Chapter 7
So What Are You Waiting For? Record, Already!
IN THIS CHAPTER
Setting levels and parameters
Capturing ambient sound
Pacing and clock management
Going off on tangents
Recording your first podcast
Okay, you’ve most likely checked out the hardware and software gadgets mentioned in Chapters 2, 3, and 4. In this chapter, we make the bold assumption that you’ve purchased your hardware, hooked it up according to the supplied documentation (you did read the documentation, right?), downloaded your software, and have everything ready to record. This is it! A microphone is pointing in the direction of your mouth, and you are eagerly waiting to begin podcasting.
Okay then. What’s stopping you?
Perhaps you have no clue how you sound on your recording equipment, or maybe you’re trying to understand why your smooth and sultry voice sounds like you just finished a dozen espressos. The problem could be in your audio application’s sound settings. Too much pep in the voice, and you sound ...
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