You can create podcasts on your Mac. Podcasts are like your own Internet radio or TV show, with music (from iTunes or elsewhere), pictures, sound effects, video, or some combination of these. Fans can download your podcasts over the Net (or find them in iTunes) and subscribe to receive them on a regular basis.
Making a podcast
Podcasting was introduced with GarageBand 3 (part of the iLife software suite that comes with newer Macs), so don't try the steps in this article with an earlier version of the program.
Here's how to put a polished podcast together.
1. From the opening GarageBand 3 screen, click New Podcast Episode.
2. Type a name for your podcast.
The main screen looks a little different from the GarageBand screen you use for music. At the top of the tracks list you'll notice a special Podcast Track to drag photos or other artwork from your iPhoto library, accessible through the GarageBand media browser. Next are tracks to optimize for a male or female voice, plus Jingles and Radio Sounds.
3. If you haven't already done so, plug in your microphone.
4. Choose an audio track (Male or Female), click the red record button, and start gabbing in your finest radio voice.
You can apply editing tweaks later.
5. To add a radio-style jingle to your podcast, open the loop browser (again by clicking the button that looks like an eye) and select Jingles.
6. Choose a jingle that seems appropriate for your podcast and drag it onto the timeline.
More than a hundred jingles are included. If you're delivering news commentary, for example, one of the Broadcast News jingles (Long, Medium or Short) might fit the bill.
7. To add extra audio effects, choose Sound Effects from the loop browser.
As with any other loop, drag Sound Effects onto the timeline.
You can open a sound effects instrument to add sound effects while you record your own voice. Choose Window --> Musical Typing. When you press the key on your keyboard corresponding to the key in the Radio Sounds instrument, you add that sound to your podcast. Make sure the red enable recording button is highlighted on your audio track and Radio Sounds track.
8. To add artwork to your podcast, drag pictures from the Media browser onto the podcast track.
A chapter marker is added for each picture in a window near the bottom center of GarageBand.
Folks who listen to your podcast on iTunes or photo-capable iPods can see the images. You can add URLs to those pictures. To add a visual title to your podcast, drag the artwork to the Episode drop zone in the bottom-left corner of the GarageBand program.
Sounding like a duck
At times you want to decrease the volume of your background tracks so you can hear spoken dialogue. The solution is called ducking:
Choose Control --> Ducking. In each track's header, an arrow control appears. Select the up arrow to make a track a lead track and the down arrow to make it a backing track. When ducking is on, the sound on backing tracks is lowered whenever sound is detected on a lead track. You can adjust the amount of ducking by displaying Track Info. Choose Track --> Show Track Info, click Details, and drag the Ducking Amount slider.
Sharing your podcast
When you're ready to share your podcast, you have a few options, each appropriately found under the Share menu. Click Send Podcast to iTunes to do just that. Or click Send Podcast to iWeb to do that. In iWeb, the podcast automatically becomes a blog entry.
From iWeb, you can publish your podcast to .Mac. Then visitors who click the Subscribe to Podcast button can receive any new episodes.
You can also submit your podcast to the iTunes Music Store. Your podcast is available free to your awaiting public:
1. Click Inspector in the iWeb toolbar (it's to the bottom right of the screen), and then click the RSS button to open the Blog & Podcast button
2. Add the Series Artist name and Contact Email.
Your e-mail address will not show up in iTunes.
3. In the Parental Advisory pop-up, indicate whether your podcast is Clean or Explicit.
4. Select the Allow Podcast in iTunes Music Store option.
5. Choose File --> Submit Podcast to iTunes.
6. Enter copyright information, a category for your blog, the language, and again indicate whether it is Clean or Explicit.
7. Click Publish and Submit.
You're responsible for owning or getting permission for any copyrighted material associated with your podcast. Apple maintains the right to pull the plug.
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