A small nonprofit has recently got me on board as an A/V producer for their podcast, which is great, but I had no idea what I'd be working with until just a few days ago. Basically, for an upcoming episode, they recorded an interview in a small restaurant (so there is obviously a good amount of background noise). From what I can tell, they've got two mics—one for the host, and one for the guest. With that said, as soon as I got the raw audio, I thought putting this together would be an easy endeavor, but I'm having some strange issues I just can't seem to figure out no matter what I try and who I ask. Right now, I'm using Logic to produce this. I'm really bad at explaining stuff, so please forgive me, and ask for clarification if you need.
Here are the issues/important context - I know, some of these are obvious, but I'm still pointing them out as it's important information:
So... there has to be an efficient way to go about this and make it still sound good, but I just don't know of any at the moment. Also, I think of those people who produce daily podcasts - they've certainly gotta have an efficient workflow for handling these types of things, don't they?
So, anyone got any ideas?
Here are the issues/important context - I know, some of these are obvious, but I'm still pointing them out as it's important information:
- When the two files play back simultaneously on two separate tracks, it sounds absolutely horrendous, so doing that is NOT a solution to my problems.
- I can't have just one file playing (i.e. just pick one of the two files and call it a day) because then the other person's audio (on the other mic - therefore on the other track) sounds distant and garbled.
So... there has to be an efficient way to go about this and make it still sound good, but I just don't know of any at the moment. Also, I think of those people who produce daily podcasts - they've certainly gotta have an efficient workflow for handling these types of things, don't they?
So, anyone got any ideas?