Make a Podcast.

Editing audio in Audacity

How a podcast is created

For those who want to learn a bit more about podcasting, here are the steps using just an ipod to create the podcast. It uses an ipod, but you can use just any Mp3 player with a voice recorder or anything actually. Many Digital cameras have voice recording capabilities now also. Just about anything will work using this method. Enjoy!!!

1. Attach microphone to iPod, set iPod on table, press record.
   
2. Give your desired "broadcast" presentation....
3. Press stop, remove microphone from iPod, return to office.
4. Plug iPod into computer and upload voice memo to iTunes.
5. Copy audio file from iTunes to podcasts folder on computer.
6. Open file in Audacity.
7. Edit recording. Listen to recording, adjusting volume and noise reduction as appropriate.
   
8. Export file in .mp3 format.
9. Import .mp3 file into iTunes.
10. Listen to random parts of the file in iTunes to make sure it doesn't sound too horrible.
11. With the file selected, choose "Get Info" from the iTunes file menu.
12. Select the "Info" tab and add any necessary information such as the name of the podcast, the artist, etc. You can also add artwork using the "artwork" tab. Click O.K.
13. Drag a copy of the newly edited .mp3 file back to your podcast folder.
14. Upload this version of the file to your blog using the upload file feature (what you would use to upload an image or .pdf file)
15. If this is your first podcast, go to the templates page of your blog and open the file named rss20.xml. <$MTEntryEnclosures$> should appear immediately following in the file. If it is not already there, just paste it in, then save and rebuild the file.
16. Create a new entry with a link to the .mp3 file. Once the entry has been saved users will be able to download or listen to the file from your site, through iTunes, or through other means.

That's pretty much all there is to it. Just remember to only include 1 podcastable item (audio, video or pdf) per entry.