Podcasting Handbook

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Introduction to The Peoples Channel-Policies and Procedures-TPC Forms

Introduction to Podcasting-Short History-Podcasting vs. Radio

-Community-Legalities / Music

Your Show-Why do you want to podcast?-Choosing a show theme-Getting help-Your audience-Show topics and format development (pre-production)-Listen to a couple of Podcasts-Look at iTunes Categories

Rehash-Quick overview of class 1

Using Talkshoe-Setting up an account-Calling, using the Client, chat and Talkshoe Pro-Recording separately, simultaneously and uploading

Using Garage band-Mics, cameras, computer mic Input-Using other media-Creating an AAC

Recording


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Rehash-Quick overview of classes 1 and 2

Your Feed and Distribution-What is distribution? An explanation of a feed and hosting

-Getting listed on iTunes, Zune, Networks, Aggregators-Using a blog

iWeb or Blog?-Layout-Themes, links and listings-Publishing

Marketing-Community, Networks, social networking

Class Evaluation and Questionnaire


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A Short Guide to Podcasting

Format

1.

Decide what kind of show you want to do:a. Single personb. Partners or groupc. Listener interaction

i. E-mails and voice-mailsii. Taking live calls

Content:

1. Pick a good name that can be easily searched and resonates with your topic ofchoice.

2.

Write out a show intro and outro that includes you name, contact info, how peoplecan download, your website and any other relevant info.

3. Write out and outline of your show beats or sections that you want to discuss.4. Have any relevant links, web pages or info ready to discuss.

Technical

1. How are you going to record?a. Talkshoe using simply your phoneb. Talkshoe using Skypec. Garagebandd. Using a camera and wireless lav mics

2. How are you going to host the podcast?a. Paid hosting (Tech stuff taken care of, more control)

i. http://libsyn.com/3/ii. http://jellycast.com/

b. Free hosting (less control)i. http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/

ii. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/c. Self hosting (on your own blog or website)

i. http://www.godaddy.com/3. Social networking (All Free)

a. Blog http://www.Blogger.comb. Twitter http://www.Twitter.comc. Facebook http://www.Facebook.com


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Hosting a Podcast: What AreYour Options?By Lisa on November 13th, 2009

I believe (but have no hard facts) that the subject ofhosting apodcast is one of the major reasons people are put off creating

podcasts.

This is one area where even the most web-savvy will hold their

heads in their hands in confusion and

wonder what they should do. While some podcast host providers

have attempted to make the options

as simple as possible there is still a tendency to talk techie in

relation to podcasts.

Perhaps thats why Ive been reluctant to write this post (have you

noticed a break in the series?) butIll give it a go and try not to overdo the tech talk.

Just like blogs, a podcast needs an RSS feed in order to be

syndicated. Dont panic! There are a

number of ways to do this and get your podcast up and running.

1. Free Podcast HostsThere are many options for creating free podcasts. Two of the most

popular

traditionaloptions are Blog Talk Radio and Talk Shoe. Its very

simple you sign up and set up a

live show (or, in some cases, upload a pre-recorded show). Manyof them also offer live chat during

shows so your listeners can ask questions and participate, as well

as offer show players that you can

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I call these traditionaloptions because more recently a large number

of less traditional options have

sprung up with the emergence of social media and smartphones.

There are services such as AudioBooand Twaudio that allow you to record and upload audio, and

broadcast it online (Tweet it, add it to

Facebook etc.). They have an RSS feed so essentially people can

subscribe to everything you publish.

That makes it a podcast!


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Why You Might Choose the Free Option

Its Free! No set-up fees and no bandwidth costs

Its simple to set up and requires very little technical knowledge

Great for live podcasts with guest interviews and audience

participation

No need to master recording and editing programsWhats the Downside?

Someone else is controlling your podcast and, worst case scenario,

you could lose it at the

whim of the site owners. True, its unlikely, but weve all seen

websites come and go. The

simple answer is always to save copies of any shows you create.

The free hosts often add their own audio branding and,

occasionally, commercials to your

podcast (although this is usually only at your request and with a

profit share set-up).Most of your listeners will probably find you through these websites

and so they benefit from

the traffic.

They have control over what is displayed on the website. Nothing

sinister, but it still gives you

less control over what your audience does next.

2. Paid Podcast HostingFor those of you who want more control over your podcast then you

might

want to look at paying for a podcast host. The SWBN podcast ishosted through Libsyn who are

one of the most highly recommended paid hosts. I found things a

little confusing initially (all that

techie talk again), but they do have a detailed step-by-step process

to follow and theres a community

forum and support service.They charge a monthly fee depending on

how big your podcast files are

each month, so no matter how popular your podcast is they carry

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Other podcast hosts will price things differently; for example,

Jellycast charges a one-off start-up fee

and then you have to upgrade to different monthly plans depending

on your bandwidth (i.e. the more

popular your podcast, the more you pay).


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Benefits of Paid Hosting

Most of the technical stuff is taken care of so you dont need to

worry about it

They handle support and technical issues when things go pear-

shaped

Depending on the service, even if your podcast suddenly takes offand becomes crazy popular,

you shouldnt face any unexpected bandwidth costs

The best services will also offer the option of creating the podcast

on your own domain, stats

tracking (so you can keep track of how many listeners you have)

and some personalization

options.

Whats the Downside?

Paying a fee even if your podcast takes months to become popular

(so you may end up payingmore than the bandwidth you are using)

You are still reliant on a third party. That means occasional

unexpected downtime (which has

happened a few times with Libsyn) and other issues may crop up.

3. Self Hosting Your PodcastI will go into self hosting more in another post, but this essentially

means you are responsible for

generating the RSS feed and paying for hosting the media files

and bandwidth (or paying if you

exceed your bandwidth allowance).You can generate the RSS feed through Feedburner or, if you

have a WordPress blog as so many

people do you can let WordPress generate it (when you upload

the audio and link to it within the

blog WordPress will include it in your RSS feed). Or, my personal

option would be to install a

plugin like PodPress which automatically creates feeds (and offers

numerous other features).

Website bandwidth allowances tend to be much higher than when I

started podcasting (and Iself-hosted my first podcast without ever facing excessive costs).

There are also other options for

reducing the bandwidth costs, such as using a storage service like

Amazon S3.

Benefits of Self Hosting

You have total control

No monthly costs unless your podcast becomes really popular


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Plenty of options for personalization, stats tracking and other

features

Downside of Self Hosting

You have total control! That means you are responsible for dealing

with things if they go wrong

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Carrying bandwidth costs if the podcast become popular (but that

should be a good problem to

have, right?)

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The main project window will

open.

Open GarageBand in the Dock. Click:

Create New Podcast Episode.

Creating An Enhanced Podcast

Episode in GarageBand 08

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Title your project and note

where it is being saved.

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Getting Started

Media browser/

Preview pane

Master volume

Timecode

Record button

Podcast track

(for images)

Voice tracks

Jingle track

Effects browser/

Track editor

Artwork editor

Chapters area


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Adding Audio to the Voice Track(s)

You have several options for adding audio to your project:

A) Drag and drop an audio file (mp3, wav, aiff, aac) directly from your desktop to

your voice track.

B) Import from your iTunes library through the media browser.C) Record directly into GarageBand. This option requires a computer with a built-in

or USB microphone. (See last page for Microphone Input Settings).

A) drag/drop:

B) iTunes:

C) Record:

To record, click the recordbutton and speak into the

mic. To stop recording, click

the record button again.

Youll notice the play head

continues to move. To stop

play, click the play button.

Recorded tracks will be

purple in color.


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Adding Images to the Podcast Track

You have two options for adding images to your project:

A) Drag and drop image files from your desktop into your Podcast Track.

B) Import images from your iPhoto library.

A) Drag/drop:

B) Import:


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IMAGE EDITING

You may drag images into your podcast track one by one or all at once. Drag images one by

one if you wish to synchronize the timing of your images with your voice track. This allows

you to adjust as you go.

If synchronization is not important, you may place all your images in the podcast track

and they will space evenly to match the length of your audio.

You will notice after placing the first image, that it spans the entire length of the timeline,

which is determined by the duration of your audio file.

Image Duration

Drag your second image to the point in your

timeline where you want the first image to

end and the second to begin.

You can fine-tune its placement by hovering

your mouse over the area where the two images

meet. You will see arrows that allow you to

drag to the left and right to increase or decrease

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Image Cropping

You may want to crop an image to zoom in or highlight a specific area of the image.

1. Click on the image in the podcast track to select it. Note the selected image also has a

thumbnail in the lower Chapters area of your project window.

2. Double-click the thumbnail image in this area to open the artwork editor.3. The artwork editor allows you to zoom in/out on an image, or move the image to change

the area being displayed/highlighted.

4. Click Set when you are satisfied with the chosen settings.

Previewing your podcast episode

To view your project so far, click on the next to media browser to open the previewpane. Click the play button to review.

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Adding Chapters

Chapters allow users to move

quickly between sections of your

podcast episode in iTunes and on an

iPod. (Especially useful for lengthypodcasts).

To add a chapter marker, click on

the Chapter Title and name your

chapter.

Episode Artwork

You may choose an image to

represent your podcast episode (this

artwork will be displayed in iTunes

and on a video iPod).

Just as you added images to your

podcast track, you can drag an im-

age to the episode artwork area.

Double click to adjust sizing and

cropping in the Artwork Editor.

Adding Jingles

You may add copyright-free music

tracks to accompany your podcast epi-

sode. These jingles could be used to

create a musical introduction to your

podcast episode.

1.Click on the to open the sound

effects panel. Select jingles.

2. Listen to options by selecting

themes and then individual jingles.

3. To add jingles to your podcast, click

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Editing Jingles/Audio Volume

To adjust the master volume and levels for

the entire podcast episode, adjust here.

For more specific volume adjustment, clickon the down arrow to open volume

control for the track.

Clicking on the volume control will create

audio nodes which allow you to increase/

decrease volume for sections of your track:

fading in/out.

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Final Steps/ Exporting

1. Confirm that your audio and image tracks

have the same end point and that there are

no gaps between image tracks.

2. You are ready to export your podcast.

Now you can create additional podcast episodes!

Upload episode(s) file to iTunes U for distribution to

your students, the Emory Community, or the world.

For assistance with GB, podcasting and iTunes U,

contact [email protected].

3. Name your file, retaining the .m4a

extension.


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Microphone Input Settings

[email protected]


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Podcasting with GarageBandThe simple guide to making your own podcast

Create a podcast using technologies in the Gaskill

Learning Technologies Center:

- iMac computer- Snowball microphone

- GarageBand software


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IntroductionWhat tools are used in this documentation?Who should use this documentation?What inormation is included?

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Essential Podcasting InormationWhats a podcast?Why would I make a podcast?Is it easy and un to make a podcast?Who would listen to my podcast?How do I make my podcast available to the world?

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Getting to Know the EquipmentTe HardwareTe Sotware

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GarageBand Overview 4

Creating a New Podcast Episode 6

Recording Your Voice 7

Putting it All TogetherCreating another recording on the same trackDeleting a portion o a recording

Using the rack Editor / Cut methodUsing the Split method

Joining separate recordings

Adding loops and jinglesDucking and unducking a loop

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Exporting and Saving Your PodcastSaving your podcast to an audio leConverting the M4A le to MP3 using iunes

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Making Your Podcast Available to the WorldCreating a world-wide readable older on your Miami disk spaceUploading your podcast to your own website disk spaceUsing the iunes store to reely distribute your podcast

Confguring the Snowball MicrophoneHardware SetupSotware Conguration

Conguring Mac OS XConguring GarageBand

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents


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Introduction 1

Introduction

I you are thinking about making a podcast or are interested in learning more about how to make apodcast, youve come to the right place! Tis set o documentation will take you through the necessarysteps to make your own podcast with the equipment here in the Gaskill Learning echnologies Center.

What tools are used in this documentation?Te ollowing pages will teach you how to create your own podcast using the ollowing items:

Snowball USB microphone iMac 20 computer running Mac OS X operating system GarageBand 3 sotware

For inormation on how to make a podcast using the Audacity sotware, see the alternate set odocumentation here in the Learning echnologies Center.

Who should use this documentation?Anyone interested in making a podcast should nd these instructions useul. I you are a beginner in the

realm o audio sotware and podcasting, this documentation will walk you through the basics step bystep. I you have experience with audio sotware and podcasting, you may nd some new tricks to makeyour podcasting experience go more smoothly. No matter your personal experience, these instructionsshould guide you along your way to making a high quality podcast.

Te emphasis, however, is to teach the basics. GarageBand is a ully unctional audio suite that canbe used or much ancier music and audio projects. Tese instructions will only cover the processes orecording, editing, and saving a podcast. For more advanced eatures and projects, consult Apples websiteor more in depth GarageBand tutorials (three links below).

What information is included?

Te ollowing sections o inormation are included in these instructions: Essential podcast, hardware, and sotware inormation Recording audio and capturing your voice Editing and putting together your podcast Saving your podcast Uploading your podcast and making it available to the world

Tese sections have been kept to a minimum and cover the essential inormation and procedures thatare needed to create a podcast. Certain sections, such as the editing section, could be dozens o pageslong i these instructions were meant to be used or extensive audio manipulation and tweaking. Whatyou should expect is a straightorward and easy to use set o instructions that will have you successully

creating and uploading your own podcast. For more extensive inormation on editing and adding to yourpodcast, check out GarageBands included documentation or the links below.

http://www.apple.com/podcastinghttp://www.apple.com/ilie/garageband/http://www.apple.com/ilie/tutorials/garageband/index.htmlhttp://www.zoom-in.com/tutorials/Apple/garageband/recording_a_podcast/index.php?part=1


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Essential Podcasting Information

2 Essential Podcasting Information

Tinking about creating a podcast? Want to know more about what a podcast is or why you would wantto make one? Tis section will answer these questions and help you get started.

Whats a podcast?A podcast is an audio (or video) recording available or ree rom the internet. Tis audio recording canbe a talk show, a lecture, or training series that is reely available and easily produced. Ater interestedlisteners download a podcast, they can transer it directly to their iPod or listen to it on their computerwith a media player such as iunes or Windows Media Player.

Why would I make a podcast?Tere are hundreds o reasons or making a podcast, but one o the most popular reasons is orentertainment. I you are interested in a particular activity and have things to say, create a podcast andmake it available to your targeted audience. Podcasts are also useul as a complement to a personal orentertainment website. Also gaining in popularity is the use o podcasts in the academic world. eachers,proessors, and aculty are creating podcasts or lectures, meetings, and training sessions. Students are

completing assignments and acilitating group projects using podcasts as well.I you are an expert in a particular eld, have an interest in sharing your views, or want to entertainothers, a podcast may be an excellent choice o medium to reach a large and diverse audience. Find yourniche and become an internet celebrity in your chosen eld by making a podcast!

Is it easy and fun to make a podcast?Yes! Recording and saving your own podcast is simple and un. Ater learning the basics, you can divedeeper into the pool o podcasting knowledge to tackle more advanced audio techniques. GarageBandis an incredibly powerul application that allows you to do much more with your podcast than justrecording.

Who would listen to my podcast?Anyone whos interested in your topic and is aware o its existence can download and enjoy yourpodcast. Now its easier than ever to reach your audience by utilizing the iunes Music Store andadvertising it on your own website. Te small le size and transportability o a podcast makes it easy oran interested listener to obtain and listen to the podcast. I your podcast is about sports, an avid sportsan may download and listen to the podcast. I your podcast is about photography, expert and beginnerphotographers might be interested in hearing what you have to say, especially i you are an expert in theeld.

How do I make my podcast available to the world?Tere are dozens o ways to share your podcast with thousands o interested listeners. I you have yourown website, you can upload the audio le to your web space. Since you are a Miami student, you canalso create a publicly available older in your disk space and make it available rom the M drive. You canalso put it up or download on the iunes music store. I you want to make it available or ree on iunes,you can read the instructions on Apples website on how to get it listed in the iunes Music Store andhow to have it automatically include your next podcasts in the listings. Tis topic is covered in moredetail on page 15.


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Getting to Know the Equipment

Getting to Know the Equipment 3

Making a podcast with ew technical troubles is only possible with knowledge o the equipment and theproper conguration. Tis section introduces you to the podcasting equipment available in the GaskillLearning echnologies Center, and it prepares you or your podcasting adventure.

The HardwareNot many pieces o hardware are required to record your own podcast.

iMac computer Snowball USB microphone

Te microphone, in conjunction with the GarageBand sotware, is used to record your voice. Te iMaccomputer and GarageBand sotware take care o the rest.

iMac ComputerTe 20-inch iMac computers in the Gaskill Learning echnologies Center are new and improved overprevious models with aster speeds and more capabilities. Te only importantparts on the iMac concerning podcasting are the three USB 2.0 ports located

on the back o the system. Te Snowball microphone must be plugged in to oneo these USB ports to unction. Te iMac does have an internal microphoneenabled by deault, but the Snowball microphone is much higher quality than thebasic internal microphone on the iMac.

Snowball MicrophoneTe Snowball is a high quality microphone that connects to the computer via aUSB cable. Tis is the device that you talk into to record your podcast.

When properly connected to the computer, the Snowballs red LED light at the topwill be illuminated. When recording your voice with the microphone, make sure theront o the microphone with the Bluelogo is acing you to get a clear recording.

The SoftwareTe sotware that you will be using with theseinstructions is GarageBand 3. GarageBand is sotwarecreated by Apple and is available in Mac OS X as parto the iLie suite. GarageBand is a ully unctionalaudio studio capable o creating music tracks romscratch, but we will only ocus on the basics or

creating a podcast.iunes is used briey to convert an audio le to MP3.No other specialized sotware applications are used inthese instructions.


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Beore you get started with your podcasting project, it is important to learn the interace and basicoverview o the GarageBand sotware. I you are amiliar with audio editing applications, the interacemay look amiliar to you. But i you are just starting and have not had experience with sotware likeGarageBand, the interace may seem intimidating. Dont worry. Te interace is easy to learn, and youwill be a master in no time.

It is important to realize that GarageBand is not a media player such as iunes. GarageBands mainunction is to create audio projects rom scratch - not play music back. Proessional audio mixers usethis sotware or creating and editing their own songs. But the beauty o GarageBand is that anyone canlearn to use it. It can be used as a proessional tool, but it is also a wonderul tool or the everyday user.

GarageBand Overview

4 GarageBand Overview

Quick Tip: Hover over any control or button in the GarageBand workspace to get a tooltip describingits name and unction. Tese tooltips will be very helpul or learning the interace.

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Te GarageBand interace is shown below. itles and descriptions are included on the next page.


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1 - Track Header and Mixer. Te track header displays the instrument name, instrument icon, and a5-button toolbar with various options including the ability to enable/disable recording or the track andmute the sound o the track. Te mixer allows you to lower or turn up the volume o the track by slidingthe volume bar. It also gives you the ability to duck or unduck the track and set the track pan position.

2 - Beat Ruler.Tis is where you can see how much time has been recorded in the project. In this area,you can move the playhead to a specic point on the timeline by dragging it.

3 - Timeline.Tis is where the meat and potatoes o the project are. Tis is where you build, arrange,rearrange, edit, delete, and place audio recordings into your podcast project. In the timeline it is easy toplace specic portions o audio exactly where you want them.

4 - Track Ino and Media Browser.rack inormation and the ability to preview your podcast is in thisarea. Te media browser allows you to nd audio clips on your computer to add to the project.

5 - Toolbar or adding tracks, viewing loop browser, and viewing track editor.Te button allows

you to create a new track. Te button shows or hides the loop browser, which allows you to addsound efects and jingles to the podcast. Te button shows or hides the track editor, which allowsyou to tweak and modiy a section o a track.

6 - Zoom Level. Drag the bar to the let to decrease the zoom level. Tis allows you to see more o thetimeline. Drag the bar to the right to decrease the time shown. Tis allows you to see less time in thewindow but with a more detailed view.

7 - Main toolbar or recording and playback. Tis toolbar is used extensively while creating a podcast.Te button starts and stops recording. Te button puts the playhead at the beginning o thepodcast. Te button steps back one increment. Te button starts to play the project and also

serves as the stop button. Te button steps orward one increment. Te button turns the cycleregion on or of.

8 - Track Editor / Loop Browser.Te track editor button allows you to modiy a tracks pitch andtuning. I the loop browser button is selected, the loop browser will be displayed. Te loop browserallows you to nd audio clips that are available or your podcast. Tere are more details on the use o thisbutton on the next page.

9 - Clock. Te clock displays the time and specic location o your spot in the audio project.

10 - Volume. Drag the circle on the volume bar to lower or raise the volume. Te two bars above thevolume bar show the volume o the recording is.

11 - Toolbar or displaying Track Ino and Media Browser. I you click the button, it will showor hide the track inormation display on the right side o the screen. I you click the button, it willshow or hide the media browser.

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Now it is time to begin your podcasting journey! Since GarageBand is sotware created by Apple, it isno surprise that GarageBand includes special eatures that are only used or podcasting. However, to getthese special eatures into your project, you must create a new podcast project.

Creating a new project1. Open GarageBand by clicking the GarageBand icon ( ) in the dock at the bottom o

the screen. Wait or a ew seconds or GarageBand to load.

I GarageBand automatically loads a project and opens to the main screen, choose theFilemenu and clickClose. Te new project window will appear.

2. Te new project window will appear with our options. Choose the second optionlabeledNew Podcast Episodeby clicking on the icon to the let o the text. A save dialogbox will appear.

3. Type in a name or your project where it says Save As. Browse to the location you wantto save the project and clickthe Createbutton.

GarageBand should open to the main screen. Now you can start recording your podcast!

Creating a New Podcast Episode

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Now its time or the un part! It s time to record your voice and put together your podcast. Be sure tocheck that the Snowball microphone is connected to the computer and that the red LED light is lit onthe Snowball. I you experience troubles while recording, see pages 16 and 17 to make sure the Snowballis setup and congured properly.

Recording with the Snowball microphoneYou have everything ready to go, you have a plan or what you are going to say, and now its just you andthe microphone. Te ollowing section explains how to record your voice.

1. Open GarageBand rom the dock or Applications older and load your podcast project.

2. Under the rack Header, nd the track namedMale Voiceor Female Voice. Select theappropriate track or you by clicking the icon to the let o the text.

Everything in GarageBand is now ready or recording.

3. Bring the Snowball microphone to a close distance (5-10 inches rom your mouth) andprepare to speak into the microphone. When you are ready, clickthe main Recordbuttonlocated below the timeline and adjacent to the main playback controls. Speakinto theSnowball to begin recording your podcast.

Te playhead (the small down arrow in the Beat Ruler above the timeline) will beginmoving, and a recording will be created in the track that you selected. As you talk, thegraphical representation o your voice reacts to the level o your voice to indicate thedecibel level you are recording. You can keep track o how long the recording is byviewing the clock next to the main playback controls (seen on the above image as theblue digital readout) or looking at the Beat Ruler located above the timeline.

4. When you are ready to stop recording, clickthe Recordbutton again. Recording is nowturned of.

5. Click the Play button to stop the playhead rom moving. o move back to the beginning o the project to hear what you recorded, click the

button immediately to the right o the record button or drag the playhead back to thebeginning. Press Play to hear your recording and press Play again to stop playback.

Now you know how to create a recording using the Snowball microphone in GarageBand. o learn howto modiy, delete, edit, and add efects to your recording - continue reading.

Recording Your Voice

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Putting it All Together

8 Putting it All Together

As you work on your podcast project, you will no doubt make some mistakes. You may orget what youwere saying or you may just mess up a line. But this isnt a live broadcast, so you can go back and xeverything that you may have messed up! You may also want to liven up your podcast by adding jinglesand sounds in the background.

Quick Tip: Dont orget to save your podcast project as you work! Nothings worse than losing allo your hard work. Suggestion: save it to your Miami-provided disk space. Also, i a message appearsasking you i you want to include an iLie preview, choose no.

Creating another recording on the same trackUnless you are a perect perormer, you will need to restart your recording or make a separate recordingon the same track. Te ollowing section describes how to create another recording and connect it withyour previous recordings. It assumes that you have created a new project and recorded your voice into themale or emale voice track.

1. Click on the tracks icon to make it active.

2. In the timeline, nd the end o the previous recording. Dragthe playhead to the veryend o this recording or click in the beat ruler to move the playhead to the location.

IMPORAN: Put the playhead in a location away rom an already recordedrecording. I you start to record over a recording on the same track, the previousrecording will be overwritten. It is possible to move the newly created recording andrecover overwritten recordings, but it is best to avoid this entirely by ensuring that youleave enough empty space to make your new recording.

Quick Tip: I you overwrite part o a previous recording, drag the new recording to another tracksuch as Jingles. Go back to the overwritten recording, point your cursor to the end o the track that wasoverwritten, and drag it back to its original length to recover the audio. You can then move the newrecording back to the appropriate track.


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3. Click the record button and begin to speak. Clickthe record button again to stoprecording when you are nished. A new recording will be created on the same track.

Now you can move each recording separately by clicking and dragging the recording(the purple sections) let or right on the timeline. You can drag the recording to thebeginning o the timeline, ater another recording, or between multiple recordings. Youcan also drag these to other tracks, but this is not necessary or podcasting purposes.

Deleting a portion of a recordingEveryone makes mistakes, but you dont have to let your audience listen to yours. Did you sneeze,cough, or stutter during a recording? Edit it out. Tere are two main methods or deleting a section o arecording: using the track editor and using the cut command, or using the split method.

Using the Track Editor / Cut methodTis method deletes a section o a recording by clicking and dragging over a certain portion and usingthe cut option.

1. Select the recording by clicking on it in the timeline. Te purple section is highlighted.

2. Show the track editor i it is not already being shown by clicking the View/Hide rack

Editor button located to the let o the playback controls below the timeline and tracknames.

Te track editor will appear at the bottom o the window.

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3. Find the section o the recording that you want to delete. In the track editor section atthe bottom o the window, click and dragyour mouse cursor (in the body o the BeatRuler) rom the beginning to the end o the section you want to delete.

4. With the section o the recording highlighted, select theEditmenu and clickCut. Tesection is now removed rom the timeline and the original recording is split into tworecordings.

5. In the timeline above the track editor, click and dragthe second section until it touchesthe right edge o the rst section. Tis will delete the dead space where the deletedportion used to be.



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Using the Split methodTe split method works by splitting the recording into multiple pieces and deleting the unwantedsection.

1. Select the recording by clicking on it in the timeline. Te purple section is highlighted.

2. Find the beginning o the section o the recording that you want to delete. Dragtheplayhead to this position.

3. Select theEditmenu and clickSplit. Te recording will be split into two recordings.

4. Find the end o the section that you want to delete. Dragthe playhead to this position.5. Select theEditmenu and clickSplitonce again. You have now isolated the portion o

the recording that you want to delete.

6. Click into an empty gray area o the timeline to deselect the entire track.

7. Click the isolated section that you want to delete to select it.

8. Press the deletekey (located above the \ key) to remove it rom the project.



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Joining separate recordingsWhen you have separate recordings on the same track, it may be easier to join them together to reduceclutter and make it easier to move a single recording at once.

1. Click and drag the sections you want to join next to each other on the timeline to

eliminate the dead space in between.

2. Click on the rst section, hold down the Shiftkey, and clickthe second section. I youhave more than two sections that you want to join together, continue to hold shit andclick on the rest o the sections to highlight them all.

3. Release the shit key and select theEditmenu. ClickJoin rom the drop-down menu.Te two separate recordings will be joined into one recording.

Adding loops and jinglesFor some extra touches, you might want to add some background audio clips or un audio efects. Tis ispossible using the available loop recordings included with GarageBand.

1. Show the Loop Browser by clicking on the View / Hide Loop Browser button located tothe let o the playback controls below the timeline and track names.

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3. When you nd a selection that you want to include in your podcast, click and dragit tothe Jingles track.

Ducking and unducking a loopYou will nd that the sounds in the Jingles track are lowered in volume automatically when yourvoice is being played in the Male or Female voice track. When there is no recording in the Maleor Female voice track, the jingle will be played at ull volume. Tis helps automate the process oincluding background music and sounds to your podcast.

I you would preer the audio in the Jingles track to be played at ull volume, unduck the track byclicking the up arrow in the track mixer.



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Exporting and Saving Your Podcast

Youve nally completed your podcast, and youre happy with what youve created. Now you want to putit in an audio ormat that the world can listen to on their iPods or computers.

Saving your podcast to an audio leSaving your podcast to an audio le is extremely easy with GarageBand. However, the sotware is notvery exible and does not let you choose what kind o le to save. Tis will be addressed in the nextsection, but or now you can read on to see how to save your podcast to an audio le.

1. Select the Sharemenu in the menu bar and clickExport Podcast to Disk. A dialog boxwill appear asking you where to save the le.

2. Type a name or your podcast le and choose a location to save your le.

3. Click Save. GarageBand will save the .m4a le to the location that you chose.

Converting the M4A le to MP3 using iTunesTe le that GarageBand saves is an M4A le - not the one most people know and love: MP3. Mostmedia players and all iPods play the M4A les perectly well. However, you may want to convert yourpodcast into an MP3 le to make sure none o your listeners have compatibility issues. Tere are manyprograms available that will convert audio les rom one type to another. Apples iunes is used below.

1. Browse to the location o your podcast audio le that is currently saved in M4A ormat.

2. Double-click on the le to open it in iunes. Te le will start to play. Press the pausebutton to stop the podcast in the upper-let hand corner o the window.

3. Your podcast should show up in the main window area o iunes. Select your podcast by

clicking it.

4. While your podcast is selected, choose theAdvancedmenu rom the menu bar. Clicktheoption labeled Convert Selection to MP3.

NOE: I the menu option says something other than MP3, do the ollowing: Choosethe iunes button in the menu bar at the top-let corner o the screen and click thePreferences option. In the preerences, click the button labeledAdvanced. Ten click thetabImporting. Where it saysImport Using: chooseMP3 Encoderrom the drop-down

menu. Exit iunes preerences and repeat step 4. Te menu option should now readConvert Selection to MP3.

iunes will now convert the M4A le to an MP3 le. When it is nished, it will begin toplay the podcast again. Press the pause button to stop the podcast i you would like.

5. With the le selected, choose the Filemenu and select Show in Finder. Tis will bringyou to the older where the MP3 le is stored. You can now save it to another location.

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Making Your Podcast Available to the World

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You have created your podcast and are ready to show the world what you have done. But how exactly doyou make your le available to everyone on the internet? Tere are three main ways to accomplish this.

1. Create a world-wide readable older on your Miami disk space (M drive).2. Upload your podcast to your own website disk space and advertise it on your site.3. Use the iunes store to reely distribute your podcast.

Creating a world-wide readable folder on your Miami disk spaceMiami ofers every student a 100MB o disk space on Miami servers or personal use. Most studentsuse this every day to save project les or backup personal les. Miami also allows you to use this space tocreate your own website by making a publicly readable older.

o make a publicly available website, visit the ollowing link:http://www.units.muohio.edu/mcs/univapps/netapps/www/novell/wwwsetup.htm

Tis website will guide you through a simple process to create a publicly available older that you can useto distribute your podcast. Once you are through the process, a older namedpublic.www will be createdin your disk space. You can now upload les, including your podcast MP3 or M4A les, into this older.You can upload les by logging into UDSmount on the Desktop and opening your M drive or selectingnetDisk while logged in to the MyMiami website.

Once you upload your le into the public.www older, you can now link people to the le. In theollowing example, replace uniqueID with your Miami unique ID (your username or almost everythingrelated to Miami). I your le is called MyFirstPodcast.mp3, the link will become:http://www.users.muohio.edu/uniqueID/MyFirstPodcast.mp3

Now you can post about it on your avorite sites, message your riends, send out emails, and spread theword. Link everyone to your podcast, and they will be able to download and listen to it.

Uploading your podcast to your own website disk spaceYou may already have your own website where you want to upload your podcast. Your web host shouldbe able to instruct you on how to upload les to your web space. You will probably need a username,password, and FP program. Once you have uploaded the podcast, you can link your riends andvisitors to the le and let everyone listen to it!

Using the iTunes store to freely distribute your podcastiunes makes it easy or listeners to download and subscribe to podcasts. Subscribing to a podcast meansthat listeners will automatically be notied whenever a new podcast is put on the web by a certain author.Utilizing the iunes store can make your podcast available to thousands o people.

Te process o getting your podcast into the iunes store is rather complex and is beyond the scope o

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It is important to make sure that the Snowball microphone is properly connected to the computer andproperly congured in Mac OS X and GarageBand. Tese quick checks will prevent annoying problemsand rustration rom occurring while trying to record your podcast.

Hardware SetupTe Snowball microphone is a USB microphone that shouldbe connected to the iMac directly with a USB cable. Since thisshould already be hooked up correctly, make a quick spot checkto make sure the microphone is connected to a USB port on theback o the computer.

I the Snowball is connected properly to the computer, the red LED light on the ront o the Snowballshould be illuminated. Tis indicates that the Snowball is powered on and ready to go. Te Snowballdoes not have an on or of button. Te Snowball will have power as long as it is plugged into thecomputer.

Software Congurationo save headaches and rustration rom microphone problems, it is important to make sure that thesotware is congured correctly to receive input rom the Snowball microphone. Te two areas that needto be checked or correct congurations are the Mac OS X sound system preerences and GarageBandaudio preerences.

Confguring Mac OS XCheck to see i Mac OS X is correctly congured to use the Snowball microphone.

1. Click the Apple logo in the menu bar at the top-let corner o the screen. Te Applemenu opens.

2. Click System Preferences rom the menu. Te System Preerences window opens.

3. Under the Hardwaresection, clickthe icon labeled Sound.

Te Sound Preerences window opens.

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5. Under Choose a device for sound input, nd Blue Snowballunder the column labeledName.Clickon Blue Snowballto select it.

Here you can set the input volume or the microphone. Te Snowball is sensitiveand may require a very low setting. Chances are the volume level is already at anappropriate deault level.

Tis completes the Mac OS X Snowball conguration. Exit System Preerences byclicking the red X circle in the top-let corner o the window.

Confguring GarageBandCheck to see i GarageBand is properly congured to use the Snowball microphone or recording input.

1. Open GarageBand by double-clicking the GarageBand icon in the dock at the bottomo the OS X desktop, or double-clicking the GarageBand icon in the Applications older.

IMPORAN: You must have a project loaded into GarageBand to get to thepreerences menu. Open a new project or an existing project to continue. See page 6 or

inormation on how to create a new project.

2. Once GarageBand loads your project, clickthe GarageBandmenu in the menu bar.

3. Click Preferences in the drop-down menu. Te GarageBand Preerences will be shown.

Alternatively, you can get to the preerences by pressing the Apple key + Comma key.

4. Click the icon labeledAudio/MIDI, the second icon rom the let at the top.

5. Next toAudio Input, chooseBlue Snowballrom the drop-down list.

Tis completes the GarageBand conguration. Exit the GarageBand Preerences byclicking the red X in the top-let corner o the window.

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