Podcasting at St. John

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Podcasting at St. JohnsDownloading Audacity
software

• Kathryn Shaughnessy
• Instructional Services Librarian

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Podcasting at St. JohnsDownloading Audacity
software

• This demonstration will guide you through
  downloading 2 free applications
• Audacity (the podcast recording software)
• LAME (the software that converts the Audacity
  podcast file into an mp3 file)

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Podcasting at St. JohnsDownloading Audacity
software

• Open your browser to http//audacity.sourceforge.
  net/ and click on Download Audacity 1.2.4b for
  Microsoft Windows

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Podcasting at St. JohnsDownloading Audacity
software

• From this page, click in the Recommended
  Audacity link

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Podcasting at St. JohnsDownloading Audacity
software

• From this page, scroll down and click on the
  Phoenix AZ download

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Podcasting at St. JohnsDownloading Audacity
software

• The program will alert you (at the top of the
  webpage) that Your download should begin
  shortly
• If the download initiates, a pop-up/dialog box
  will ask you whether you want to run or save
  the file, Click RUN
• If the program does not start to download, check
  whether a pop-up blocker is interfering if not,
  try http//internap.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge
  /audacity/audacity-win-1.2.4b.exe or choose a
  different mirror

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Podcasting at St. JohnsDownloading Audacity
software

• After running the Audacity .exe file, a SetUp
  Wizard interface will appear on your
  screen...Click the Next gt button

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Podcasting at St. JohnsDownloading Audacity
software

• Read/Accept the agreement, click on the Accept
  radio button ... then Click the Next gt button
  

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Podcasting at St. JohnsDownloading Audacity
software

• Read the next Information screen and click the
  Next gt button again

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Podcasting at St. JohnsDownloading Audacity
software

• The wizard suggests/creates a folder called
  Audacity in your Programs folder note where
  this folder is, since you will need to save one
  of the LAME files in the same folder later click
  Next gt

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Podcasting at St. JohnsDownloading Audacity
software

• A desktop icon is a good idea, click the Next gt
  button again

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Podcasting at St. JohnsDownloading Audacity
software

• The program is ready to install on your computer
  and click Install

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Podcasting at St. JohnsDownloading Audacity
software

• When installation is complete, click Finish this
  completes the installation

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Podcasting at St. JohnsDownloading Audacity
software

• and also starts the Audacity program, which
  looks like this

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Podcasting at St. JohnsDownloading Audacity
software , LAME encoder

• Next, to download the LAME application
• Open or Return to the Audacity webpage
  http//audacity.sourceforge.net/download/windows
  and click on LAME MP3 encoder under the optional
  Downloads section

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Podcasting at St. JohnsDownloading Audacity
software, LAME encoder

• and click on the LAME download page follow the
  directions

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Podcasting at St. JohnsDownloading Audacity
software, LAME encoder

• Choose one from any of the links (e.g. Peter
  Yang)

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Podcasting at St. JohnsDownloading Audacity
software, LAME encoder

• A Download file menu will show up, Choose SAVE,

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Podcasting at St. JohnsDownloading Audacity
software, LAME encoder

• Save the zip file to your desktop (click desktop
  icon on left, then click Save)

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Podcasting at St. JohnsDownloading Audacity
software, LAME encoder

• When finished downloading, Click Open Folder

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Podcasting at St. JohnsDownloading Audacity
software, LAME encoder

• When finished downloading, Click Open Folder or
  double-click on the lame-3.96.1 zipped-folder
  on the desktop.
• Keep the LAME folder open, and in a separate
  window, open the Audacity folder (My Computer ?
  C-Drive ? Program Files ? Audacity)

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Podcasting at St. JohnsDownloading Audacity
software, LAME encoder

• In the LAME Folder, Right-click on the
  lame.enc.dll file and choose copy

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Podcasting at St. JohnsDownloading Audacity
software, LAME encoder

• Click over to the Audacity Folder, right-click in
  blank area and choose Paste.

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Podcasting at St. JohnsDownloading Audacity
software

• We are nearly thereyou can safely close all of
  the windows, but keep the Audacity program window
  open
• (or re-launch the program if you closed it
  already)

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Podcasting at St. JohnsDownloading Audacity
software

• It is advisable to set up 2 preferences in order
  to facilitate recording and saving manageable mp3
  files
• Go to File ? Preferences

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Podcasting at St. JohnsDownloading Audacity
software

• Click on the Audio I/O tab under Channels
  select 2 (Stereo)

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Podcasting at St. JohnsDownloading Audacity
software

• File ? Preferences ?File Format tab under Bit
  Rate select 64

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Podcasting at St. JohnsDownloading Audacity
software

• Now you are ready to start recording your podcast
  in Audacity, and you will be able to save it as
  reasonably good quality mp3 file.
• NOTE The first time your Audacity program
  attempts to export as mp3 it will prompt a
  search for the LAME file since you already put
  it in the Audacity folder, it will find and
  associate the LAME file so that no future prompt
  will be necessary.
• Transom.org  has some information on editing with
  Audacity
• (http//transom.org/tools/editing_mixing/200404.au
  dacity.html
• Handout available)  
• For a rough demo on recording/editing Audacity
  (approx. 7 mins)
• http//facpub.stjohns.edu/shaughnk/Audacity_
  editing.htm

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Podcasting at St. JohnsDownloading Audacity
software

• Access the full article on Podcasting at St.
  Johns Libraries
• http//www.stjohns.edu/academics/libraries/podcast
  .sju
• Please contact me with thoughts/questions/clarific
  ations
• Kathryn Shaughnessy, Shaughnk_at_stjohns.edu
• Instructional Services Lab
• St. Johns University
• [phone]