The process of recording podfic

[nny]

I just saw an interesting comment on the multipodicity/podremix that stated that the ratio of finished podfic length to recording/editing time is something like 1:10 although it can be up to 1:20. I confess this kind of shocked me since my ratio is more like 1:3 or 1:4.

Possibly this is related to my tendency to not edit fics hugely but to try to write them well first time, since once I've done something I don't generally then find it easy to 'hear' it in a different way? I don't know. I'm intrigued because I kind of want to know if my podfics are suffering because of it, if there's something I need to be doing better.

Those of you who record podfic, a couple of questions:

What's your finished podfic: recording/editing time ratio, roughly?

How many times are you likely to re-record a podfic/sections of a podfic? Is this due to mistakes or trying out different expression etc?

What takes up the most editing time?

Any answers would be hugely appreciated, thanks!

(Maybe I should make a poll...)

Comments

[anatsuno]

my recordings are about a third longer than the edited fic once I'm done, and I think I spent about 3 times that editing, possibly - it varies quite a bit. To keep Twings' example, I take altogether 2 hours to do a 20mn fic, probably. Very often I split the work in two, recording one day and editing later (often, much later).

Even when I record a long fic I tend to want to record it in one sitting (with breaks), because I don't enjoy the slight differences in sound that occur from recording on different days with different acoustic properties (but I have done it regardless, because I can't always do it!)

What takes the longest while editing is picking all the duds out, choosing which 'take' to keep (but unlike T'wings, I often don't have more than two or three valid takes of a given passage/sentence - I spend more time removing bad bits than choosing among various good ones).