Audacity

Audacity
Audacity is an open source audio editing software. It is available for free download for both the PC and the Mac Operating Systems. You can embed voice and music in multiple soundtracks. Once you export an Audacity file as an MP3 file, you have created a Podcast. Click here for the link to download [|Audacity]. And to get the encoder that you need to turn it into an MP3, visit this part of sourceforge [|LAME Encoder] And, if you need help using Audacity, here is a quick reference manual http://audacity.sourceforge.net/onlinehelp-1.2
 * Audacity Video Tutorials** - Click on this link to find simple tutorials on how to use Audacity to create podcasts: http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/17-audacity-tutorial.htm

Audacity Tutorials

 * **How to Download and Install Audacity:** []
 * Recording Setup [[image:http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/images/vidicon.gif width="18" height="18" caption="external image vidicon.gif"]]
 * The Editing Tools [[image:http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/images/vidicon.gif width="18" height="18" caption="external image vidicon.gif"]]
 * Basic Editing and Trimming Your Audio [[image:http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/images/vidicon.gif width="18" height="18" caption="external image vidicon.gif"]]
 * Adjusting Levels [[image:http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/images/vidicon.gif width="18" height="18" caption="external image vidicon.gif"]]
 * Importing Audio and Adding Music to Your Podcast [[image:http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/images/vidicon.gif width="18" height="18" caption="external image vidicon.gif"]]
 * Saving Your Project and Exporting the MP3 [[image:http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/images/vidicon.gif width="18" height="18" caption="external image vidicon.gif"]]

Links to Royalty Free Music for Embedding in Podcasts
Here is where you can get [|copyright free music] And for royalty free sound loops, try Flashkit http://flashkit.com/loops

Creative Commons Licensing
Here is a link to Creative Commons which "provides free tools that let authors, scientists, artists, and educators easily mark their creative work with the freedoms they want it to carry." [|http://creativecommons.org]