The next step is to create a fade; (optional). The “fade in” feature, allows its users to determine when the background music will begin (fade in) and when it will end (fade out) throughout the time intervals of the podcast. Here is how a “fade in” can be incorporated into the musical background:

1. Highlight[4] the first couple of seconds of your musical track.

2. Then, click on “Effect”: (Fade In).

3. Lower the volume level at the end of the music track; so it slowly fades way as it overlaps with the beginning of your voice track.

4. Click on the Envelope tool (it looks like a blue line with arrows) located in the toolbar in the upper left hand corner. Click on the upper edge of the music track’s waveform; select the point where you want the fade to begin.

5. Adjust the narration track so it begins at the appropriate moment. Select the Time Shift Tool (the double-pointed arrow) then click-and-drag the narration track, so that it is lined up with the spot at which one wants his/her background music to begin playing.

6. Lastly convert your edited audio file into an MP3 file before uploading it to a website. This can be done, by opening Audacity’s File Formats: preferences, and selecting the option that applies from the Uncompressed Export Format menu. Then, open that file in iTunes and convert it to an MP3.



[4] Source in reference to steps 1-6: (Fariwar, Give your podcast professional polish with Audacity)