Podcasting Tools

Shawn Collins of blog.affiliatetip.com talks about the tools he uses to record and publish podcasts. Q What do you use to record podcasts? A: I like the Plantronics brand a lot for the headphones I use to record podcasts, and I am currently using the Plantronics .Audio 655 USB Multimedia Headset. It’s good quality and plugs into the USB. The podcasts are recorded over Skype, because it provides a cleaner sound than a telephone call, and there is a software program called Pamela that integrates with Skype to record the show. There are other programs you can use to record a podcast, depending on whether you’re using a Mac of PC. In my case, I record on a PC and Pamela has been my favorite. After the podcast is recorded, I edit it with a program called Sony Sound Forge Audio Studio. This software is easy to learn, and it renders the audio fast. When I want to record a podcast and I am away from my computer, I use either the M-Audio MicroTrack 24/96 Professional 2-Channel Mobile Digital Recorder or my Nexus One phone, which has an app called DroidRecord. You could also use an iPhone. Recently, I picked up the Alesis USB Microphone Podcast Kit, because I thought it would be fun to have a free-standing microphone on my desk when doing a podcast, instead of having the microphone attached to the headset and hanging in front of my mouth. I need to sneak a drink once in a while when podcasting, and also the separate microphone enables me to pretend I am on the radio, rather than …