Podcasts

=Podcasts=



**Create podcasts using "Voice Memos."**
With Voice Memos, you can record any audio you want using the built-in mic on iPod touch or an external mic. Voice Memos will even record while you use your iPod touch to do things such as check email or surf the web.
 * http://www.apple.com/ipodtouch/features/voice-memos.html **

Make a Voice Memo
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 * To make a voice memo launch the Voice Memos app and then click on the red record button on the bottom left of the screen. Click the button again to pause the recording.
 * The old-style VU meter will respond to your voice input but there's no need to shout to push the needle up - the microphone is pretty sensitive.
 * Once you have finished your voice memo, click on the icon on the bottom right of the screen.
 * The memo will be named automatically with the time and date of the recording - you can add a label to it by clicking on the //More// icon to the right of the memo's listing. You can assign it one of the default labels such as 'Idea' or 'Interview' or 'Podcast'- or alternatively enter a custom label by manually typing it.
 * You can also trim the memo - click on the memo you want to edit and then click theTrim Memo button. A yellow progress bar will appear with drag points at each end. Arrange them so only the part you want to keep is selected and click on Trim Voice Memo.
 * The Share button allows you to email or MMS the voice memo as an attachment.

=[|Podcasts in your classroom]=

**[|Quick and easy podcasting with an iPhone 3GS, GarageBand, and Posterous]** by **[|Steven Sande] ** ([|RSS feed] ) on Oct 28th 2009 at 11:00AM


 * 1) Write your script. Each typed page of script is several minutes of podcast. Don't spend more than a half-hour writing up the podcast, and make sure that you don't sound like you're reading the script when you are recording. The reason I like a script is that I have a bad tendency to put a lot of "uhs" in my speech if I'm ad-libbing. I tend to type very quickly and I can also come up with a script without much forethought, so a half hour of writing can give me 2-3 pages, or a 10 to 15 minute podcast. If I'm going to be running out somewhere and not next to my computer, I save the script to my Dropbox and open it on the iPhone when I'm ready to record. Yes, you can record memos on an iPhone and move to another app!
 * 2) On the iPod touch open up Voice Memos, attach your headset to the phone, and start recording. Write down the approximate times of any edit points. The edit points are when I really goof up, have too many pauses or "uhms" in my speech, or when I sneeze or cough.
 * 3) When the recording is finished, sync to your Mac. The M4A audio file appears in the //Voice Memos// in iTunes.
 * 4) <span style="list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding: 0px;">Open up GarageBand or Audacity and create a new Podcast. If you have a male voice, delete the female voice track, or vice versa.
 * 5) <span style="list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding: 0px;">Drag the M4A file to the podcast timeline and drop it.
 * 6) <span style="list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding: 0px;">Do any necessary editing to get rid of major issues. I used to be completely picky about editing; now, for the sake of brevity, I do as little editing as I can.
 * 7) <span style="list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding: 0px;">Add the intro and outro music to the Jingles track in GarageBand. Pick something short for the intro music -- mine is one of the standard GarageBand tunes, and it lasts about 7 seconds at the beginning. The outro music should be longer so that it can play in the background while you're closing things up.
 * 8) <span style="list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding: 0px;">Listen to the transitions and levels to make sure that everything sounds OK. Increase voice volume if necessary. Make sure that ducking (voice is louder than the music when both are playing) is working properly.
 * 9) <span style="list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding: 0px;">Add the episode artwork (an icon) and any tags. I came up with a simple podcast graphic and I'm sticking with it. If the podcast becomes popular enough, I'll probably hire a designer to come up with a REAL graphic I can use.
 * 10) <span style="list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding: 0px;">Share the podcast with iTunes, edit the tags (Command-I) in iTunes, and change the equalizer settings to voice and spoken word.

Subscribing to Podcasts and links
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Syncing podcasts
When you sync podcasts or audiobooks on iPod touch with those on your computer, both iTunes and iPod touch remember where you stopped listening and start playing from that position.

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