End of the Journey

Hey everyone,

I can’t believe this semester is already over. After finally submitting my podcast, I feel relieved. As fun as it was to make, finalizing it was really stressful. To get every single portion perfect was challenging for me, especially since I’m a perfectionist.

Overall, I must say that I’m pretty happy with the way it turned out. I think that after fixing the volume for the speaker’s parts, the podcast flows well. I did however, change the program I used. Although I was planning on using audacity, I changed my mind last minute and decided to work with Garageband. I’m glad I chose to use Garageband because it was really simple to use and perfect.

If I had the chance to go back and do things differently, I would have chosen my podcast speakers earlier. Although I chose my speakers in advance, I realized later that I did not have enough speakers and scrambled to find my last two. Because of this, my podcast sounded a little off balance when I played it all together. For the last two speakers, I had to record their stuff at a different location using a different recording device. Because of this, the podcast sounded a little off when their parts came up. Despite my editing, it was clear that the parts were recorded somewhere else.

One piece of advice I would offer a student just starting out the course is to start the podcast uploading sooner than later. I was a little time crunched towards the really end because even though I finished my podcast on time, the uploading and creating an account on Soundcloud took a bit of time. When I created my account on Soundcloud, my primary email never received the confirmation email, making it impossible for me to upload my podcast on time. I waited 15 minutes, but in the end, I still never received it. I had to change my email and confirm it there.
Thanks so much for reading my blog. I’ve had a blast writing these . Good luck with exams and the rest of your assignments everybody! Happy studying!