Podcasting Advisor

Oh RSS feed, how I love thee (not, very not). I answer a couple of questions today that involve feeds - and a really juicy one about retro-fitting a Feedburner feed - all good stuff. Here’s the Redirect plugin for WordPress

In a rather short show today I go into the scintillating world of audio post production - and specifically normalisation. So don your propeller hats and prepare to enter the world of the audiophile. It’ll be worth it though - because this is laying the foundation for the other post production stuff we need to cover such as audio compression - more of that in a later episode… In other news - here’s Julia’s podcasts.

In today’s show I chat with Cliff Ravenscraft, of PodcastAnswerMan.com. Cliff shares his story of how he took a leap of faith and went from a career in insurance to a full time podcaster and then podcasting coach. A great interview and some terrific tips from Cliff. Also: Listener Joe Dale pointed me to the Audacity to Podcast show with Daniel Lewis, and The Podcasting Emporium with James Williams and Dave Gray. Submitting podcasts to the new Blackberry Podcast Catalogue - here is where to go - you’ll need to sign up first (pretty painless).

Today I delve into the whole area of tracks in audio podcast production and where to find music. Some places to find music for your podcast: Magnatune Music Alley Music Bakery Opuzz Ioda Promonet

Today I cover the essence of audio editing, what it is and how it’s best done. In other news, RIM announce the new Blackberry Podcast Catalogue and Podcast app that allow the user to subscribe to and download show on the move! Thanks to Cliff Ravenscraft of Podcast Answer Man for bringing this to my attention. Here’s the where to submit your podcasts to the Blackberry Podcast Catalogue .

In this week’s episode I talk with Skipper Wise of Blue Microphones. It was a fascinating chat and I really got an insight to the ethos of Blue. Skipper loves the combination of art and engineering. I asked him first about his musical beginnings and how Blue got started.

In today’s show I talk about a few portable audio recorders I’m familiar with. I was introduced to a new web based podcasting platform yesterday - ipadio.com. Only had a quick look but it looks very interesting and I’ll cover it in a later show. Blue Mikey - an external stereo microphone for the iPhone and iPods - nice review here iPhone App - Blue FiRe that goes with the Mikey The Zoom H4n - what you get these days in place of the H4. A nice page about the new Zoom H1

I was delighted to spend some time yesterday morning talking with Dave Jackson of the School of Podcasting. Dave gave some interesting stories and insights into podcasting: A simple way of explaining what a podcast is How podcasting can help you get a job How podcasting doesn’t have to be about making money How to evaluate the best content for a podcast What made Dave start podcasting A simple explanation of RSS using a popcorn analogy The steps forward for those hesitating with podcasting Top tips when starting a podcast

Audacity is a free, open source program that allows you to record, edit, process and mix audio. In today’s show I go over the basics of what it is, how to install the LAME MP3 encoder, how to record, and how to save and export an MP3 file.

After a rough, sleepless, windy night, followed by an afternoon power nap, I discuss the oft-asked topic of recording conversations from Skype. We start the show with a voice question from Kathryn Colas of Simply Hormones - she’s starting the Simply Hormones Podcast. Software mentioned: Audio Hijack Pro Pamela Pretty May