Adobe Audio Short Recording/Podcasting

Anyone that either wants to start their own podcasting or tasked with developing podcasts for your organisation.

How to plan & prepare (Pre-production, then execute recording (Production) following by Post-production where the magic of editing takes all your recordings and assembles them into the appropriate format, removing any stumbles or fluffs you or your recording talent may have made.

• Understand And Describe Copyright Restrictions
• Identify A Podcast From Other Media
• Be Comfortable Their Own Voice On A Recording
• Identify What Equipment Is Required As A Minimum To Begin
• Decided On A Style Or Styles For Further Exploration
• Have A Plan For Episode Release
• Have Decided On A Podcasting Niche
• Understand And Describe The Protocols For Hosting
• Understand And Be Able To Describe The Function Of An Rss Feed

Be Able To:

• Record At The Highest Level Available
• Publish In appropriate distribution format
• Describe Why These Standards Are Used
• Record A Sample Of Audio Using The Correct Use Of Levels
• Correctly Use A Microphone
• Record A 5 – 10 Minutes Audio Piece
• Critically Decide On Software
• Process An Audio File
• Publish To A Host

• What is podcasting?
• Why do you want to podcast?
• Copyright Issues.
• The terror of hearing your own voice.
• The Bare Essential Questions Before You Start (Pre-production)
• What’s your story?
• Frequency of shows?
• Interviews, co-hosts, monolog. What’s your niche?
• Hosting. Free, paid, where not to host. Cost,
• Essential Recording Knowledge Before You Press Record
• Levels, what are they how do you set them?
• What is and how to voice project, breathing,
• What Essential Digital Recording Equipment Do I need?
• Record direct to computer audio program or use a stand alone digital sound recorder?
• Choosing an Audio File Type for master recording.
• Practical – Introduction to Recording
• Make a suitable recording environment
• Microphone placement
• Check levels, record a piece of audio, Edit - check levels
• Practical -- Recording Body
• How to produce a script.
• A bullet point guideline Vs Off the Cuff recording
• Practical – Post Production
• Splicing in standard header and trailer pieces to recording.
• What else is done in post production? Techniques to "Sweeten" your audio
• Fixing various sound problems such as squeaky doors, alarms and other intrusive sounds
• Choosing an Audio File Type for distribution
• Distribution & Publishing Channels
• Podcasts Connect. iTunes, Artwork, RSS feed, time to live. Soundcloud and Libsyn
• Promotion & Podfading
• The use of Facebook, twitter, tumblr, YouTube and a blog.
• The magic seven episode mark and podfading.
• Other Resources to keep you podcasting and learning