saw a great tip about using a dog training clicker to mark where you mess up a take in an audio recording, because it generates a nice clean pattern in the waveform that makes it easy to spot
works great, but my dog is going nuts
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saw a great tip about using a dog training clicker to mark where you mess up a take in an audio recording, because it generates a nice clean pattern in the waveform that makes it easy to spot
works great, but my dog is going nuts
@molly0xfff a finger click or clap near the mic works too
@molly0xfff Reminds me of the old days when we would slate when filming to make it easy to sync video camera footage with external audio. (No slate? Just clap loudly!)
@molly0xfff lol yep I got the same advice in a voice acting class and it is so good.
@molly0xfff your dog will be an expert at trimming clips in Audacity in no time
@molly0xfff or just rewinding to about a sentence before you cocked up, start a new track, roll and go, then at the editing stage just cross fade in a gap between words. Makes matching the “state” of your voice and any room tone a doddle because it’s all done in the same session and your voice is in damn near exactly the same state because so little time has elapsed between takes.
I sometimes hear people forget to edit them out of their recordings and I like that. I'm like "thank you, yes, I am being good!"
@molly0xfff you could also use a classic clown horn, the outtake reels would be awesome
Too much burden for Atlas 🌎
@molly0xfff you can also just clap or slap the desk
@molly0xfff oooh I'm gonna use this!
@molly0xfff Dog podcast guest when?
@molly0xfff treat for your dog then, not so complicated 😜
@molly0xfff I'm talking out of my ass because I haven't recorded a podcast in years (despite being squarely in the demographic) and have used a clicker in the past.
But it's 2026 and it should be standard practice to have timecode and the ability to create markers that show up in the editing software. At least when someone else is editing.