There is an excellent resource from NPR that is available online. We We’ve put together the following to help students get started and work efficiently if they are participating in a podcasting based assignment.
We’ve broken it up into the steps that can make this as efficient as possible, including planning, recording, and editing.
NPR provides some excellent resources that we strongly recommend you take a look at this prior to starting.
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GIGO (Garbage In, Garbage Out).
Always get the best quality you can.
It's easier to boost volume through editing than it is to reduce it (distortion).
Be aware of your speech (pace, enunciation, etc.).
Leave time before and after all recordings for editing (at least a couple of seconds).
Record extra sound of the room. This will allow you to eliminate ambient noise in post production if you want.
Find a place that’s quiet(ish).
Get comfortable with your equipment.
Practice - one minute interviews.
When recording narration, leave a slight pause 2-3 seconds between paragraphs. Check off each as you go. If you make a mistake on one, just continue. You can go back and easily cut the bad one out, an re-record a new one.
Available for use - our PIPPIN podcast cart, that seats up to four participants.
Editing
Audacity for Mac / Windows, or Garageband for Mac/ IOS. https://www.audacityteam.org/
Adobe Creative Cloud - free for undergraduates at UCLA (Adobe Audition) https://ucla.service-now.com/support?id=kb_article&sys_id=KB0013458
Don’t wait until the end to start editing. This can take more time than you might think!
Back up, and save. Multiple times, multiple places
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