The Podcaster's Audio Handbook: A Technical Guide for Creative People

Podcasting is a popular form of independent media that is rapidly growing in size, technical scope, and creative impact. Recording and editing high-quality podcasts takes skills and resources that many make the mistake of underestimating. This book is an invaluable new guide to podcast enthusiasts everywhere.

Audio is a creative medium as well as a technical one, but your creativity cannot be unleashed without a strong technical foundation and understanding. Author Corey Green helps podcasters avoid common pitfalls in the process and covers essential steps such as microphone technique, file formats, acoustics, gear, and more. Her work here brings audio engineering techniques to a non-technical audience with clear and simple explanations.

Technology is a tool of communication and creative expression. Seize this exciting moment in independent media and make your podcast the best that it can be. Audio engineering tips and tricks should be accessible to all, and The Podcaster's Audio Handbook delivers this and much more.

What You'll Learn

• Choose the correct file formats and settings to suit your needs
• Set up a portable recorder
• Make informed decisions about equipment purchases
• Find suitable acoustic spaces to record inside and outside
• Conduct an interview over the phone and the internet
• Make a high-quality recording of an interview inside, outside and remotely
• Edit your podcast to an intermediate standard

Who This Book Is For
Perfect for a non-technical audience or beginner looking to improve the audio quality for their podcast.

Corey Green is ​a sound engineer with experience in radio, podcasting and written journalism. With over a decade of radio experience, Corey now runs a podcast consulting firm, Transducer Audio. Corey has a Diploma of Music Industry (Sound Production) from RMIT and is passionate about podcasts as an emerging form of communication in which one can share not just information, but imagination and emotional content. He hopes to encourage a diverse audience to express themselves through podcasting.