We’re having a house built and I can’t wait to get out of this temporary location we’re in. It’s a challenge to record video here. Our house is in the early stages of construction and I call it the stick house since it’s framed but that’s about it. I made a short video of the new recording room I’ll have one day and I wanted to share it with you.
Enjoy!
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It’s never a good day when your podcast hosting company says they anticipate zero downloads on your next podcast episode. It sucks really. But that’s what happened to me at a time when I was considering shutting down my podcast anyway. It was the final piece of the puzzle that convinced me to shut it down. So I did. The already struggling Audacity Bootcamp Podcast is no more. I think having that podcast was a good idea but the timing was off. I may bring it back in a little different format in 2023. We’ll see.
But within hours of deciding to retire that podcast, I heard from David Hooper about a newly-published book of his entitled, 101 Podcast Episode Templates. This was great timing because all of us feel it from time-to-time. That dreaded funk that results from podcast burnout (or in my case, bad news from my podcast hosting service). So I bought the book and in this video I want to give you a peek inside it because what it really is, is 101 great podcast ideas to keep you going and to keep your podcast (or your videos too) fresh. As I explain in this video, my reasons for retiring the Audacity Bootcamp Podcast were a little different but just like every other podcaster, I’ve experienced burnout too and have found myself in need of fresh topics. David’s book might be just what you need for that extra nudge to keep going when you feel that funk start to set in.
Audacity version 3.2 has an anticipated release date of September 2022. Audacity made this announcement on June 11, 2022. I haven’t seen anyone talking about it yet (but I don’t get out much) so this is my own announcement highlighting a few of the significant changes we can expect. As suspected, there are some changes to the user interface but the bigger news is probably stackable effects and real-time effects support. Leave a comment and tell me what you think of Audacity’s announcement of version 3.2.
Let’s talk Audacity sample rates and bit depth. What is a sample rate? What am I sampling and why? What is bit depth? What’s the relationship between sample rate and bit depth? Why are there sample rates displayed in each track and a project sample rate in the lower left corner of the screen? What’s the difference and do they have to match? Where do I set the default sample rate in Audacity?
Contents:
00:00 – Introduction
00:15 – Digital and Analog
00:48 – Digital Waveforms
01:10 – Analog to Digital Conversion
02:46 – Topics: Sample Rate and Bit Depth
03:10 – Track Sample Rates and Project Sample Rate
03:59 – What Is a Sample Rate?
05:17 – Project Sample Rate
05:51 – Three Examples of Different Project Rates
08:55 – What is Bit Depth?
12:07 – Changing Track Sample Rates
13:05 – Project Sample Rate for ACX Audiobooks
14:13 – How to Set The Default Project Sample Rate
15:44 – Sample Rate Conversion Settings in Audacity
17:49 – Recap
18:06 – MP3 Export for ACX
19:41 – What is MP3 Bit Rate?
20:23 – Wrap-up and Video Courses I Teach
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Are you looking for a comprehensive course on Audacity that’s presented in an easy to understand format? Audacity Bootcamp: Beginner to Advanced starts with the basics of Audacity but quickly moves beyond the basics into more advanced topics so you can build your confidence and increase your skills in using Audacity as your podcast editing and production tool. As the name implies this course is for anyone, beginner to advanced, who wants to learn skilled methods of audio editing and production using Audacity. Because of that, there are no prerequisites for this course. Beginning students are encouraged to complete each lesson in the order presented to get the most benefit from the course. But more advanced students may want to complete the lessons most relevant to them. The choice is yours.
The course consists of over 7 hours of on-demand video lectures distributed across four sections:
Here’s another preview of some possibilities for future versions of Audacity. The video below was posted on the Audacity Discord server a few months ago and is well worth your time if you’re an Audacity user. My impression is that these are just some possibilities for version 3.2 of Audacity and beyond. Regardless, it seems to me that once version 3.2 is out, the platform will be in place for bringing more of these needed changes and updates in a more rapid sequence. But that’s just my opinion as one watching this process from the outside. I appreciate all the work the Audacity team puts into this product while keeping it free to the end user. Get comfortable and watch the 20 minute video below.
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