Welcome to Pocket-Sized Podcasting, brought to you by Alitu: The Podcast Maker. And on this episode, we’re going to talk about Digital Audio Workstations, AKA - DAWs. A DAW is a term used to describe software that you use to record, edit, and produce audio. Most of them are designed and built with music production in mind, but can work brilliantly to create spoken-word content if you know what you’re doing. A famous free DAW is Audacity. Audacity is popular because of its price, or lack of one. It has everything you need to record and produce a podcast, but it suffers from looking a bit clunky and dated. Adobe Audition, Reaper, and Hindenburg are 3 other popular options amongst podcasters. These are all paid DAWs, but they’re a definite improvement on Audacity. The downside of DAWs tends to be their steep learning curve. Because they’re so powerful and flexible, they can take a lot of time and effort to learn, at even a basic level. Most DAWs don’t work as remote call recorders either, unless you have lots of extra equipment. If you’re looking for the simplest DAW that’s designed with the spoken-word in mind, then Hindenburg is worth checking out. Or, if you’d prefer to avoid DAWs altogether, then be sure to have a go with our very own Alitu ‘Podcast Maker’. For a deeper dive into DAWs, go to http://ThePodcastHost.com/DAWS