Saturday, January 6, 2007

Step 2: Download and install Software

(I worked on this step before the first step)

Your second step in creating a podcast is downloading the needed software. If your following my recommendations this would require you to download audacity software from www.audacity.com and SpinExpress2 at www.spinexpress.com.

The Audacity software is used to record, edit, and save your sound files as .mp3's and should not be confused with you media player in your computer that is used for playing sound files. The SpinExpress software is used to upload completed soundfiles to Ourmedia which will be discussed later.

This is also a good time to make sure your anti-virus software is up-to-date and for Windows users to make sure patching is done in Windows. This is not directly related to making podcasts, but, in a world where we use the Internet a lot, it is very important to keep these pieces of software updated. Take this as your daily computer scolding.

Take a moment to play a bit with the Audacity software. You can't hurt anything and you may have some fun!

Listen to the Step #2 Podcast

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