Podcasting #1: How to download and use Audacity for podcasting on a Windows PC

This morning I realised that I didn’t have the wonderful., free audio recording application,  Audacity,  installed on my recently replaced laptop and I wanted to record some of our Grade 3’s reading for World Read Aloud Day. Audacity is a free, easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, and other operating systems. The interface is translated into many languages. You can use Audacity to record live audio. I love this application.

1: Find a free Audacity download online



2: Watch a step-by-step tutorial on how to do this
This useful 4 minute video came up in my search so I watched it. (Audacity: How to download and install (free software)
http://tjfree.com/how-to-download-and-install-audacity-on-windows/



3: Download both Audacity and Lame - they work together
There are two things to download for best resuslts. One is the latest version of audacity from the Sourgeforce page. The second is LAME MP3 encoder – since it allows Audacity to export MP3 files
The two downloads will sit in the task bar waiting for further instructions

First install Audacity by clicking on it and following the prompts.
Then install Lame in the same way.

4: Launch Audacity
Once you have installed Audacity, you can open it by clicking on the start menu (button in the bottom left corner) and it should be under ‘All Programs’. If you have selected Çreate a desktop icon it should be there as well.

You are ready to go!