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Podcast: Borja Rojano
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A Free And Easy Alternative To Podcasting
Category: Fashion & Beauty
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Publish Date: 2016-04-08 03:23:14
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I have produced this Tape using my laptop's internal mic and free software which automates all the post production and I explain to you how to do it. All you need for a good sounding Tape is your imagination.

  • 00:00

    The only thing you absolutely need for creating a Tape is a computer with a microphone (all laptops have one) and something to talk about. The rest can be done with zero knowledge and zero spending. 

    To follow this tutorial, please download audacity  and get a free account at auphonic. If you want to record skype or hangout interviews, get a free account at zencastr. 

  • 01:04

    A Tape begins with audio you complement with cards. You can start with the audio and create the cards later or, as I like to do, create the cards first as a script in google docs.

    My rule of thumb as a TapeWriter is to always have in the cards something relevant to what I am saying so if my listeners want to react to what they hear, they can keep context.

    It is also worth knowing that tapes have a reading view in which all content of the cards is presented as a blog post. I personally like my tapes to look good in the reading view so I plan the content of the cards so it works both ways.

  • 01:51

    I did this tape with the internal mic of my laptop. Modern laptops, specially apple ones, have amazing internal mics.

    If you have a bit of cash to invest, getting an external mic will make a huge difference. I recommend the ATR2100. This mic has everything you need to create professional level recordings and should cost around 50 EUR (54$ in Amazon as of this recording). See this review of the mic for more information. We'll be reviewing other entry level microphones soon.

    Whatever mic you get, I advise to get a dynamic microphone and not a condenser one but you can get started with no mic at all. 

  • 02:32
    Record your audio with audacity. You only need to adjust the recording level.: View Image
  • 04:13
    You can easily cut out sections from your recording. I make one take and then edit out stuff.: View Image
  • 04:37
    Export to .wav or .aiff so we can do a good post production.: View Image
  • 05:02
    Let's go to auphonic and post produce the sound automatically. I am totally impressed by it.: View Image
  • 05:45
    Upload the file and select mp3 at 112 kbps as output. Select a file name.: View Image
  • 06:06
    Here is where the magic happens: the audio algorithms.: View Image
  • 06:53

    If you want to interview someone via skype or hangout, you need to get zencastr. I will not explain how to do it because they do it really well in this video

    Just make sure you use the automatic postproduction (explained in minute 5:30 of the linked video) so you get a good sounding mix of your interview. 



    If you want to edit out parts of the interview, just use audacity as we explained before. When you are done, you can export directly to mp3, since zencastr already post produced the audio for you. 

    Easy, right?
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