The order that you apply your effects and treatments matter. Join me to explore this. This is a very quick episode. I want you to understand the logic of the sequence I'm presenting this material so you can experiment for yourself. 


Remember: Remove before Enhancing. 




PRODUCTION NOTES


Recording Mic: Microsoft Lifechat LX6000 USB Headset


Recording device : Dell G7 Windows 10 via USB


Recording location: Sitting at dining table - no pillowfort 


Recording app: Audacity for Windows


Recording format: WAV (16 bit stereo)


Sample rate: 44100Hz


Editing app: Audacity


Sound Treatment: EQ applied in Audacity. Then cleanup and Loudness (-19LUFs) applied at Auphonic Productions at Auphonic.com


Auphonic.com settings [to output as a 16bit mono WAV file]: Adaptive Leveler (on), Loudness Normalization (Loudness Target -19 LUFS ), Filtering (on), Noise and Hum Reduction (Reduction Amount: Auto), Sample rate: 44.1kHz


I uploaded the resulting WAV file to Anchor.fm to host the file and added the music from their free music stock.


Anchor automatically converts the WAV file into a 128kbps .m4a file