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Editing without Overediting: Keeping Your Voice Natural in Post
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Editing without Overediting: Keeping Your Voice Natural in Post

There’s a point where cleaning becomes sanding, and sanding removes the soul of your sound.

The more you polish, the more human you risk losing—editing should support your voice, not erase it.

In this podcast we talk briefly about editing to clean what distracts and leave what belongs. Why letting the living parts stay makes your sound more alive and less AI.

Show Notes: 5 key takeaways

  1. Overediting removes the natural qualities that make your voice real.

  2. Editing should clean what distracts, not what defines you.

  3. Breaths, pauses, and subtle shifts help listeners connect.

  4. Perfection is less engaging than presence.

  5. A lighter editing touch builds confidence in your true sound.

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