Editing your Podcasts

After you have recorded your podcast, the next step is to edit your audio files. Editing is not an essential part of podcasting, but can help you clean up your file and reorganise the content. The following video series will make use of the program Audacity, which is free to download and use for both Windows and Mac. The videos will cover some basic Audacity functionalities that should allow most people to produce high-quality podcast episodes.

To download Audacity, click on the following link:

https://www.audacityteam.org/

  • 1. Introduction to Audacity

  • 2. User Interface

  • 3. Importing a File

  • 4. Transport

  • 5. Waverforms

  • 6. Channels

  • 7. Background Noise

  • 8. Generating Silence

  • 9. Envelope

  • 10. Align, Split, Cut, Copy

  • 11. Exporting your Audio File

  • 12. More Functions in Audacity