StretchLearn Course

Turn raw recordings into broadcast-ready episodes clients pay you to make

A practical, tool-by-tool system for the editing workflow and the pricing that makes it a real business.

Beginner9 hrSelf PacedRegistered

Course Overview

What this course is designed to develop

This course teaches the complete remote podcast-editing pipeline a paid editor runs for clients, from importing raw multitrack audio to delivering a leveled, normalized episode plus show notes. You will master named tools like Audacity, Reaper, Descript, and iZotope RX, and the loudness, noise-floor, and turnaround numbers that define professional work. By the end you can quote a three-tier package, scope a contract, and run a repeatable per-episode checklist.

Learning Outcomes

What the learner should be able to understand, build, or execute.

Build a repeatable per-episode editing workflow from import to delivery

Apply noise reduction and de-noise to reach a clean -60 dBFS noise floor

Remove filler words, dead air, and mistakes using ripple-delete and strategic cuts

Level dialogue to the -16 LUFS spoken-word loudness standard

Write episode show notes, timestamps, and titles that clients can publish directly

Price and scope three-tier client editing packages with clear deliverables

Curriculum Preview

Inside the curriculum: a structured path from fundamentals to execution.

Preview the course structure, see how the modules build on one another, and understand the path this program is designed to take you through.

Module 1

Module 1: Setting Up Your Editing Environment and Receiving Client Audio

Choose your editing software and file-handling system, then build a reliable way to receive, organize, and back up raw client recordings before a single edit.

3 lessons

Choosing Your Editing Software: Audacity, Reaper, and DescriptContent · 45 min

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Receiving, Naming, and Backing Up Raw FilesContent · 45 min

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Listening, Logging, and Planning the EditContent · 45 min

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Module 2

Module 2: Cleaning the Audio: Noise, Levels, and Repair

Run the technical cleanup pass that separates amateur audio from professional audio: removing noise, fixing the noise floor, and repairing clicks and plosives.

3 lessons

Noise Reduction and the Noise FloorContent · 45 min

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Removing Clicks, Plosives, and BreathsContent · 45 min

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Leveling and Loudness: The -16 LUFS StandardContent · 45 min

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Module 3

Module 3: Editing for Flow: Cuts, Filler Words, and Assembly

Shape the actual content edit: removing filler and mistakes, tightening pacing, and assembling intro, body, ads, and outro into a finished episode.

3 lessons

Filler-Word and Dead-Air Removal at SpeedContent · 45 min

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Music, Intros, Outros, and Ad InsertionContent · 45 min

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The Final Quality-Control Pass and Export SettingsContent · 45 min

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Module 4

Module 4: Show Notes, Deliverables, and Running the Business

Produce the publish-ready written deliverables clients expect, then turn the whole workflow into a priced, contracted, repeatable service.

3 lessons

Writing Show Notes, Timestamps, and TitlesContent · 45 min

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Pricing and Packaging Client Editing ServicesContent · 45 min

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Contracts, Onboarding, and Building a Repeatable WorkflowContent · 45 min

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Built for Application

A complete learning path, not a one-off inspiration hit.

This program is designed around progression: focused lessons, structured modules, applied resources, assessments, and a course rhythm that turns information into usable capability.

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