Creating a Podcast in Audacity
Recording with Audacity is quite easy. These two tutorials can help with the hardest parts.
Setting up a USB microphone
First, if you are using a laptop you might not need to hook up a microphone. If you are using a USB mic, though, see this tutorial before you start Audacity to make sure the settings are correct in Windows.
Setting up a USB microphone
First, if you are using a laptop you might not need to hook up a microphone. If you are using a USB mic, though, see this tutorial before you start Audacity to make sure the settings are correct in Windows.
Recording in Audacity
Open Audacity and record your narration or other audio. It's very simple to record--just press the Record button to start and the Stop button when you are done. Save the project file when finished.
Open Audacity and record your narration or other audio. It's very simple to record--just press the Record button to start and the Stop button when you are done. Save the project file when finished.
Editing and Exporting
Then this tutorial below will show you the basics of editing and exporting your podcast.
Two things to note:
Then this tutorial below will show you the basics of editing and exporting your podcast.
Two things to note:
- In some versions of Audacity the import feature shown in the video (at the 1:30 mark) is actually in a Project menu instead of the file menu.
- If your computer is not set up to export mp3 files as shown (at the 2:40 mark), just export as wav instead. You'll find it in the File menu similar to what is shown in the tutorial. Again, this might be different older versions of Audacity, but the process is similar and it starts in the File menu.