Do You Have the Audacity to Podcast

Getting Audacity to Your Computerhttp://audacity.sourceforge.net

• First Download Audacity– http://audacity.sourceforge.net

Download Audacity Installer

Download LAME File

Download LAME File

NOTE: MAKE SURE YOU SAVE THE LAME FILE SOMEWHERE YOU WILL NOT DELETE

Once you have downloaded the Lame File you will still need to extract the file. By completing this task now you will save yourself a step later

Step 1Step 1

Record your voice by clicking the red record button and speaking into the microphone

Step 2Step 2

When you are finished recording press the yellow stop button

Step 3Step 3

Rewind and listen to your recording by pressing the purple rewind key and green play key

If you mess up simply click the X for the audio track to delete

Importing Sound EffectsImporting Sound Effects

After you have downloaded your audio file, simply drag and drop your audio file in or click “Project” “Import Audio” and search for your file. Note, some files are in stereo and will show up as 2 different audio lines

Shifting AudioShifting Audio

You can shift your audio and sound effects to the desired location, by using the Time Shift Tool Button

Editing AudioEditing Audio

To edit out errors, click the “I” and highlight the section you want to delete.

Click delete

Here I have added a music file to play in the background. What I want to do is start the music strong, fade down, then fade back up. For this we will use the “Pincher” a.k.a “Envelope Tool”

By clicking your mouse you will create little dots. You will be able to “duck”/“envelope”/“fade”/“decrease” the music levels

Saving and ExportingSaving and Exporting

If you want to save your project and continue working later, click “File” “Save Project”

If you are finished, it is time to “Export As MP3”

Exporting MP3 for the First TimeExporting MP3 for the First Time

If you choose to “Export as MP3” You will be prompted to find the lame file. You will only need to do this once. Remember never delete the Lame file or you will have to repeat the process

Where to upload your podcasts for free….

• Audio Podcasts– www.gcast.com

• Phone In• No ads

– www.podomatic.com– www.odeo.com

Additional Resources

• Sounds & Sound Effects• http://www.findsounds.com/ • http://www.smartsound.com/ • http://www.naturesongs.com/ • http://soundamerica.com/ • Videos• http://www.kitzu.org/• http://www.archive.org/

index.php• http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/

index.html• Pictures• www.pics4learning.com

• Music• www.garageband.com• http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/• http://ccmixter.org/• Speeches and Narrations• http://www.historychannel.com/

speeches/archive1.html • http://www.pbs.org/

greatspeeches/timeline/ • http://www.archive.org/index.php• www.librivox.org• www.gutenberg.org• http://creativecommons.org/audio

• In addition to the great resources provided by unitedstreaming these other resources are exemplary media sites.

Listen Up

• Classroom Examples– Room 208 (http://bobsprankle.com/blog/)– Radio Willow Web

(http://www.mpsomaha.org/willow/radio/)– TechSavvy Girls

(http://web.mac.com/tntnzing/iWeb/techsavvygirlz/Podcasts/Podcasts.html)

• Teachers Sharing– Women of Web 2.0 (http://www.womenofweb2.com/) – Teach42 (http://www.teach42.com/) – Grammar Girls (http://grammar.qdnow.com/)