 STEP ONE:Download and install Audacity. Then, download and install LAME. You'll need to move the LAME.dll file into the audacity folder to export projects into .mp3's once you actually get to the recording part. Think you got it down? Good! No? Here's some general help for Audacity. |
  STEP TWO:Onto the hardware! You'll need an RCA to a 1/8" wire. You can find this at RadioShack or similar stores. Once you get that, you'll hook the RCA end into the output of your mixer (See the photo with the empty output box? With the 1/8" end, you're going to stick that into your mic input on your computer. On my computer, it's the pink area, as you can see in the picture. Everything should be fully connected now!
|
 STEP THREE:Find the Volume Control on your computer, and select mute all. If you don't, this will interfere with your recording, and you'll get all the extra event sounds. Open audacity. As soon as you hit record, a new audio track will show up (the bar with all the blue in it). If you're fully connected, you should see something like the picture to the left. If you're just getting a straight line, you're not properly connected. Check to make sure your mixer is on the right channel you're trying to record off of! You may want to do some tests as to what sounds good. What sounds good off of a soundsystem will NOT sound good for a recording. You'll want to mess with the settings on both channels, and even the line if you're using that. I've marked where the proper settings are on my mixer to make it easy in the future. |
  STEP FOUR:When you're pleased with how it sounds from your computer, and you want to save it as an MP3, you'll go to "Project" on the menu bar, and select "Edit ID3 tags". Input the title of the song or podcast, the artist, and any other fields you think are necessary. Then from the File menu, select "export as MP3...". This will prompt you to name the file. Name the file, and hit save. It'll convert it within a few seconds (or longer if it's a full podcast). |
 STEP FIVE:If you have an account through PodOMatic (which is what I use), you have the choice to upload a file. Choose a title, tags, and comments, if you choose. Toward the bottom of the page, you'll see the area to upload your track. Browse and find where it's located. Click upload, and you're set! Uploading make take some time. Once it's all ready, select "post episode". Congratulations! You just made your first podcast! |
| The more you advance with Audacity, you'll see that you can easily select an area and delete or add to it. It's quite easy to use! The more you use it, the more you learn, and the easier things will become. It just takes practice like everything else. I really have to give props to Agent76 for helping me out with all my questions. Without him, I would have no clue on where to start with these new fangled podcast things!! |
No comments:
Post a Comment