Īll in all, it’s pretty clear that wearing headphones is key to producing a professional-grade podcast recording. Headphones give you an accurate and high-fidelity representation of your recording allowing you to pick up on micro-details and subtleties in the audio.Sometimes when editing using speakers, it can be hard to discern whether noises are part of the track or in your recording environment.Listening to your recording on computer speakers will mean you’re relying on sub-par audio quality.Wearing headphones also allow you to monitor if external audio is negatively impacting your recording, protecting you against any nasty surprises in post-production or having to awkwardly request a re-record with your guests. This is the sound created by hard consonants like p and k, something that is difficult to detect without headphones. This also means you don’t have to pester your guests during your recording. You and your guests can self-review if you sound muffled or distant, adjusting your position or angle accordingly. Wearing headphones infinitely improves your mic technique because you can hear the minute audio fluctuations. This actually means you have more control because you can adjust your levels as you’re recording. As disconcerting as it can be, wearing headphones means you can hear your voice as others do. For example, closed-back headphones will ‘leak’ less audio and prevent audio bleed. This happens when you’re wearing the wrong type of headphones. Audio bleed is the same as echo but more subtle.This can lead to feedback, cause delays in the audio, and mean it’s harder for your guests to hear you. Echo is when your microphone picks up on the audio coming from your speakers.
More generally, wearing headphones prevents audio echo and bleed, preserving the integrity of your recording. With remote podcast guests speaking via Zoom or Riverside, if you don’t have headphones, the audio emitted by your speakers will cause terrible feedback in your microphone. If we’re being honest, everyone on your podcast should be wearing headphones, here’s why: In COVID-19 times you don’t really have a choice.