Using Garage Band to Record a Podcast

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1 Using Garage Band to Record a Podcast 1. Open GarageBand 2. Click on New Podcast Episode 3. If you don t see this screen, go to File -> New 4. Name and save your project 5. If you are NOT using headphones or a microphone skip to step Plug in your headphones and/or microphone. You will see this message. 7. Click Yes to use your headphones. 8. Click on the little dot in the male or female voice track. It should turn red. 9. Test your microphone you should see green bars moving when you speak. 10. Click the red Record button to start recording. 11. Click the space bar to stop recording. page 1

2 Adding Music and Sound Effects In Garage Band Choose Your Music 1. Click on the eye button, the hover label reads View/Hide Loop Browser, in the lower left area of the screen to bring up the directories 2. Click Jingles 3. To preview a music cut, click it and it will play through the headset Add Music or Sound Effects 1. Click and drag the selected music or sound effect cut from the bottom area of the screen onto the Jingles track 2. Make sure that the downward blue triangle is lit on the Jingles track line (not the upward yellow arrow) makes the music auto-fade as the voice segment overlaps and kicks in 3. Note: when adding a sound effect track, as it is dragged and dropped to the active track area, it will name the track using the category to which it belongs (example: if you add the cow moo sound, as it is dropped in the track area, the track name will appear as Animals ) Move Your Recordings Around 1. move the slider to the left to compress the track segments so that they are all visible 2. Segments can be selected and moved a. to simultaneously move all segments i. click the Edit menu ii. click Select All (all segments will highlight) iii. click and drag on any segment to make them all move as a group 3. to move a group of selected segments i. hold the Shift key and click on the segments to be moved (they will highlight) ii. click and drag on one of the highlighted segments and move them as a group page 2

3 Editing Voice and Music with GarageBand Zoom in on a region 1. Move the time compression slider to the right to expand the track segments so that they are visible in detail (you should see the waveform pattern lines which look similar to an EKG) Note: wherever you see a flat line in the voice track waveform, this is most likely a pause or short silence Remove pauses 1. Drag the Playhead until it is lined up with 2. the start of the pause/silence. 3. Click Edit Split 4. Drag the playhead until it is lined up with the end of the pause/silence area 5. Click Edit - Split again 6. The area of pause/silence will now be a small, separate segment 7. Click on it to highlight (it turns darker) 8. Hit the Delete key on the keyboard Delete the gap created from removing the pause/silence segment 1. Click on the segment after the gap to highlight it (turns darker) 2. Click and drag the segment to the left until the gap is gone Adjust the Volume (for Voice, Music, or Sound Effects) page 3

4 1. Under the track name area, such as under Female Voice, click on the volume arrow. 2. The track will expand to have a second row, which will appear underneath all of the segments for that track 3. The shaded zone within the new track represents the volume level of the track. 4. Click on this track volume at the point below the segment which needs to be altered 5. Drag the volume point upward to increase the volume or downward to reduce the volume page 4

5 Export and Share your Podcast with itunes Export your podcast to itunes 1. While in GarageBand, go to the Share menu and choose Send Podcast to itunes. 2. itunes will open and you will see your podcast in your itunes library. Create an itunes playlist for your podcast 1. Go to the File menu and choose New Playlist. 2. An untitled Playlist will appear in your itunes playlist library. 3. Name your Playlist (for example 6 th grade podcasts ) Share your Playlist within your local network. page 5

6 1. Go to the itunes menu and choose Preferences 2. The preferences window will open. 3. Click on the Sharing tab 4. Check the Share my library on my local network box. 5. Share your selected playlist. 6. Choose the playlist you created. 7. Click OK People in your local network will be able to listen to the Podcasts in your shared playlist when they open itunes. Export Your Podcast to Disk page 6

7 Export your Podcast from GarageBand. 1. Save you Podcast (with an ilife preview) 2. Go to the Share menu and choose Export Podcast to Disk. 3. Name and Save your Podcast. Post your Podcast on Wikispaces 1. Go to page 7

8 2. If you don t already have a Wikispaces account, click to Join now. 3. Create a user name and password and enter your address. 4. Go back to 5. Click Join this Space 6. You will get an when you become a member of the space. 7. Click on Post your Podcast here 8. Click on Edit the Page **If you do not see the Edit This Page button, you have not yet been accepted into the space make sure you have joined see #5 and #6. page 8

9 9. You will see the wiki toobar 10. Click on the Tree icon to upload your Podcast 11. Browse for your Podcast file. 12. Click Upload to upload your Podcast file to the Wikispaces Website. page 9

10 13. Write your name on the Wikispaces page. 14. Double click on your uploaded Podcast file (the podcast will be inserted wherever you place your cursor when you double click). 15. This is how the page should look after you double click: 16. Click Save on the Wikispaces toolbar. 17. This is how the page should look when you are done: page 10

11 How to convert your Podcast to an Mp3 file to post on the Internet 1. Open to itunes and select your Podcast 2. Open the Advanced menu and choose Convert Selection to MP3. 3. You will see two copies of your podcast in your itunes library. 4. Click and drag both copies to the desktop. 5. Upload the.mp3 file to your Website, Blog or Wiki. Places to post your podcasts Online: page 11