This video tutorial, via gigafide, looks at how to create a podcast with Audacity.
Sites referenced in this video include:
Audacity
Podango
Podpress
MyPodcast
Podcast411
This video covers how to create a podcast in about 4 minutes, so it doesn’t go into much depth. More information is available under these categories:
How To Podcast
Podcasting Hardware
Podcasting Software
This set of videos, via Steinar Knutsen, demonstrates how to podcast with a Mac.
In addition to covering how to podcast with Mac software, Knutsen touches on these topics:
MacBook Pro
Snow Leopard
Samson CO1U USB Studio Condenser Microphone
Logitech USB Headphone and Microphone Set
Apple iPhone 3G
Voice Memos iPhone App
AudioBoo iPhone App
Apple GarageBand
Apple iWeb
Wordpress.org
Charlie Brooker does an amazing job, in two minutes, of explaining How To Report The News.
While Brooker does not delve deeply into technical details, there’s much here that would be of use to anyone creating user-generated media.
The Pigeon: Impossible video podcast takes a look at what goes into making a 3D animated cartoon short.
The cartoon, above, has received over 3 million views on YouTube alone. It’s a comic romp on the idea of a secret agent getting sidelined by a pigeon.
The “making of” video podcast for Pigeon: Impossible is embedded below. [...]
Chris from Jupiter Broadcasting offers his take on the best podcasting microphones, including the Rode Mic, the Blue Snowball, the MXL 990 & the Heil PR-40 along the way.
Unfortunately, there’s really no “best podcasting microphone”. The best podcasting mic will depend on your budget, your requirements and your preferences.
If you can, try out the mics [...]
When it comes to podcasting as a medium, I’m a true believer.
No, it never exploded the way microblogging or social networks have, but the number of podcasts, the adoption of podcasting by mainstream media, and the number of listeners continues to grow incrementally, not to mention general public awareness of the medium.
Dave Winer, the author of the RSS 2.0 specification on which podcast feeds are based, is working on a new project, to bootstrap real-time podcast feeds:
We’re trying to bootstrap a network of realtime feeds, and it’s going pretty well so far. Podcasts are implemented with RSS too, and while we have excellent examples of realtime [...]
A common problem of indie podcasts is excessive or unwanted background noise and room sounds. Several companies have responded by marketing mini vocal booths that are portable and help block out unwanted sounds.
Instructables has published a tutorial on building a DIY portable mini vocal booth:
The DIY Portable Mini Vocal Booth is ideal for podcasters, DIY [...]
The Making of Raul’s World of Synths is a short documentary, created as a school project, that outlines Raul Pena’s process for creating his synthesizer podcast, Raul’s World Of Synths.
Grooveboxmusic.com has introduced a video tutorial course, Producing Voiceovers with Logic 8, that could be useful for podcasters.
Here’s what they have to say about it:
Presented by Logic master Eli Krantzberg, this collection of Logic 8 video tutorials will show you how to make professional voiceover productions for commercials, advertisements and more. Starting with a blank [...]