Blog 7: Production

Evergreen Podcasts has given us access to their subscription to a website filled with music that can be licensed for a podcast called soundstripe.com. I really liked soundstripe because you can search by Genre, Mood, and type of instrument amongst a plethora of other options.  I went a little crazy with it, as I made a playlist that had 40 songs. We narrowed it down to 10. We used the music we found as transitions to enhance our playlist. Music definitely makes a difference in podcasts because it helps contribute to the mood of the podcast and to keep listeners engaged.

We have run into a few obstacles with our editing software. On two separate days, certain parts of our edits in our ProTools session mysteriously disappeared. Luckily, we were able to re edit those parts by dragging out the previous and later edited parts that still remained in the session. Nevertheless, it was frustrating and impeded our productivity.

We also had a meeting with a member of Evergreen Podcasts, Connor, who helped us set up the publishing of our podcast. We uploaded it our podcast name, art design, information, and teaser onto an application Megaphone and made our own RSS feed, which allows us to



publish the podcast on one site, add information, or make edits. Once we publish these changes, the RSS feed automatically adds or updates are podcast onto a plethora of places where listeners can listen to podcasts, such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, and more.

Sound producer Sean also came in and taught us how to balance levels in the audio of our podcast. To be honest I did not exactly understand how it works but it definitely makes a difference, especially when the volume of our speaking goes from high to low really
abruptly, or when someone’s mouth was really close to the microphone. It really makes a difference in improving sound quality and consistency.

We finally finished! After many hours of learning and editing I am super happy that this project came to fruition.

Bye for now,

Wilson



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  1. Dr. PJune 10, 2021 at 7:28 AM

    I am so glad you all were able to get this completed in time!

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