How you open your podcast episodes could be turning people away from your podcast. I share eleven potential elements of an opening/intro, examples, and my suggestions for an effective podcast opening.
[…] well, and people will remember it. What is audio branding? Aside from your own content and presentation style, audio branding usually refers to the following elements. 1. Intro/opening 2. Bumpers 3. Outro/closing 4. Promos Each of these can be as simple or as complicated as you want. The Audacity to Podcast has simple audio branding […]
[…] Here’s how to use a tablet with your podcast! https://media.blubrry.com/theaudacitytopodcast/op3.dev/e,pg=2eda53b6-23a1-59ae-8bb6-f960a2e76d3c/traffic.libsyn.com/noodlemx/tap173.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download 1. Soundboard Use your tablet to play your soundtrack (bumpers, intro, outro, voicemail, etc.) into your podcast. This is, by far, the most popular use for an Android tablet or iPad with podcasting. I use an iPad […]
[…] Notes URLs for search-engine optimization (SEO) Creating and editing your podcast episodes How to Record and Edit a Podcast with Audacity How to Have an Effective Podcast Intro/Opening How to Record and Mix Multiple Hosts in Audacity (Double-Ender) Top Podcast Directories and How to Get in Them How to organize podcast projects 8 time-saving […]
[…] Maturity usually comes with time. So it may be time to update your podcast descriptions to accurately explain what your podcast has matured to become. 6. Update your intro and outro Similar to your written descriptions, it may be time to update the spoken opening and closing of your podcast. This is how you let people know […]
[…] If you want people to hear the background better, stop talking and turn up its volume. Foreground and background shouldn’t be competing. Volume between segments, like your intro music, segues, and studio versus interview audio should be consistent. Don’t blast your audience’s ears with your music and then force them to turn up the […]
[…] J. Lewis from The Audacity to Podcast Test before you record a Skype call. Max Flight from Airplane Geeks Podcast and Podcasting Passion When picking music for your intro or outro music, consider your listener’s environment and how it will sound where they are listening. Brad Bruce Don’t be afraid to copy a topic for your […]
[…] the audio in another track must remain. Activate and Envelope Tool to selectively increase or decrease the volume of tracks over time. This is perfect for adjusting intro and outro or background music and effects If editing a double-ender, bring your tracks together before you start editing each other’s audio. Make it sound better You can do many things to make your audio sound better. I recommend only using Chris’s Dynamic Compressor to even out your loud and quiet spots. You can also apply Normalization (I recommend a -1 value) on your sound clips to raise them to the same volume. Export Audacity can make its own MP3s with LAME, but I don’t recommend it. LAME works best for music encoded at variable bitrate (VBR). This isn’t good for podcasting. Constant bitrate (CBR) is best for podcasting, but LAME’s CBR is terrible. LAME doesn’t accommodate mono files well when you set the bitrate. LAME will make mono and stereo both use 128 kbps when it should split the selected bitrate in half for mono (64 kbps). iTunes is free software for Windows and OS X and it uses the Fraunhofer software for making MP3s. Fraunhofer is better at CBR, so we’ll use iTunes to make our podcast MP3. Download and install iTunes if you don’t already have it. Go to iTunes > Preferences (OS X) or Edit > Preferences (Windows). Under General, click Import Settings. Set Import Using to “MP3 Encoder.” Change the Setting to “Good Quality (128 kbps).” Press OK twice so you’re back […]
[…] flexible is to avoid episode numbers when possible. It’s easy to change an episode number in text, or maybe even easy to change the number in your intro (depending on how you do your intros). But it’s much harder to change numbers if you refer to your episode number throughout an episode (such as for […]
[…] recording Even if you’re not attempting a “perfect” production (which I don’t recommend, anyway), take note on the major places you may need to edit. Remove any intro and outro silences. Add additional pieces Add your guest’s audio if recorded separately, audio or video branding, sound clips, promos, lower thirds, B-roll footage, intros and […]
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