(upbeat music) I'm Danny Brown, and you're listening to One Minute Podcast Tips, the show that helps you be a better podcaster in just a minute a week. If you want more specific tips just for you in your podcast, check out the Magic Mic membership at oneminutepodcasttips.com/support. And now, this week's episode. Way back in episode four, I spoke about the importance of editing your podcast, and I'll link to that in the show notes. But when it comes to editing, what's the best platform to use?
After all, editing can be pretty complicated, and that's why editors charge the big bucks. However, you can edit yourself. And the good news is, a lot of editing software is pretty easy to pick up, or doesn't have a huge learning curve. So which editor should you use? If you're looking for a free platform, the three I'd recommend are GarageBand, which comes installed on Mac, Audacity, which you can download for Mac or PC, and Reaper.
Now Reaper does have a bit of a learning curve, but there's a great playlist on YouTube from Mike DelGaudio, the Booth Junkie, and I'll also link to that in the show notes. When it comes to paid editing software, there are two that I really recommend. There's Hindenburg Pro, which I use, and the great news is it does a lot of the hard work for you.
So, when you upload your audio file, it will automatically add noise reduction, make sure the levels aren't too noisy, and a few other tricks behind the scenes. You can set it to the default loudness level for podcasts, which is generally minus 16 LUFS. The other one I'd recommend, if this is your first time editing your own podcast, is Descript. Now, while it's moved over to video production now, it's still a pretty good editor when it comes to audio.
And the cool thing with Descript is it's like using a Word doc or a Google doc. When you upload your audio file, text appears on the screen and you simply use that text to edit the audio. So if you've got words that you want to remove, you just delete them in the text and they're automatically deleted from your audio too. It's a really cool way to edit a podcast and a lot of podcasters highly recommend it.
And again, I'll leave links to all these tools in the show notes, so be sure to check them out after the episode. Until the next time, happy podcasting. (upbeat music) Thanks for listening. If you enjoy One Minute Podcast tips, be sure to share with your friends and other podcasters so they can enjoy it too. Until the next time, happy podcasting. (upbeat music)