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Podcasting with Software Compressors vs. Hardware Compressors

August 27, 2010
Episode 11
 Daniel J. Lewis Audio 0:53:04 13 Comments

Compression, expansion, noise gate, threshold, ratio—what does it all mean? Should you use a software audio compressor, or a hardware compressor?

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Audacity and iTunes—Making Not-LAME MP3s

August 18, 2010
Episode 10
 Daniel J. Lewis Audio 0:37:16 38 Comments

LAME is still the best MP3 encoder, but further tests and conversations reveal that it just may not be the best for podcasting.

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4 reasons why you shouldn't use Audacity?

August 11, 2010
Episode 9
 Daniel J. Lewis Audio 0:33:10 3 Comments

I address four of someone else's reasons why you shouldn't use Audacity. also share news about the BlackBerry Podcasts app for BlackBerry Smartphones.

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Website Stats and Feedburner's RSS Subscriber Stats

August 4, 2010
Episode 8
 Daniel J. Lewis Audio 0:44:10 1 Comment

You have probably heard a lot of false things about stats, especially Feedburner's RSS stats. I'm here to tell you the truth! Make sure you listen to the episode because I explain everything in much more detail than I'm writing in the shownotes.

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Changing iTunes Author Name, Cover Art, and Waveform Visualization

July 28, 2010
Episode 7
 Daniel J. Lewis Audio 0:29:30 20 Comments

I take some time to answer questions on Audacity and podcasting.

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How to make LAME MP3s with Audacity

July 22, 2010
Episode 6
 Daniel J. Lewis Audio 0:47:35 17 Comments

Stop making crappy MP3s with Audacity and LAME! I tell you how to encode MP3s the way LAME was designed to, so you get a great audio quality and small file size.

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