One of the frustrations of using PC based software rather than dedicated kit in an edit suite is the loss of really fine tuning.

The other day that was brought home. I had recorded a contribution for the European Podcast Summit of one of their guest speakers - Dr Jo Wills of EUFIC. I used Audacity on my laptop to edit out the start and end comments and tighten one or two bits. But either my fingers or lack of skill (I prefer to believe the former but to be honest it was the later) meant I had made a 'botch' of one part.

The great news was the team in the studio were able to fix it before it was due to go live. However it did highlight again the importance of a process for quality control. I know in some parts of the blogosphere any 'editing' is frowned on as not being 'authentic' but if you care about your audience you want them to have the best experience possible.