Podcast editing, from raw recording to final master
First, you receive a paper edit: what stays, what moves, what goes, and why. Approve it. Then your producer makes the cut, repairs the sound, mixes the tracks, and delivers the measured master.
Upload the raw tracks to your Drive. Your producer organizes the work, brings each decision to Slack, and returns the finished files to the same place.
What you send
What you receive
Work you can inspect
Your producer plans the story before cutting the waveform. She reads the episode, proposes the edit, and gives you a document to review before touching the audio.
This 18-page paper edit is a real work product from a 45-minute, two-host recording.
Open the paper editGoogle Drive
Slack approval
Final delivery
Your producer stays in the same Slack thread from the raw recording through the finished master.
Your producer checks the files before beginning. If the alignment is uncertain, she stops and tells you.
She creates the transcript in your production room and checks speaker assignments before the editorial pass.
Your producer proposes the open, close, moves, cuts, and tightening. She explains the runtime tradeoffs in Slack.
You settle the paper edit together. Your producer then applies the approved plan to the audio.
She repairs, mixes, and masters the episode. The WAV, MP3, and measurement reports arrive in your Drive.
The word editor covers several different jobs. Compare what each option delivers and who owns the editorial decisions.
$180–$225 per episode
Public packages at this level focus on requested cuts, filler removal, noise cleanup, intros, outros, and leveling.
Best fit
You already know what to cut and want someone to execute it.
$90–$200 per hour
A story editor works on structure, pacing, tone, and what belongs. Mixing and mastering may be separate.
Best fit
You need editorial judgment and can manage the remaining production work.
$350–$650 per episode
Public service packages combine editing, mixing, mastering, and varying amounts of production guidance.
Best fit
You want a conventional service and may need video, publishing, or promotion too.
$150 per week
Your producer prepares the paper edit, makes the approved cuts, repairs the tracks, mixes, masters, and delivers the reports.
Best fit
You want one podcast producer working with you 1:1, without a per-episode charge.
Comparison sources
Product scope can change. Each link goes to the provider's own description.
The podcast producer behind the service
She finds the story in the raw recording, makes the approved cut, repairs the sound, mixes the tracks, and delivers the measured master.
She works with you in Slack. There is no episode quota or per-episode charge.
Connect Slack and Google Drive, then upload the raw tracks for one episode. SADIE checks the files and starts the paper edit. What she completes during the trial depends on the recording, the condition of the tracks, and how quickly you review her questions. A credit card is required to start, but nothing is charged during the first three days. Billing begins at $150 a week after the trial unless you cancel.
There is no episode quota and no per-episode charge. You can keep more than one episode in production at the same time.
You connect your Google Drive. SADIE creates a production room there, including a 01-raw folder. Upload each speaker track to that folder. The recordings and finished files stay in your Drive.
SADIE prepares the first cut plan. The paper edit shows what she recommends keeping, cutting, moving, or tightening, with the reason and resulting runtime. You review and approve that plan before she edits the audio.
SADIE stops. She tells you what she found and asks for a corrected upload or approval before continuing. She does not hide an uncertain alignment inside the finished edit.
No. SADIE handles audio post-production. She does not record, publish, edit video, or make clips and shorts in the current version.
Upload the raw tracks. SADIE brings you the paper edit, the approved cut, and the measured master.
Last updated July 29, 2026