A short introduction to podcasting, what it is and what hardware and software you will need to create your first podcast.

1. Podcasting

2. What is sound?
• Sounds are pressure waves of air. If there
wasn't any air, we wouldn't be able to hear
sounds.
• There's no sound in space.

3. What is podcasting?

4. What equipment do you need?

5. Software
• Audacity
• Garage Band

6. Audacity

7. What is Audacity?
• A free fast multi-track audio editor and
recorder for Linux, Mac & Windows.
• Features include envelope editing, mixing,
built-in effects and plug-ins, all with unlimited
undo

8. Standard file formats
• WAV
• MP3
• AIFF
• Ogg

9. What does it look like?

10. Layers

11. Examples
• Who let the dogs out?
• Own Music
• 1001 inventions