Record Your Podcast
Ultimately, recording a podcast is about capturing audio. You may record your voice, include a song, interview somebody over Zoom or Skype, or play sound effects. No matter the source of the sound, it has to be captured and recorded by software on your computer.
In this chapter, I start with good microphone techniques and using audio plug-ins and effects, then walk you through several apps I recommend for audio capture: GarageBand for Mac and iOS, Audacity for Mac, Ferrite Recording Studio for iOS/iPadOS, Voice Record Pro for iOS/iPadOS, Audio Hijack for Mac, and Ecamm Call Recorder for Skype on the Mac.
Use Good Microphone Techniques
Before recording, let’s talk about a little physical reality: setting up and speaking into ...
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