The Studio Notebook

Tutorials, gear & growth

Honest, useful writing for podcasters — from cleanup tutorials to audience growth playbooks.

How to Remove Background Noise From Your Podcast (Without Killing the Voice)

Most podcasters over-process their audio and end up with a robotic, swimming-underwater sound. Here is how the pros actually clean up noise.

We tested 23 USB microphones in real-world podcast conditions. These are the only five that delivered broadcast-grade audio under...

Most podcasts plateau at under 100 listeners. The fix is not better audio or fancy equipment — it is something far simpler.

If you record over Riverside, Squadcast, or Zoom, this one decision affects everything about your final audio quality. Here is the...

There are now 4.8 million active podcasts. Here is what is winning, what is dying, and where the smart money is going.

Five years, 12,000 episodes, 800 clients. Here are the patterns we have noticed about what makes a podcast actually succeed.

Bad show notes are a wasted opportunity. Great show notes are SEO real estate, listener bait, and a subscription engine.

Spotify normalizes to -14. Apple to -16. YouTube to -14. Why are there so many standards, and which one should you target?

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