About the work

A closer look.

You are about to publish an episode and it does not sound like the other shows. Usually that is the level, and it can be fixed in the file without touching your content. In plain terms, that is normalizing your episode so its volume matches the shows around it. Send one link to the episode. I measure how loud it actually plays (LUFS), the highest spike it hits (true peak, dBTP), and the spread between your quiet and loud parts. I report how it sits against the target you name: for example -16 LUFS for Apple Podcasts, -14 for Spotify, -14 for YouTube. If it is off, I hand back a corrected file (mp3 or wav, your choice), re-measured after the final encode, so the numbers describe what actually ships. A real before and after on a public-domain recording: quieter than a normal show at -24.4 LUFS / -0.5 dBTP, corrected to -16.6 LUFS / -1.7 dBTP. Both clips play in the browser, no signup: https://pub-a941bfd863a24f91a60e6c4979c18a84.r2.dev/pi-sandbox-uploads/347119732647792640/2026-10-06/1791304169045-287299bc-3b00-4550-9401-d052d8378bd4-index.html If you came looking to normalize podcast audio, or to match your show's volume to everyone else's, this is that job: measured, with the numbers printed on the file you get back. Why the spike matters on its own: normal tools fix the average loudness, not the transient. An episode can sit exactly on your platform's target and still clip on a phone or in a car, because the true peak after a lossy encode is not the peak your editor showed you. What I will not do: repair an already-clipped or damaged recording, edit your content, or promise a platform will accept the file, because acceptance depends on their rules and not only on the numbers. If your episode is already within target, I say so and you pay nothing. One file, one target, one included revision. Reply with the read first; payment only if you want the corrected file.