Using Audacity for Podcasting (Report 4)

Audacity is a free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. This program can be downloaded and used on Macs, PCs, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. This site is fairly easy to use. All the schools in Wauwatosa have it and use it for their projects such as podcasting. The site lists all the many things you can do with Audacity: Record live audio; convert tapes and records into digital recordings; edit MP3 and sound waves; cut, copy, mix, and splice sounds together; change the speed or pitch of the recording; dub over existing tracks to create multi-track recordings; and import and export files. Editing is also easy to use. You can copy, cut, edit and paste in this feature. You can fade in and out and use a variety of built in effects. Through the editing process, you can eliminate hissing and background noises which often leads to poor sound quality in a podcast. Along with this software being free of cost, you are also free to use it, study it, improve it, and share with others. We have our podcasting class using Audacity this summer. These kids range in age from third grade to seventh grade and can easily use this program.