This week in comm 350 we are learning about podcasts. I’m sure most of you know what a podcast is, or have seen them on your iTunes (which is all I knew about them), but this week I have come to realize all they have to offer in the emerging world of communication technologies. Firstly, the podcast FAQ website defines a podcast as “an audio show similar to a radio broadcast that is either downloaded from a website or delivered via an RSS feed (really simple syndication) automatically to your desktop music application via an aggregator or podcaster application". An example of this is ITunes. This was found at: (http://www.searchforblogging.com/blog/the-complete-idiots-guide-to-podcasting.html). However, you do not need an ipod to listen to podcasts. They can be downloaded anywhere through the use of an aggregator which can be obtained through Doppler, Ipoddler, IpoddlerX, Newsgator, and PPR.
Here are some links this site provides where you can find these:
Doppler – http://www.dopplerradio.net (Windows only)iPodder – http://ipodder.sourceforge.net (Windows, Apple & Linux)
iPodderX – http://ipodderx.com (Apple only)
NewsGator – http://www.newsgator.com (Windows only)
PPR – http://www.primetimepodcast.com (Windows Only)
After this, when searching for information about how to create a podcast, I came across a website called www.awakenedvoice.com which teaches about the podcasting community as an online community which features many members and followers. The website also details the best ways to accumulate a podcast community. To read more, visit the link above.
For the comm 350 podcasting project, I plan to use audacity. Audacity is a free, open source audio editing software which allows you to edit, record, and create audio files. I thought it was very cool that you can add so many effects to the sounds that you’re creating or editing; including fade in, fade out, silence, etc. In class we practiced cutting and re-arranging the material for our intro and outro pieces for the class podcast series. Moreover, we ran into some issues with copyrights when we tried to implement songs which we didn’t acquire the rights to utilize. For this reason, our teacher provided some websites of places that we can find “fair use” music sounds and edit them.
Some websites I found on my own include: http://www.pdsounds.org/tagadelic/taxonomy/1 which have tons of sounds which are categorized in “Tag Clouds and include: ”school ecumenical tree Signal popping opening Metal *tack* sliding singing murmuring laughing *rip* ambient yawning internet *pling* Sylvester Window chainsaw shaking Appliance City Applause Wood winding snoring bird singing crumpling Magic Keys crunching Fireworks *hissss* abstract Rythm rattling Sky CD recorder Engine Street electric stormy Squeak rural Bell creaking human voice Game Weather Woods tune breathing peals of thunder Tempest Melody Fart branch.(click on any of the selected topics to link to their page and browse many more categories)
Another helpful website is http://www.freesound.org/browse/ which is very different but has many sounds that are created by its users uploaded onto their website. Creative Commons is a website which I find to be very helpful in today’s age of copyright and patent nightmares as it allows for fair use of their materials. On this website, there are archives which contain several sound effects and audio files which can be edited and reused through the fair use agreement.
Read more at: http://creativecommons.org/audio/
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