Editing Options

This portion of the Weblog focuses on how to use the editing software-Audacity- in order to give a podcast a polished and professional finish. One of the first options mentioned in this Weblog is the ability to combine multiple tracks together, and edit them in such a way, that the audio sounds as fluent as it possibly can. That is to say, the goal in “mixing” multiple tracks together, is to extract the best of each track, and delete whatever is unwanted (Fariwar, Give your podcast professional polish with Audacity). So, here is how it can be done:

1. Open[3] the “Project Menu.”

2. Click on “Import Audio.”

3. Go to “File browser” to locate the file/audio you wish to import.

4. Repeat steps 2 & 3 to import multiple files/tracks.

5. Once the importing process is complete, get rid of unwanted material by highlighting the sections of “waveforms” you wish to keep, then press the “delete” button.

You can also add a musical background to his or her podcast if you wish to do so. However, you must consider adding a subtle musical background. That way, the audio contained in your podcast, will not be overpowered by it. Let’s begin describing the process:

1. First, you must open both the section of the narration to which you wish to incorporate the musical background, and the chosen musical track to be incorporated into the podcast (Fariwar, Give your podcast professional polish with Audacity).

2. Be aware that the section which contains your narration must be the top track, and the musical track should be located on the bottom.

[3] Source in reference to steps 1-5: (Fariwar, Give your podcast professional polish with Audacity)