Paige Finn DohertyFounding Partner, Behind Genius · Founding Partner at Behind Genius Ventures

What is the video editor Behind Genius Ventures General Partner Paige Doherty insists on having?

29 Dec 2022 · 1 min

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In this monologue, the speaker reflects on their early podcast production process, noting that the original recordings suffered from poor sound quality due to limited editing skills. They recorded episodes on Riverside and performed basic edits in Audacity, a free audio editor, but found it cumbersome to split tracks, locate edit points, and remove verbal fillers. Seeking a more efficient solution, they discovered Descript, a transcription‑centric editing platform. The speaker highlights Descript’s ability to edit audio by editing its transcript, which streamlines filler removal and content restructuring, and mentions its newer design‑oriented features that further aid podcast editorial work.

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And yeah, so the bare-bones version, the original podcast, uh, so if you go back and listen to it, the sound quality is not great, but that's okay. It was because I was not good at editing, so I would record on Riverside and then I'd edit on Audacity, which is a free audio editing tool. It is a pain to chop and split 2 tracks as well as find out where in the recording I was supposed to be editing, take out verbal fillers. So I went searching for a better solution and I ended up finding DeepL. Descript, which like Descript, I, I heart you. I hope you're listening. We use like kind of a mix of things, but I think one of the things that Descript's really great at is it's all oriented around the transcription of files. And so if you're running a podcast where you're trying to like editorialize either the content of it, it's really great because they have like design-oriented features now as well.