As a young journalist with next to no interest in sport of any kind; my Monday morning chore was to call about 10 schools and colleges to get the weekend’s sporting results. From soccer, to hockey, and athletics, I’d have to get the names of the teams, any star players (and their ages), location of […]

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A lot is written about podcast production, gear, software, editing and distribution, but from what I can see there’s very little said about the all-important microphone technique. In other words, the way you actually speak into a microphone.

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Welcome back to Podcasting Made Easy, the show where I attempt to easy your path into podcasting.  Now, this episode is especially for podcasters asking one of the most common questions I hear – where do I find people to interview. Okay, where do we find these people? Well, it’s not as hard as you might […]

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Video podcasting is becoming more popular. But what does it take to put yourself on the small screen? Well, not much...

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Hello and welcome to this edition of Podcasting Made Easy, my name is Steve Hart. In this podcast I want to chat about the benefits to you of being a podcaster, and they have nothing to do with audience numbers, downloads, or income. Now, if you’re finding yourself shortchanged when it comes to fast money […]

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How many downloads does each episode of your podcast get? Twenty? Fifty? Two hundred? If you’re consistently seeing numbers north of 300, you’re doing extremely well – better than most, in fact. To put that into perspective, data from podcast host Libsyn suggests that if an episode receives more than 124 downloads within its first […]

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I was reading some Facebook groups about the Rodecaster mixer and someone who had got a new mixer was really illustrating they didn’t understand why everything sounded so awful when they recorded their voice. And reading between the lines, I could see, well, they’ve probably gone into the processing section and not really knowing what […]

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The Master Compellor in the RodeCaster Pro II is a compressor/leveller/limiter based on APHEX technology, and designed to dynamically control the main mix output for a polished, balanced podcast sound. In this podcast I explain the purpose of the Threshold, Attack, Release, and Gain so you understand how it works and how you can use […]

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I recorded a music show and while it sounded okay, I felt something was a bit off – but couldn’t put my finger on it. The music seemed to be stereo, but it wasn’t. There was something up and I had no […]

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In this short-and-sweet episode I suggest two apps to record and edit your podcast. One is completely free and the other has a generous free trial period that will give you plenty of time to experiment and try it out. OcenAudio is a superb free app and Reaper provides a fully-featured and robust alternative to Audition and ProTools […]

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