Episode 247 - How to use Audacity To Podcast - A Guide for Podcasters Using this free recording tool What gives you the Audacity to Podcast? Audacity! Audacity gives you a great free tool to record your audio first podcast. Forget the expense monthly digital workstations that charge you for tools that you will NEVER need - free is not a bad idea - I love free! We discuss 7 things to leverage Audacity to Podcast better. - Create a Master File for your podcast that includes all your elements to create your next episode - don't start with a black screen! - Record yourself locally when doing over the internet interviews - that way you have an uncompressed audio file of your mic straight into your computer - When recording with your guest, record locally on your computer in Audacity and minimize Audacity to show just the recording timer/clock - this will help you to not loose track of time - Use Macro Manager to assemble repeatable tracks into a one click option - give yourself a break - Use a standard File Naming Convention to organize your episodes - Monitor your Recording level within Audacity - Green is good - Yellow is caution and Red is woah there, you're way too hot for podcasting! - Set your export settings and metadata ____ https://howtopodcast.ca/