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Index

Page 3
What you will need

Pages 4/5/6/7/8/9/10
Instructions

Pages 11/12
Frequently Asked Questions

Pages 13/14/15
Sources


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What you will need

A computer Soundcard with 1/8
microphone input and headphone output
necessary.
A digital audio workstation (software). E.g.
Audacity, Cubase, Logic.
A microphone 1/8

output for direct input
into computer sound card.
Headphones 1/8

input for direct input into
computer sound card.







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Instructions

1) Turn on the computer.










2) Plug the microphone into the microphone
port.
3) Plug the headphones into the headphones
port.
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4) Open digital audio workstation, in our case
Audacity.





5) Check the microphone level by speaking into
the microphone and observing the sound
input meter.



6) If it is working, you may start recording by
clicking the Record button.


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7) Say what you want to record, by speaking into
the microphone, but not too close to avoid
plosives.






8) When you are finished click the Stop button.


9) Listen to the recording with you headphones
by clicking the play button.


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10) Edit the track, by highlighting and deleting
bits you would like to remove by pressing the
delete key.






11) If the volume of the track is too low, add
the normalize effect by going to effect, and
clicking on normalize. This will increase the
volume of the file to a sensible level, without
allowing it to clip.




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12) When you are satisfied with the Podcast
audio, you may export the track by going to
file, and clicking export. You want to export it
as a WAV file for the best quality, as it is a
lossless format and therefore does not overly-
compress the file.






13) Save the file in a relevant place with an
appropriate file name for easy finding.





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14) Open Adobe Dreamweaver




15) Open the template file, and then load up the pages
you will be adding the audio to.






16) Find the place you would like the audio to go, and
then click Insert, Media, Plugin. Then choose the audio
file.





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17) To test it is working, click F12 to open the page as a
webpage. The audio should play.





18) Save the file. You have successfully created a
podcast.











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Frequently Asked Questions

Why isnt the microphone working?
Make sure the microphone level is turned up in
Audacity, the microphone is in the microphone
input port, and then reopen audacity.

Why arent the headphones working?
Make sure the headphones level is turned up in
Audacity, the headphones are in the headphone
output port, and then reopen audacity.

Why wont the file save?
Make sure there is enough storage space in the
desired destination, and that the file name is valid
(not containing any disallowed symbols).


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Why isnt Dreamweaver working properly?
Make sure you have created the Site and saved it
to the correct place. This is done by clicking
Manage Sites, name it something, choose the
website folder, and click save.
Why cant I import the audio into Dreamweaver?
Make sure that the file has a WAV or MP3
extension. A FLAC file wont work.









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Sources

Image of microphone, Page 1 -
http://media.campustimes.org/2013/03/microph
one.jpg 12/06.14
Image of computer, Page 4
http://cdn4.techworld.com/cmsdata/products/34
22942/Dell_Optiplex_9010_Desktop.jpg
Image of Audacity logo, Page 5
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons
/f/fb/Audacity_Icon.jpg
Image of Audacity task bar Page 5/6
http://community.linuxmint.com/img/screenshot
s/audacity.png
Image of person doing voiceover Page 6
http://mediasound.com.au/images/photo_who_
we_are.png
Image of highlighted audio Page 7
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons
/e/eb/Audacity_1.3.4-beta-
Unicode_Debian_ru.png
Image of delete key Page 7
http://newmixmarketing.com/wp-
content/uploads/2011/04/delete-key.jpg
Image of normalize Page 7
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons
/b/bc/Audacity_Normalize_2010-05-31.gif
Image of export Page 8
http://www.learnoutloud.com/images/audacity3.
jpg
Image of new folder Page 8
http://www.howtogeek.com/geekers/up/sshot-
2009-10-22-00-04-34.png
Image of Dreamweaver icon Page 9
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons
/7/72/Adobe_Dreamweaver_CS6_Icon.png
Image of insert plugin Page 9
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http://0.tqn.com/d/webdesign/1/0/y/K/1/dwsou
nd1.jpg
Image of F12 Key Page 10
http://getfirebug.com/img/enable/usingF12.png
Image of save Page 10
http://www.istylebox.com/dream/save%20and%2
0preview/2.gif