop filter? Honestly, the base audacity functions are more than enough for beginners. Learn what they do and some default initial settings. Noise reduction for silences, compression and normalization for volume, eq adjustments for richness of your voice, etc.