Glossary

Dynamic range is the gap between the quietest and loudest moments of a recording. A compressor narrows that gap — turning the loud parts down so the whole thing can then be brought up — which is what makes a voice sound even, close and "produced" rather than jumping between a mumble and a shout.

This is a different compression from MP3. That one shrinks the file; this one shrinks the loudness swings. A podcast needs some of it because listeners are in cars and kitchens, where a whisper is lost and a laugh is painful.

Enhance voice in Cast levels the voice for you and lands it at a consistent studio loudness, which is the compression most episodes need. A manual compressor with threshold, ratio and attack lives in Track effects in the lane inspector for when you know exactly what you want.

Too much of it is the classic mistake: a voice with no dynamics at all sounds pumped and tiring. If a preset sounds squashed, step it down a level.

Last updated 14 September 2026