Section 74. Podcasting

74. Podcasting

Podcasting on the Mac simplifies the process of creating a professional productand protects you from losing your best broadcasts to unexpected software failures.

GarageBand (see Figure 31) offers click-to-record production and multitrack audio; the capability to promote your podcasts on the iTunes Store is built in. Sound Studio from Freeverse (freeverse.com, $79.95) provides "monbots" that make short work of polishing audio, automating the bulk addition of intros and outros to audio files, and stitching several audio files together.

Figure 31. GarageBand produces podcasts as easily as it masters music tracks and alerts iTunes when your podcast is ready.

PodCast Maker (potionfactory, $29.95) enhances podcasts with chaptering and live website linksfeatures not available in Windowsand supports one-click uploading of podcasts to your .Mac account.

Video podcasting? The iSight camera built into MacBooks, Macbook Pros, and new iMacs turns your Mac into your own TV studio.