Not sure what "post-processing setup" means exactly, but as a public radio-cum-podcast person I can give you some insight into what tools I think are more useful in the "Okay I'm done recording, now what" stage.
A) I do almost all of my work in the stupidly expensive but extremely robust Pro Tools. That is not going to useful to most people here, but it's probably worth mentioning. Other worthy (cheaper) editing programs include the Pro Tools-esque Reaper (which is technically $250, but you can use it for free as long as you want) and the very low-tech, podcast-centric Hindenburg (which I think is maybe $10?). Audacity technically it counts as editing software, but it's more useful as ancillary software (changing sample rates, separating stereo files, etc.)
B) Audio Hijack is a must, the only thing I trust for grabbing archival sounds from YouTube, etc. You can get really creative with it too by recording system audio. Has some limitations, doesn't do what you'd expect with Skype so I record online calls through Google Hangouts.
C) The best audio conversion software is called Switch, it's ~$40, totally worth it. Offers a huge amount of control over your conversion of audio files, much more than any editing program's export feature.
D) Trint is a cool automated transcription software that is somewhere in the 75% accuracy zone. A good manual transcription program is InqScribe, which I think costs like $100 but is still useful as a trial version. Let's you control variable playback speed with shortcut keys and insert timestamps really easily.
Lastly, not sure if this is what you're talking about but I always apply a limiter at the end of everything I publish. The settings will change, but what you're trying to do is make the whole sound a little bit more even by making sure nothing is too loud. I also try to use it to boost the volume just a little bit. Having Something too loud is annoying yet easy to fix, but having something too quiet is worse IMO.
Oh and ALWAY cut 100Hz and below from whatever voice you record. Some mics have this feature built into the physical thing, but if not use a simple EQ. No reason to have human bass frequencies that low.
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Not sure what "post-processing setup" means exactly, but as a public radio-cum-podcast person I can give you some insight into what tools I think are more useful in the "Okay I'm done recording, now what" stage.
A) I do almost all of my work in the stupidly expensive but extremely robust Pro Tools. That is not going to useful to most people here, but it's probably worth mentioning. Other worthy (cheaper) editing programs include the Pro Tools-esque Reaper (which is technically $250, but you can use it for free as long as you want) and the very low-tech, podcast-centric Hindenburg (which I think is maybe $10?). Audacity technically it counts as editing software, but it's more useful as ancillary software (changing sample rates, separating stereo files, etc.)
B) Audio Hijack is a must, the only thing I trust for grabbing archival sounds from YouTube, etc. You can get really creative with it too by recording system audio. Has some limitations, doesn't do what you'd expect with Skype so I record online calls through Google Hangouts.
C) The best audio conversion software is called Switch, it's ~$40, totally worth it. Offers a huge amount of control over your conversion of audio files, much more than any editing program's export feature.
D) Trint is a cool automated transcription software that is somewhere in the 75% accuracy zone. A good manual transcription program is InqScribe, which I think costs like $100 but is still useful as a trial version. Let's you control variable playback speed with shortcut keys and insert timestamps really easily.
Lastly, not sure if this is what you're talking about but I always apply a limiter at the end of everything I publish. The settings will change, but what you're trying to do is make the whole sound a little bit more even by making sure nothing is too loud. I also try to use it to boost the volume just a little bit. Having Something too loud is annoying yet easy to fix, but having something too quiet is worse IMO.
Oh and ALWAY cut 100Hz and below from whatever voice you record. Some mics have this feature built into the physical thing, but if not use a simple EQ. No reason to have human bass frequencies that low.
Great suggestions man! I will look into these software! Interesting!