September 2024

I have the opportunity to share one of my favorite short stories in my creative writing class, and I have permission from the teacher to share a statement from The Magnus Archives, so long as it can be understood by someone who has never heard of the podcast. Which episode would you suggest?

Hmmm, I don’t know why but right now my brain is saying The Piper but that might be a bit too old-timey. Honestly, almost all season 1 statements work in isolation so you can’t really go wrong.

Hello! I just wanted to ask how did you edit the audio on the magnus archives to make them sound like they were being recorded on a tape? I've been making recordings of some statements my friend's written but I'm not too sure how to edit them!

1. Get a recording of a tape player. Lower the volume and run it underneath.
2. Use an aggressive Equaliser (EQ) to strip out high and low frequencies in a bell curve prioritising standard speech frequencies.
   
   Pro Tip: It can be hard to find a good preset EQ for this so if you don’t know how to do it yourself hunt around for a “telephone” EQ preset. It’ll have the same effect.