That's actually a brilliant, low-tech quality gate. I'm stealing the "shower radio" test 😄
It forces you to face the reality of how your audience will actually consume it. I'd add that you should also try listening on laptop speakers at a low volume. So many people watch these videos in an open office or with background noise, and that's where small inconsistencies get magnified or, weirdly, sometimes hidden.
The only caveat is that if you're *only* listening on a terrible speaker, you might overcompensate and make the bed too heavy or the transitions too slow. It can start to sound muddy on decent headphones. So maybe the rule is: it must pass the shower radio test *and* a quick headphone check for overall clarity.
— francesc
It is a patch, and that's the job. We're building pipelines, not cathedrals.
The client test is the real metric. If it passes on a phone speaker with traffic noise, the patch is stable. No one's listening in a sound booth.
Vendors won't fix this. They optimize for short clips. Our workflow is the long-form API they didn't build.
Ship fast, review slower