![]() You want the lighter part of the meter bar (the green or red bar at the top) to bounce between -12db and -6db while people are talking. Do a sound check, record everyone in the room speaking.Ensure you're recording in 16-bit PCM + 44100Hz.Most video editors can also edit audio so if you’'re editing video you may not need Audacity. For the best audio quality you need a camcorder with a microphone input (an XLR input for a “good” studio mic) so you can get the mic close to the talent. You can record the audio & video together and then edit the audio separately as long as you don’t cut or splice the audio separately, putting them out-of-sync. You CAN record the audio separately but then you have to make sure the audio & video are synchronized. Audio interfaces also start at about $100 but with a USB podcast mic the interface is built into the microphone at almost no extra cost.Ī lot of podcasts (most?) have video and Audacity doesn’t support video. (There are USB mixers that double as interfaces,) With a mixer you can mix and adjust microphone levels in real-time while recoding (less editing) but then you need someomone to “run” the mixer.Ī good microphone will usually cost $100 or more, and stage/studio microphones are not interchangeable with 'computer mics". You can only use 1 USB mic at a time so if you’ want mics for one or more guests you’ll need an audio interface or a mixer. Background noise is often the difference between a pro recording and an amateur recording.Īudacity has noise reduction but noise reduction works best when you have a quiet-constant background noise… When you don’t really need it… If the noise is bad you can get artifacts (side effects) and, the cure can be worse than the disease. You’ll also need a quiet space to use as a studio. You generally at-least want a good USB podcast microphone or a studio microphone and an audio interface. ![]() You can spend more time, but if you’re going to edit it’s hard to do it any faster. That’s an hour for listening-through before editing, an hour editing, and listening-through after editing. ![]() I usually figure 3X real-time MINIMUM (3 hours for a 1 hour show). ![]() You can also make a podcast with little or no editing (obviously live radio or TV news doesn’t have editing) or you can easily spend a day, or a week editing. ![]()
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