Recording, Editing and Mixing a Foreign Language Episode

I recently recorded a special episode for a client where the guest presenter was speaking Spanish. Normally the show is in English.

Personally, I know a bit of Spanish but not enough to understand every word. Therefor, I had to inform my client that I will need someone to provide exact timestamps of content edits because I don’t speak the language.

Of course, there were times when the presenter messed up, then stopped, then let me know (in English, as I had previously instructed him to do) that he was going to start over from a bit earlier. In these cases I was able to make the edits by myself very easily.

One tangential observation: In the mixing phase of a foreign language episode, perhaps it’s a bit easier for beginners to discern sibilance, plosives, various frequency ranges, etc. because their mind will not be “distracted” by comprehending familiar words and understanding the overall message???

Anyhoo- just a thought. What do you think?

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