Sunday, December 31, 2006

Getting Started with Your Podcast

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You’ve come up with a great topic for a daily or weekly podcast. The problem is that you don’t know where to begin. Believe it or not, you don’t need a lot of high-priced equipment or the expertise of an audio engineer to start podcasting. You can do it with a minimal amount of cash and a bit of work.
So, what do you need? You need the right software, a good microphone, and a place to host your podcast. This TechTip will give you a few suggestions, and look at some of the other factors you should consider when starting a podcast.
Software
While your choice of software won’t make or break your podcast, the right program can make recording and editing it easier. You have quite a few choices, regardless of the operating system that you use. Some of the software is free, and some you have to pay for. The choice is yours.
Under Windows, there’s a good selection of software for recording podcasts. Two popular tools are WebPod Studio and Propaganda. A lot of MacOS podcasters swear by Garage Band, although CastEasy is also highly regarded. Audacity is another extremely popular application for podcasters, mainly because it’s free and runs on Windows, MacOS, and Linux. Linux users will also want to check out Sweep.

You don’t have to install any software on computer to record your podcast. Several online services, like Odeo Studio and AudioBlog, enable you to record your audio at their sites. The only drawback is that you can’t edit your recordings as you can with the software mentioned earlier.

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Sunday, December 17, 2006

Windows Hot Keys Revisited

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By popular demand, we’re re-sending our Tech Tip on Windows Keyboard Shortcuts, updated with all NEW shortcuts for Internet Explorer v7.0.

Borrowing from Firefox and other browsers, IE7 now features tabbed-browsing. With tabbed-browsing you can, among other things:

Use one Internet Explorer window to view all your web pages.
Open links in a background tab while viewing the page you’re on.
Save and open multiple web pages at once by using favorites and home page tabs.

Most people think they know the ins and outs of using their favorite software (and maybe they do), but there are hundreds of little shortcuts that can be used to make common tasks even easier. This Tech Tip is going to follow a different format than the norm and will list a few dozen of these hot keys that can be used to make working in Microsoft Windows even easier.

The shortcuts covered are broken up into groups based on the main key involved in activating them. So, let’s take a look at what we can do with the ALT, CTRL, SHIFT, and Windows Keys, as well as a few combo moves…

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Sunday, December 10, 2006

Cleaning Up Audio Files with Audacity

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When you’re dealing with audio files, there will be times when you run into a few problems. This is especially true with voice recordings and audio that was converted to a digital format from a cassette tape or a vinyl record.

One of the biggest problems is noise. This could be hissing or background noise like the sound of the wind or even someone inadvertently breathing into a microphone. No matter what the source is, that noise is distracting. While it’s difficult to eliminate all of the noise from a digital audio recording, it is possible to clean the file up so that the noise isn’t all that noticeable.

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