So you have an audio file ready to go?
Did you Levelate it? Levelator http://www.conversationsnetwork.org/levelator
A complete show pack includes:
* Episode – 64 or 128K stereo mp3, levelated
* ID3 tags (title, description, lyrics, art)
* Album art (photo edited in PS or flickr/picnik)
* Blog post with show notes/links with footer
Now onto Publishing
First, ya gotta put the file somewhere – usually via FTP or web upload (archive.org)
Second, create a Blogpost for the epiosde (i use wordpress.com) add album art, description, related links, “show notes”
Third, in the blog post, create an absolute link to the .mp3 file – whereever it lives + add to a category
Fourth, preview, publish, hurrah!
Tuning your Feed
- Create an account at Feedburner (feedburner.google.com) – This creates a multi-purpose “envelope” for your podcast feed
- Includes different RSS standards, ATOM + Apple-specific stuff & stats, troubleshooting etc. & subscribe by email
- Grab your new shiny feed from Feedburner and submit to iTunes music store
- Wait, then one day you can share the absurdly long URL with others
Keys to a solid episode
1) Tell a story (often requires rearranging clips to create a narrative – add some music to give the folks time to reflect and chill as needed)
2) Remove douche-baggery (yeah sometimes there are false starts, stupid comments, missteps, self-indulgent crap and people calling “dave” – all that goes)
3) Sonically comfortable (export as AIFF, normalize/compress using Levelator, then convert to .mp3, listen and re-export til it sounds sweetopian)
Toolbox
- M-Audio MicroTrack II – record almost everything on this – battery life is the weak point, otherwise very nice
- Sony Microphone
– Same as Father Roderick – gives great stereo separation for sound-seeing
- Griffin iMic
- Koss Sterophones– You are gonna have cans on a lot, get good one, I prefer Koss over any other i’ve tried
- M-Audio Solo audio interface and desk mic for home recording