How to record a podcast

The task of recording a podcast may seem a little difficult, but it's not if you take measurements of the rights in the correct order.

You may also think that recording a podcast requires expensive hardware or software. It is not necessary if equipment of good quality and software will give much better results. You need podcast, a microphone and headphones to your, your recording device to monitor record. This article, you go through the basic steps suitable record a podcast for the publication on the Internet on a PC. Difficulty: average

Instructions

Things you need: HeadphonesInternet ConnectionPC ComputerMicrophone

1. 1

   Download an appropriate application to record your podcast.

Audacity is a free download and it works on Windows, Mac and Linux platforms. You must register your recordings in MP3 format, you have a copy to the LAME MP3 encoder online download (see below).

2

Installing Audacity on your computer at a command prompt on the screen.

3

Unpack you lame-3.

96. 1 .zip with a utility such as WinZip, in the same root folder where you installed Audacity recording program.

4

Connect the microphone to greys connector marked "Mic in" on your PC.

5

Close your headset to connect stereo line output.

This port will be probably the same as the connection of the speakers or headset connector.

6

Configure your microphone.

Start by double-clicking on the speaker symbolin of the TASkleiste. Open the dialog box control volume. Select > properties from the menu and select the radio button next to the record. Ensure that in the "Show following volume controls" box tick microphone is selected click on OK to close this dialog box.

7

Select "Microphone selecting the check box", if it is not already selected, and ensure that the volume control is at least half way up.

You can later customize this control to optimize your ideal logging level.

8

Open the program Audacity you just installed and choose Edit > preferences.

Make sure E / S Audio tab, your computer sound card as a device for playback is selected, and recording options. In the box drop channels section of the registry must be set to 1 (mono).

9

Choose 44,100 Hz as the rate the standard and 16 bit sample as the default tab sample format, the quality of the audacity preferences.

10

Click the file formats tab and select the radio button next to "Make a copy of the file before editing (safer)."

To export the uncompressed format drop-down menu, choose wav (Microsoft 16-bit PCM). Allow for the settings, OGG, export as and in the section MP3 settings click Export on the button Search library. You will be asked if you want to find file lame_enc.dll. Click Yes, and then locate the root folder where you installed the audacity program. You can find the lame_enc.dll file. Select it and click Open.

11

Click on "OK" to close the dialog box

/ li > GUE Audacity preferences.

12

Check the Windows program audacity, that the microphone is selected as input option in the drop record in the Mixer Toolbar box.

Click the microphone on the toolbar icon metres. You should see, red level indicator from left to right move in sync with the noise when you speak into the microphone.

13

Click the button "Registration" which has a circular symbol third party links on the line, six recording and playback function buttons.

You will now add a podcast.