Mixing Your Pamela for Skype Interview in Audacity

In the previous video I showed you how to set-up Pamela for Skype recordings. In this video I show how easy it is to edit and mix the recording in Audacity:

Some people have asked what version of Pamela I was using in the previous video. I use the top package which is the professional version [...]

Setting Up Pamela for Skype for Recording Interviews

Setting Up Pamela for Skype for Recording Interviews

This video was prompted by Mudd (aka Oza Meilleur) who has just bought Pamela in order to record interviews over Skype.

I have since been looking at some screenshots of the latest version of Pamela and I can see that things are slightly different to the version in the video, and although you may not have [...]

Audacity Tutorial: Splicing Audio Together (Correcting Mistakes)

Audacity Tutorial: Splicing Audio Together (Correcting Mistakes)

Thanks to Glenn Murphy for his questions on recording and editing using Audacity.
This video shows you how to go back and take mistakes out of your audio, add a retake and then mix them together into one audio track again. It’s really simple, and the good thing about Audacity is it makes it difficult for [...]

Web Video Production: Harnessing the Power of Video Marketing

Web Video Production: Harnessing the Power of Video Marketing

Regular readers of the blog will know that while I’m all about the audio, I’m also a huge fan of video marketing. As a result I have just launched a new web video production service to enable you to enjoy the rewards of video marketing without having to find the time to do it yourself.
Video marketing [...]

Hosting a Podcast: What Are Your Options?

Hosting a Podcast: What Are Your Options?

I believe (but have no hard facts) that the subject of hosting a podcast is one of the major reasons people are put off creating podcasts.
This is one area where even the most web-savvy will hold their heads in their hands in confusion and wonder what they should do. While some podcast host providers have [...]

Adding the Finishing Touches to Your Podcast Audio

Adding the Finishing Touches to Your Podcast Audio

Following my previous video on mixing your podcast, Allison went away and did her homework and mixed her intro and outro with a piece of audio recorded on SAM (Skype Answering Machine).
It was pretty good for her first try (and I don’t want to sound patronizing when I say that).
A few things I noticed:

the answering [...]

An Aside from the Aside: Audacity’s Time Shift Tool

This is an aside from yesterday’s aside (or maybe just an add-on to yesterday’s video).
Ron “Micronet” Harwood of Colossal Marketing reminded me about the Time Shift Tool in Audacity, which is a much better and more precise way of moving and lining-up audio where you want it:

I’ll show you some final tips and tricks for [...]

Mixing Your Podcast Together: Adding an Intro and Outro

Mixing Your Podcast Together: Adding an Intro and Outro

This is a slight aside in the starting a podcast series of blog posts because Allison wanted a few tips on how to add her intro and outro to her podcast and make it sound more seamless.
In this video I show how to use Audacity to mix several different tracks together. In this case it [...]

Why You Must Edit Your ID3 Tags

Why You Must Edit Your ID3 Tags

At the end of my last post on finding Podcast Theme Music,  I mysteriously alluded to this post saying it would cover a topic you may not have even thought or heard about before. The main reason you may be oblivious to it is simply that it’s technical and a little boring, but still vital [...]

Find Your Podcast Theme Music

Find Your Podcast Theme Music

Allison is desperate to get moving on her podcast so the blog posts on starting a podcast are going to be coming as quickly as possible to help her get her new podcast up and running and (perhaps more importantly) get it NOTICED!
Once you have your concept and you have decided the way you want [...]