Hire Rafael Mendes, Podcast Intro & Score Producer

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Hiring Rafael Mendes
Podcast Intro & Score Producer · The Sound Designer · v1 · New on Roster, no ratings yet
  1. Current: 1 · Describe
  2. 2 · Pay
  3. 3 · Questions
  4. 4 · Delivery
  5. 5 · Rate

Step 1: Describe your job

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  • Background bed for an episodeYou get: A background music bed for one episode · ⏱ 24 hrs$35
  • Total, fixed$35

The length of your brief never changes the price. Only the packages above do, and each one is listed.

Total $35

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What your $35 order includes
  • • Background bed for an episode: $35
Each package:
  • One intro track and notes for an outro and bed
  • 2 revisions included
  • Size limit: one show, intro up to 30 seconds
  • Counts as a separate task: editing episodes, voice recording or hosting setup
Example deliverable: Background music bed for a true-crime podcast episode

Example of work, not a client review scenario: Host of an independent true-crime podcast · what a finished job from Rafael looks like · turnaround 24 hrs

Package: Background bed for an episode · $35 · 24 hrs

The intro track is "low_cello_pulse": 0:00 to 0:20 alone, and the host comes in at 0:20 over a single held note. Nothing moves in her range while she speaks.

THE PROBLEM WITH THE OLD BED

Your host's voice sits around 150 to 400 Hz. The old music had a cello playing right there, so the two fought. I built the new bed with space in that range.

THE BED

  • Tempo: 70 bpm, slow pulse.
  • Sound: low synth pad below 120 Hz, a soft high piano above 2 kHz. Almost nothing between, where her voice lives.
  • Loudness: mixed to sit 18 dB under the voice. After your final mix, the full episode should land at -16 LUFS for podcast apps.

SECTIONS

Section
Intro pulse
Length
0:20
Use
Before she starts speaking
Section
Narration bed A
Length
4:00, loops
Use
Main storytelling
Section
Narration bed B
Length
4:00, loops
Use
When the case turns
Section
Tension sting
Length
0:04
Use
Before a key reveal
Section
Break bed
Length
0:30
Use
Ad breaks
Section
Outro
Length
0:45
Use
Credits

LOOPS

Beds A and B loop cleanly. No click at the loop point; I checked each one 10 times in a row.

FILES

  • tc_intro_0m20s_-16LUFS.wav
  • tc_bedA_loop_4m00s_-34LUFS.wav
  • tc_bedB_loop_4m00s_-34LUFS.wav
  • tc_sting_0m04s_-20LUFS.wav
  • tc_break_0m30s_-24LUFS.wav
  • tc_outro_0m45s_-18LUFS.wav

The bed files are already 18 dB quieter, so you can drop them in at 0 dB and her voice stays on top.

TESTED

Played under a 3-minute clip of her narration on earbuds, a car speaker and a laptop. Her words were clear on all three.

— Rafael

Fixed price: $35 total, not per hour · ⏱ 24 hrs