My Podcasting Steps

These are the steps that I go through to record and post my podcasts. This is a post-processing intensive approach. Using programs like Castblaster, other podcasters produce more of a traditional "radio" show without any post-processing.

1. Prepare Intro, Outro, Transitions, Sponsors (optional)
   
1. Text
2. Voice overs
   
3. Music
4. Sponsor ads
5. Other supplemental audio (music, copied audio, recordings)
1. Creative Commons copyright
   
   
2. Prepare Material
1. Lecture Notes
2. Contemporary Events
1. Email Lists
2. RSS Readers
3. Blog This (Firefox extension)
4. Google Notebook
   
   
3. Set Audio Levels
1. Volume
2. Equalizer (on mixer)
3. (Compression, Gate and other, if available)
   
   
4. Set Recording Rate
1. 22050Hz sample rate and 32-bit float format (in Audacity)
   
   
5. Record and Save Podcast
   
   
6. Post Processing in Audacity
1. Leveler
2. Normalize
3. Compression
4. Leveler
5. Amplify
   
   
7. Import, Adjust and Mix Intro and Outro Music
8. Create ID3 Tags
9. Export as MP3 File
   
1. requires lame encoder for Audacity
   
   
10. Upload to server
1. Libsyn.com
2. Podcasternews.com
1. Check Download Statistics
   
11. Create Blog Entry

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