It’s time to start recording and getting everything ready
for the final product. I have decided to use Audacity. It was the easiest to
download and it was free. After trying out this and a couple others, I found
that this recording system was the simplest. I don’t plan on going extravagant
with mixing and tweaking, since recording is not really my thing, but I think
Audacity will make me sound the best that I can. The following are some links
that I found with great advice and tips for using this program:
In the first link (this opens the
audacity website), I found information on literally everything I needed from
recording to editing to sound effects. All the information is there. And if
that wasn’t enough, they provide manuals with tutorials on how to use
everything. Just fantastic!
The second link (this opens a YouTube
video) is a 40 minute video with great tips to help save you time! Here I learned
shortcuts and tips to help things move along quicker. Some of these include “select
jump” (going to the point of interest in the podcast), “backwards editing”
(which helps to keep the flow of your podcast), and “labels” (Ctrl+B—so you can remember important
parts of your podcast).
Also (very important) if you want to be
able to export your podcast recording as an MP3 file from Audacity, you need to
download “LAME MP3 encoder". I also tried converting to a “WAV” file and
that worked too.
Here are the links I found for converting the audio file to
be able to upload it!
http://lame1.buanzo.com.ar/
After learning about everything, I did try recording myself.
I honestly hate my voice in general, but I thought it turned out pretty well. I
only used my laptop’s built in mic, so I’ll try to see if I can find a better
alternative. I hear people are getting better results using their phones? I’ll
give it a go. It seems like I’m going to have a pretty good run with Audacity.
I hope so.
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