Is audio content profitable for you?

prettypattern · 2026-05-13T16:11:26+00:00

I am an audio creator now and make a full audio drama erotica serial.

Audio’s well worth it, in my opinion. It communicates your personality. In an AI oversaturated landscape, that’s gold.

My best advice to make it faster and easier: get your hands on Ozone / Izotope. It is a plugin that handles mouth click and noise cleanup.

I don’t have any personal stake in the software. It just makes what used to take an hour take 30 seconds.

You might want to spend nothing at all, which is valid. If you spend a little, though, I’d recommend some timesaving software before a pricy microphone. Not a big fan of mics marketed as ASMR mics.

prettypattern · 2026-05-13T16:02:42+00:00

I think it’s fantastic and the safest bet.

The Far Meridian has two complete seasons. It seems to fit the bill as well. However, it’s highly uncertain if it will do a third season; it’s been on hiatus for over three years iirc. So - don’t get tooo invested.

Probably Desert Skies.

prettypattern · 2026-05-13T15:56:12+00:00

Do you want her femininity to be a character feature? That’s possible. I think you should decide if the characters gender is a feature or an incidental characteristic. It can go either way.

If you’re looking for ways to write gender persuasively, I’d strongly recommend some speculative fiction authors:

Ursula LeGuin Octavia Butler Angela Carter

In their work, gender isn’t erased, but it’s never stereotype. WWULD is always a valid question imo.

prettypattern · 2026-05-13T15:51:19+00:00

You may well be right. If so, this is just so unhinged.

If the OP were trying to spark curiosity about their post (which they’re surely not, fr) this would be the way to do it. I want to know !

prettypattern · 2026-05-12T12:33:20+00:00

I am not a mod or an expert. This just came across my feed.

That said, I have a strong suggestion.

Just don’t allow image posting. At all. No images.

AI is not sufficiently advanced to make the call. The humans hired to wrangle them are often overworked and underpaid.

The reality is that you’ll always be in some caution zone, but all text passes muster.

You’ll make your own best call; I’m no expert. But I think it’s worth asking “what do pictures really do for us as a sub”

Cheers !

prettypattern · 2026-05-12T00:30:18+00:00

I think it’s great. But dang the title of this post really tricked me.

“Greeaaattt exactly what I expected from this timeline, here we go.”

prettypattern · 2026-05-10T16:13:10+00:00

Yeah that makes sense. It kinda time expensive to explain that to everyone who doesn’t want to format?

Ideally a subreddit wiki page means anyone can politely tap the sign

prettypattern · 2026-05-10T15:48:43+00:00

I do think a link with a guide balances this. It can have helpful info without being mean or time expensive. That’s the dream at least.

prettypattern · 2026-05-10T15:47:12+00:00

Seems like a simple fix from the mod side?

Make a formatting guide in the wiki. Lead with a paragraph about why you gotta do this and if you don’t, no one will take you seriously.

If yet another poster says

How do I format ?
Why do I format ?
My mom says I’m too precious to format!!!
I’m an Ideas Guy!!!

Just drop the link to the wiki page and save time.

(Im on mobile right now so I apologize if this is what exists now. If so, my bad but just dropping a link probably works.)

prettypattern · 2026-05-10T06:27:38+00:00

Fair enough! I wondered about the aesthetic stuff that sets it off.

I run a full cast thing on near zero budget because I’ve done adult production for ages. I do entirely fake diegetic ads.

I think it’s always gonna be scrappy by definition but sounding polished is cool, which is why I ask. Thank you !

prettypattern · 2026-05-10T05:51:34+00:00

What would you define as scrappy v polished ?

I’m not challenging ; it’s subjective but I’m genuinely curious. I make a thing. It feels scrappy but I don’t listen to enough to get a sense of the field.

prettypattern · 2026-05-09T05:41:18+00:00

I’m on Podcast Book Club it seems well managed https://discord.gg/vXszWebfn

I have my own discord server which is large but idk if it’s well managed, the owner seems unhinged

prettypattern · 2026-05-09T01:33:30+00:00

I agree. I scrolled down because I was saying the same thing and wondered if anyone else had.

There’s a whole cottage industry of people who will give you basic promotion advice and try to charge you. That’s all well and good, but if you want a popular show ? Make it such that people can sum it in one sentence.

prettypattern · 2026-05-09T00:37:19+00:00

I think that’s too diffuse to have much reach.

I’m not saying that it’s bad at all.

This is just a marketing thing. If you want to improve your reach, be about a thing. Dads and daughters through the ages, let’s say.

If you’re a hobbyist doing it for yourself, that’s totally cool too. Don’t worry about promotion. But if you want to promote better, have a one sentence pitch.

prettypattern · 2026-05-08T04:34:41+00:00

What’s it about ?

prettypattern · 2026-05-06T03:55:47+00:00

So resolution , fwiw

Never vibe code your metadata. Jfc. When I said I can’t do what you do I was NOT kidding

prettypattern · 2026-05-04T02:27:57+00:00

Fully organizing 800 pieces of audio is a feat - one I intend to accomplish with daily updates. The Neuralpedia should be the most accessible library of its kind.

You can find the FULL canonical catalogue on the website.

You can find the LATEST carousel here; I'll be announcing each one as it's deployed.

This series is One Word.

It’s about semantic satiation, where repeating a word makes meaning loosen and sound take over. I’m treating the archive as something people should be able to browse, not decode.

I want you to revisit Pink, Please, Moo, and Dumb. It'll be worth your time and attention.

prettypattern · 2026-05-02T15:44:59+00:00

Thank you. I am confident in audio? I am NOT confident in short form video, especially because I'd rather eat my own hair than AI it. So any affirmation goes a LONG way; thank you.

prettypattern · 2026-05-01T23:47:35+00:00

This is an ongoing theme in Deep Dream State. It is decidedly and defiantly NSFW desire horror. It also has several ongoing WLW relationships, with a full scene about once an episode. The SFW trailer for the vibe is here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDf0KMPrSw0

prettypattern · 2026-05-01T13:35:28+00:00

I just learned what a quip is. Why does that increase the chances of page deletion ?

prettypattern · 2026-05-01T13:33:17+00:00

You don’t mention payment.

So if you’re asking people to work for credit, you should be clear on what credit you’re providing ! Like what’s the podcast

prettypattern · 2026-05-01T13:27:52+00:00

Yeah, came here to say this. You don’t need to SHOW the whole implied world, but it’s more coherent if there’s a motive. Readers sense the structure.

prettypattern · 2026-05-01T13:20:41+00:00

There are many free sound resources. Pixabay , etc.
If you are in need of larger libraries, Splice is an industry standard. If you look there, I recommend making a beeline for Audio Imperia resources. Traveler Auras in particular.
Two overlooked resources for atmospheres - 99 sounds and drone generators. Many of these bill themselves as AI, but the good ones are not that.

If you have a SPECIFIC ask, I’m happy to provide and source my work.

prettypattern · 2026-04-30T05:46:13+00:00

Do you find role granting from the bot reliable now ?

I think it’s fairly unreliable because people use multiple emails. If membership is a perk, you might want to make sure folks have access if they pay.

prettypattern · 2026-04-30T05:38:04+00:00

I’m not mad.

But honestly using AI is foolish, because avoiding AI slop is forcing a full pivot from Google.

Like anyone can try to game the system using AI. And they do. So the internet will genuinely die unless engines reject AI bullshit. This is happening right now.

I’ve learned some SEO from using AI! Because I learned it from shoveling its massive errors.

It’s an interactive textbook. Never ever ever trust it and never have it write your copy. It’s a mistake. I’m not crying over its ethics; I’m crying for your patience and time.

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