Skill Profile
Post-Production Processing
"The observable action of editing, mixing, and mastering recorded audio after the recording session — cleaning, assembling, processing, and delivering the final output."
YOUR SKILLS
Problems This Skill Solves
- A podcast episode has distracting background noise that makes it unpleasant to listen to for 30 minutes.
- An interview recording has sections of silence and filler words that need to be edited out without affecting the flow.
- Multiple takes of the same musical part need to be comped together into the best possible composite performance.
- A finished mix sounds quiet and lacks presence compared to commercially released music on the same streaming platform.
Roles That Use This Skill
2 total · 2 industriesThis skill bridges two industries.
Media / Publishing / Content Creation
Music / Media / Live Events / Broadcast
"Post-production quality is largely determined in the mix — mastering is mainly a loudness and format standardisation step."
Mastering is not a corrective step applied after a good mix — it is a separate listening process that evaluates how the mix translates across different playback systems. Decisions about dynamics, stereo width, tonal balance, and loudness profoundly affect how music feels on different listeners' systems, not just how loud it is.
"Mastering will fix mix problems"
Mastering optimises an already good mix for distribution — it cannot correct fundamental balance or tonal problems that should have been resolved in the mix.
Research & Outlook
AI tools (iZotope RX, Descript) are automating routine post-production tasks. The human skill is shifting to creative direction, quality judgement, and managing the AI tools effectively.
See This Skill In Action
Watch a professional demonstrate Post-Production Processing in a real working environment — what it looks like, how it's applied, and why it matters.
Technical / Audio
Post-Production Processing
Growth Path
How to Practise
- 1.Edit a raw podcast recording to broadcast standard — remove noise, fix pacing, add music
- 2.Learn the difference between mixing and mastering through a tutorial
- 3.Process a rough recording using iZotope RX or similar repair tools
How to Prove
- ·Delivered audio that met broadcast or streaming platform specifications
- ·Before/after audio sample demonstrating clear improvement