How to review a podcast or audio edit with your client

The cleanest way to get feedback on a podcast or audio edit is to let the client comment at the exact second they’re talking about — not describe it in an email. Audio is the one format most editors still review the worst way possible: a reply that says “around the 12-minute mark it sounds off.” Here’s how to fix that.

Why audio feedback is messier than video

With video, people at least point at something they can see. With audio there’s nothing on screen, so feedback collapses into vague time-guesses and second-hand descriptions:

“The intro music is too loud” — louder than what, and until when?
“Somewhere near the middle there’s a weird cut”
“Can you fix the part where he laughs” — in a 40-minute episode

You end up scrubbing back and forth hunting for the moment the client half-remembered. Multiply that by three rounds and a podcast that took two hours to edit takes another two to decode the notes.

Upload the audio, not just a video review tool

First, the obvious thing people miss: you don’t need to fake an audio file into a video. A good review tool takes the audio directly. Editlock accepts MP3, WAV, and M4A alongside video — see the full supported file types — so you upload the actual export the way you’d upload a cut.

That matters because the review then happens on the audio itself: the client scrubs the track and the comment lands at a real timestamp, not a number typed into a chat.

The workflow that stops the back-and-forth

Here’s the loop that keeps a podcast review tight, round after round:

Export the episode as MP3 or WAV and upload it as a project.
Create a share link and send it to the host, producer, or client. They open it in a browser — no account, no signup.
They listen and drop comments pinned to the exact second. “Music too hot from 0:04 to 0:11,” “dead air at 12:30,” “cut his cough at 18:02” — each timestamped comment sits on the point in the track it refers to. You click it, it jumps there.
You fix, re-export, and upload a new version. Old comments stay with the old version so nothing gets lost between cuts.
They approve when it’s done — a recorded yes, not a “sounds good 👍” in a chat you’ll never find again.

No voice notes describing the problem. The note is on the problem.

This works for more than podcasts

Anything audio-first fits the same loop:

Podcast episodes — host and producer reviewing before publish
Voiceovers and narration — client signing off on a VO take before you cut it into the video
Music and sound design — a composer or client approving a mix
Audiobooks and long-form narration — chapter-by-chapter notes on pronunciation or pacing

For voiceover especially, catching “re-read line 3, it sounds rushed” at the exact timestamp before you drop it into the edit saves a whole round later.

Why the pricing fits small audio shops

Podcast and audio work is often a small team — an editor, maybe an assistant, and a client or two. That’s exactly where per-seat pricing punishes you: add your assistant and the bill jumps, even though clients only ever listen and comment.

Editlock is priced the other way around:

₹599/month for 150 GB (Starter) — audio files are small, so this holds a lot of episodes
Unlimited reviewers and team members on every plan — hosts, producers, and clients comment for free
Billed in INR over UPI, RuPay, or net banking with a GST invoice — no per-seat dollar figure

Audio files are a fraction of video size, so storage is rarely the constraint for a podcast workflow — you’re mostly paying for the clean review loop, not space. If you’re comparing options, we laid out the full side-by-side in Editlock vs Frame.io.

The bottom line

Stop letting audio get reviewed worse than video just because there’s nothing on screen. Upload the actual MP3 or WAV, send a link, and let the client comment at the exact second — then fix, re-version, and get a real sign-off. Start free on Editlock, upload one episode, and send it to whoever usually buries you in vague notes.