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WhatisaPodcast?•  Asoundfilethatuserscandownloadfromtheinternet.

•  Createdbyapodcaster(you!)whousuallyhassomethingheorshewantstoshare.

•  ThoughthewordpodcastisusuallyassociatedwithApple’siPod,apodcastcanbelistenedtoonanymp3playeraslongasitisintheappropriatefileformat.

WhyarePodcastsUsed?

•  Usuallycreatedbypeoplewhowanttosharesomethingwiththeworld–  Anopinion,newmusic,theiropiniononnewmusic,oranyotherideasorinstruc;onthatcanbedistributedthroughaudioformatontheinternet

– Alsobeingusedbymanyschoolstoputclasslecturesinaportableformat

WhoCanDoaPodcast?

Anyone!(Withtheproperequipment,amicrophoneandsoundedi;ngprogram)

Crea;ngaPodcast

1. RecordYourAudio2. AddMusic

3. EditYourPodcast4. PublishYourPodcast

WhatYouNeed•  amicrophone(internalorexternal)•  AudacitysoXware

–  freedownloadathYp://audacity.sourceforge.net/•  LAMEMP3encoder

–  freedownloadathYp://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=install&item=lame‐mp3

•  WindowsMediaPlayeroriTunes

Beforeyourecord1.  Connectthemicrophonetothe

microphone‐inconnec;ononyourPC.

2.  Connectyourheadphonestothestereolineoutorheadphonejack.ThisisoXenthesamejack.

BeforeYouRecord3.  Configurethemicrophoneasyour

recordingsource.

–  Start>ControlPanel>SoundsandAudioDevices

–  ClicktheAdvancedbuYonintheDeviceVolumesec;onoftheSoundsandAudioDevicescontrolpanel

–  WiththeVolumeControlopenchooseOp;ons>Proper;esfromthemenuandclickthebuYonnexttorecording

BeforeYouRecord

4.  Prepareanoutline(orascript)foryourpodcast!

Therecordingprocesswillgomoresmoothlyifyouknowwhatyouwanttosay.

BeginYourProject

1.  ClickFile,SaveProjectAs...2.  OntheleXsideofthedialogbox,click

Desktop

3.  ClicktheCreateNewFoldericonatthetopofthedialogbox,andnamethisfolder.

4.  Withyournewfolderselected,clickOpen.

5.  IntheFileNamebox,nameyourpodcast.

AddingTracks

•  ATrackstorestheaudioyouarerecording.

•  Anewtrackisopenedautoma;callyforyoueach;meyouclicktheRecordbuYon.

•  Toaddatrackmanually,clickProject,NewStereoTrackfromthemenu.

RecordingyourPodcast

1.  PushtherecordbuYonandstarttalking.2.  WhenyoufinishrecordingpressthestopbuYon.3.  SavethefileasaWAV.

Record

SkiptoEnd

Play

Stop

PauseSkiptoStart

AddMusic

WARNING

ITISNOTOKTOUSECOPYRGHTEDMUSICWITHOUTWRITTENPERMISSIONFROMTHECOPYRIGHTHOLDER(S).

FAIRUSEcannotguaranteeyourprotec;onwhenusingcopyrightedworksinapublic/broadcastenvironment.

AddMusic

1.  ClickProject,ImportAudioonthemenu.

2.  Locateyourmusicfileonthedesktop.

3.  Selectthefiletoimport,thenclickOpen.

EditYourPodcast

Edi;ngTools

Delete: Selectaudio,Deleteonyourkeyboard

Copy: Selectaudio,Ctrl‐ConyourkeyboardPaste: Ctrl‐Vonyourkeyboard

SelecDonTool: allowsyoutoselectaudio

TimeShiFTool: allowsyoutomoveaudiotodifferentpartsoftheaudiotrack

ArrangingYourTracks

1.  ClicktheTimeShiFToolontheAudacitytoolbar.

2.  Selectthetrackyouwanttomove.

3.  Clickanddragtoslidetheaudiotrackintothedesiredposi;on.

PublishYourPodcast

1.  ClickFile,ExportasMP3.–  Ifawarningpopsupthat“Yourtrackswillbe

mixeddowntotwostereochannelsintheexportedfile,”justclickOK.

2.  NameyourfileandSaveyourmp3toyourDesktop.

–  Donotsaveyourmp3inthefolderthatendsin_data.ThisfoldercontainsthefilesAudacityneedstoedityourrecording.Yourmp3shouldbeseparatefromthese.

LinksandResources

•  hYp://audacity.sourceforge.net/•  hYp://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=install&item=lame‐mp3