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This post contains affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something, we may earn a commission. I started my podcast in a spare bedroom with bare walls and hardwood floors. It sounded terrible. When you record in an untreated room, your microphone doesn’t just hear you; it hears the room. It hears the … Read more
This post contains affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something, we may earn a commission. I am a night owl. I do my best writing at 2:00 AM. But there was a problem: My old mechanical keyboard sounded like a machine gun. Every time I hit the spacebar, the “CLACK” echoed through … Read more
This post contains affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something, we may earn a commission. If you live in an apartment, you know the struggle. You turn off the lights to sleep, but you can still see a bright beam of light coming from the hallway under your front door. And where … Read more
This post contains affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something, we may earn a commission. I have a love-hate relationship with earplugs. I love the silence, but I hate the pressure. As a side sleeper, sticking a piece of foam in my ear and then pressing it against a pillow usually means … Read more
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This post contains affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something, we may earn a commission. When I first tried to record a voiceover at home, I thought I needed to build a professional studio. I sat in my spare room, hit “Record,” and started speaking. When I played it back, my heart … Read more
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