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A supplement to the December 2005 Electronic Musician cover story, "The Art of Podcasting," by David Battino
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| A Sideways Glance at Podcasting | Radio personality David Lawrence on why podcasting is not the death of radio. |
| AAC: Playing and Converting | Space Music host TC explains the benefits of the AAC format favored by iTunes, and how to convert AAC files to MP3. He soon switched back. |
| AcidPlanet.com Podcasts | Original music by Acid users as well as podcasting tutorials. |
| Advanced Podcast Studio Setup with Skype and Audio Hijack Pro | Tutorial on recording internet phone conversations on a Mac. Also see this quickstart. |
| Apple Podcasting webpage | Podcasts explained and hyped as only Apple can do it. |
| Art in iTunes | A hack to get your podcast “album cover” to show up in the iTunes Music Store. |
| Association of Music Podcasting | AMP was formed in January 2005 “to unite podcasters who play awesome, legally available independent music.” |
| Audio Linkblogging | How to link to any point in an MP3. |
| Audioblogging Manifesto | “Shut up and write,” advises this podcasting naysayer. |
| Automator for Podcast Prep | A tutorial on automating podcast preparation with Mac OS 10.4 Automator and GarageBand. |
| Behind the Scenes at NPR | Here’s why National Public Radio sounds so smooth, well-crafted, and polished. |
| Interviewing via Skype | Another tutorial on configuring a computer to record Internet telephone interviews. |
| ChapterToolMe | Mac shareware for preparing enhanced podcasts. |
| Commercial Radio on Podcasting | A radio trade magazine examines the promise and threat of podcasting for commercial radio. |
| Creating a Podcast with Blogger and FeedBurner | Step-by-step instructions with screenshots. |
| Directory of Podcast Directories | A list of the “best podcast search engines and directories.” |
| Doctorfloyd.com (podcast) | “If the creator of Rocky & Bullwinkle had created Mystery Science Theater 3000 mixed in a little Time Bandits and gave it an educational spin, the result would have been the Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd.” |
| How to Build a 10-Minute Podcast | Eric Rice lays out a template for a show. |
| Fake Science Lab Report (podcast) | “A biweekly podcast that covers current topics in the digital music industry and features new and exciting artists from all genres.” |
| Feed Validator for Atom and RSS | Check your RSS file (podcast feed) for validity. |
| FeedBurner: About Feed Syndication | Explains syndication and RSS. |
| Five Masks Multimedia | Composers of podcast theme music. |
| Freevlog: Tutorial | A step-by-step guide to setting up a videoblog for free. |
| GarageBand.com PodCast Studio | GarageBand.com, the indie music site, offers a free tool that helps you create podcasts with GarageBand members’ music. This interview with the site’s president explains the service. |
| Hosting Your Podcasts | Podcast files can be huge; this article describes several inexpensive ways to host them. |
| How Podcasting Will Save Radio | Professional broadcaster Tod Maffin discusses podcasting innovations commercial radio would do well to study. See also “What Radio Can Teach Podcasting.” |
| How to Create Your Own Podcast | About.com’s quick tutorial is easy to grasp. |
| How to Make Enhanced Podcasts | Tutorial from Make magazine on adding images, links, and more to podcasts. |
| How to Podcast with Blogger and SmartCast | Heavily illustrated tutorial on linking the Blogger service and FeedBurner’s SmartCast to produce podcast files. |
| Interview with Ourmedia.org’s J.D. Lasica | Ourmedia hosts media files for free as a cultural gesture. |
| iTunes RSS Specifications (Apple) | Learn the RSS syntax necessary to publish a podcast on the iTunes Music Store |
| iTunes RSS Specifications (FeedForAll) | A thrid-party description of RSS syntax for the iTunes Music Store. |
| Knobtweakers (podcast) | A free MP3 podcast. |
| Loudblog | Loudblog is a system for publishing audio content on the web. It automatically generates a Web site and an RSS feed for Podcasting. |
| Liberated Syndication | Podcast hosting with unlimited bandwidth. |
| Media Center Podcasting | Chris Pirillo explains how to download and listen to podcasts using a Windows Media Center PC. |
| MiniDisc Guide | MiniDisc tips from radio engineer Jeff Towne. |
| MiniDisc Primer | Radio engineer Michael Johnson explains how to use MiniDisc for audio production. |
| MP3 Editors | When you’ve encoded a 30-minute show to MP3 and want to trim it or make an excerpt, it’s usually faster to operate directly on the MP3 instead of going back to the WAV and re-encoding. This program will do that for Windows users. (Mac equivalent here.) |
| MP3 Optimal Sample Rates | IT Conversations answers the question, “What sample rates do you use for MP3s and why?” |
| The New, New Podcast Review | A promising start, though not recently updated as of this writing, this site critiques podcasts, offering ideas for potential podcast producers. |
| Ourmedia | This site provides “free storage and free bandwidth for your videos, audio files, photos, text or software. Forever. No catches.” |
| Podcast About the Podcast | A lavishly illustrated tutorial on the mechanics of podcasting. |
| Podcast Hardware: The Next Step | The host of the Gadget Show on upgrading his eqipment. |
| Podcast Licensing Could Take Years | USA Today on the legal challenges of podcasting music. |
| Podcast Signup Instructions | Simple instructions for subscribing to podcasts. Note the iTunes Music Store link. |
| PodcastChapterTool Wiki | Information about the Apple Podcast ChapterTool utility and podcast chapters (a.k.a. enhanced podcasts). |
| PodcastDesign.com | Click the links and entrepreneur David Lawrence stocks your Amazon shopping cart with recommended podcasting equipment. (Earning himself a referral fee should you buy it.) |
| PodCastEnhancer | This free AppleScript helps Mac users embed images and links in an AAC (m4a) file to create an enhanced podcast. |
| PodcastExpert.com | A community-driven site with resources on creating, producing, and receiving podcasts. |
| Podcasting: Wikipedia definition | Learn the history of podcasting and discover some good links. |
| Podcasting Is Not the Next Mass Medium | Skeptic David Coursey predicts podcasting won’t empower the people. |
| Podcasting News | News, forums, resources.... |
| Podcasting Starter Kit | Producer Jake Ludington reveals his podcasting secrets—for a fee. But check the free RSS newsletter for helpful tips. |
| Podcasting Tools | CNEt’s Eliot Van Buskirk describes some helpful podcasting software. |
| Poderator | Web-based interface for creating RSS podcast feeds. |
| Propaganda Podcasting Software | End-to-end podcast creation software for Windows; site features tips as well. |
| QuickTime Pro Podcasting Tutorial | Brief how-to on creating podcast audio with QuickTime Pro on the Mac. |
| Radio Glossary | Definitions of radio terms such as ramp and bumper, which provide ideas for producing your own show. |
| Review: iTunes Podcasting Support | This review of the first version of iTunes to support podcast reception explains how to use some of the unintuitive features of the interface. Come for the review, stay for the blog. |
| Rocket 15: Podcasting from My VW Bug | A man called Chaz drives around Louisville muttering into his digital voice recorder, then uploads the results. |
| RSS 2.0 Specification | See the inner workings of the Really Simple Syndication spec. |
| RSS Validator | Enter the URL of your RSS file and find out if it’s up to snuff. |
| Ten Tips for Improving Your Podcasts | Podcasting Hacks author Jack Herrington on the art of podcasting. |
| What Radio Can Teach Podcasting | The other side of Tod Maffin’s article “How Podcasting Will Save Radio.” |
| Why Headphones Suck for Mixing (or not) | A clear explanation of what happens when you jam your monitor speakers against your ears. |