Listeners forgive a modest playlist; they do not forgive painful sound. A few settings and habits lift any station's polish dramatically.Fix loudness firstUneven volume is the number one amateur tell.
Listeners forgive a modest playlist; they do not forgive painful sound. A few settings and habits lift any station's polish dramatically.
Fix loudness first
Uneven volume is the number one amateur tell. Apply normalization across your library so every track sits at a consistent level, and set cue points and fades so songs enter and exit cleanly instead of colliding.
Give the station a sonic identity
Jingles, sweepers and station IDs are what make a stream feel like a station. Use the free radio effect kit in your plan, schedule them with a "once per X songs" playlist, and keep them short - five seconds of identity beats twenty seconds of interruption. The AI music library (license included) covers beds and transitions.
Sound human on the microphone
- Keep a consistent distance from the mic; sudden closeness changes tone and level.
- Warm up your voice before long shows - even one minute of humming helps.
- Script your first and last sentence; improvise the middle.
- Smile while speaking. Listeners genuinely hear it.
Check yourself the honest way
Once a month, listen to your own stream for thirty minutes on the devices your audience uses - a phone speaker and cheap earbuds, not studio monitors. Fix what annoys you; your listeners noticed it weeks ago.