Podcasting

"Describe the process of recording and editing an audio track and uploading it to a podcast."

The application I will use for recording is audacity. It is available for download from http://audacity.sourceforge.net/. Once installed the application is ready to use. It does not posses MP3 export support due to patent licensing issues. A file is required to add MP3 support, the DLL required for the LAME encoder can be found in the audacity downloads section; it is installed by selecting export MP3 in audacity and selecting the DLL file that you have downloaded and extracted that is called lame_enc.dll.

The application is now ready for use. You must connect your recording equipment and verify it works. You may have to adjust the windows audio settings at this point. When you are finished configuring you can select the record button in audacity to test your configuration. If this does not work you will have to diagnose the fault.

You can then edit the tracks in the prohject until you are satisfied with your results. You can save your entire project as a .aup file which is an audacity project file, this will make is easier to edit in the future.

Download a sound track from www.flashkit.com and add it to audacity. I downloaded Epic-Music-ma-5443_hifi.mp3 from the site and will add it to audacity for editing. You can add existing audio to a project by going to project -> import audio.

To edit recorded sections of a track selected them using a mouse and then edit or appended using the multitude of options available in audacity including fade and amplify.

Your finished recording can be exported as an MP3 and suitable ID3 tags added.

You can then log into www.mypodcast.com with your login credentials. In the episodes section, select create new. Using the file upload section select the file to upload and click the file upload button. Fill in the meta data fields as appropriate. Then select publish podcast to complete the task.

Thats the general idea of how to record a podcast.