Describe what you’re doing in a bit more detail. Do you have a transcript of the interview or a log sheet with edits marked? How many edits are there in an hour show? Are you doing really detailed edits like adjusting pauses, removing breaths and mouth noises, adjusting pacing, or just removing bad takes? Do you playback at 2x or 4x (or greater) speeds?
When I’m working from a script with marked edits, then I can move fast. Doing one hour of material in two hours is possible. It’s really based on number of edits and whether you have to think about the edit. Making a simple edit where you delete a marked bad take should take 15 to 30 seconds. If you have to think where to make the edit, it will take longer. If you have 60 edits which take 30 seconds each that’s 30 minutes. Of course you have to add in the time it takes to listen to the track and you also have to breathe.
John
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