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The Altered Chord Series
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How you sound is critical to keeping the audiences attention. If you sound dull and boring, that can be fixed with technology.
As you create your podcasts and videos, remember to keep them exciting. The simplest way I have found is by using some low-cost tools for audio. It’s all about the gain.
A Condenser Microphone is best:
The above works with Vista x32, I’ve tried it. No extra software is needed beyond the drivers.
For video content creation, I have been using uTIP, because it’s free and records in .flv and .avi format. You can record an onscreen demo, go back later and record the audio.
If you don’t have a recording studio, just search for acoustical foam, and experiment.
I downloaded and installed Pro Tools v7.4 Demo software for Vista. Apparently Pro Tools doesn’t want to sell very much of their software, there certainly is no “easy” button.
Live Lite at least has some built-in tutorials.
These above Mics work with Audacity, and if you are using Vista, you will need to search for and download the Audacity Windows Unicode version.