Podcast Production — Swink Entertainment
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Podcast Production

Your voice deserves better than “hit record.”

Podcast production built around the conversation, the listener, and everything that happens after the microphones turn off. You bring the voice. We build the episode around it.

01 · Idea

The conversationis the raw material.

The microphones capture it. Production makes it worth listening to. That starts before anyone sits down, and it continues long after. Here's a page from a producer's notes.

  • Format that fits the show PLAN
  • Guests prepared, not scripted PREP
  • Pacing that respects the listener FLOW
  • Knowing what stays and what goes EDIT
Transcript · Raw takeProducer notes
HOST00:00:04

Okay, is this on? Are we — yeah, okay. Um, so. Welcome back. Today I'm talking with someone who rebuilt her company twice.

CUTFalse start. Open on the welcome.
GUEST00:03:12

Honestly, the first time, I didn't know what I was doing. The second time, I knew exactly what I was doing, and that was scarier.

KEEP · CLIPThat's the story. Cold-open candidate.
GUEST00:11:40

Which reminds me of this trip, we were driving through — actually, never mind, that's a whole other thing.

CUT · 00:48Tangent. Listener loses the thread.
HOST00:12:31

You mentioned the second rebuild before we started. What made you willing to do it again?

PREP PAID OFFQuestion came from the pre-interview.
GUEST00:12:38

[laughs] Stubbornness, mostly.

KEEPLeave the laugh. That's her.
02 · Record

Capture it clean.The first time.

You can't edit your way out of a bad recording. We set levels, watch the signal and mark the moments as they happen, so you can just talk. Try it: hit record, then drop a marker when something good happens.

STANDBY
Ready to record00:00:00
Take00
Host mic
-∞
Guest mic
-∞
Room tone
-∞
Recording
Press the red button to start recording
Marker log

No markers yet. These become your edit notes.

    Before

    Levels set, room checked

    Mics placed, noise tamed, a quick test so the first ten minutes aren't lost to a bad cable.

    During

    Watching so you don't have to

    Signal, pacing and the great moments, marked in real time while you focus on the conversation.

    After

    Nothing left on the table

    Files backed up and the markers handed straight to the edit.

    03 · Edit

    The best edit is the onethe listener never notices.

    Good editing removes friction without removing the person. We tighten, clean and shape, but the laugh stays, the pause that means something stays, and you still sound like you. Flip between raw and edited, then drag the playhead.

    Runtime 01:12:40 · unedited
    DIALOG
    MUSIC
    00:21:48
    Kept
    KEEP

    Chopped-up sounds edited. Well edited sounds like a great conversation.

    04 · Package · Audio + Video

    Heard or seen.Built for both.

    PGM · CAM A
    Switch cameras above. Production scope is set per show.
    One session · Many pieces

    One conversation.A lot more to work with.

    A good long-form recording is full of usable moments. Production scope can include cutting it into the formats your show needs. Hover a render to see where it comes from in the master.

    Master sessionFull recording · long-form
    Full episodeAudio
    Rendered
    Video episodeMulticam
    Rendered
    Short clipsVertical / square
    Rendered
    Quote momentsText + audiogram
    Rendered
    Social snippetsCaptioned
    Rendered
    Promo cutTrailer / teaser
    Rendered
    Render queue · exampleDeliverables confirmed per project
    Session archive

    Every showhas a shape.

    Founders, experts, creators, companies. Different goals, different formats, same care. Open a session to see how we'd approach it.

    Talk About Your Show
    SessionBuilt forFormat
    05 · Release · The full workflow

    From ideato finished episode.

    Follow one episode file through production. Click a stage, or step through it.

    Stage 01

    Idea

    What happens
      Episode fileep01_concept.doc
      Remote · On-location · Post

      Whereverthe conversation is.

      Across the United States and the Philippines, depending on the project. Pick the signal path that fits your show.

      Remote

      Anywhere
      You + guestOnline sessionOur edit

      We guide the setup, run or support the session, and handle everything after.

      On-location

      US · PH
      Our kitYour spaceOur edit

      A studio-style recording setup brought to your office, venue or home.

      Post-production

      Your files
      Your recordingUploadFinished episode

      Already recording? Send the files and we'll edit, mix and package them.

      Travel and on-location logistics are scoped individually for each project.

      Mic's ready.What do you want to say?

      Tell us about the show you have, or the one you've been meaning to start. We'll help you plan it, record it and turn it into something worth listening to.