Podcasting Instructions for CUE 2007 Software – Audacity and LAME encoder Download Audacity from http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ . Click on the file and install Audacity. If you want Audacity on your Mac you can download it also from the Internet. The LAME encoder is also available at the same site. You do not need the encoder for a Mac. I find it easiest to keep the LAME encoder folder on the desktop. After downloading Audacity you will need to install it. Click on the file on your desktop and it will install. You are now ready to record. Open up Audacity. It looks like a recording machine. To record click on the red circle, to stop click on the yellow square. To play back click on the green arrow. If you need to adjust the record volume slide the marker on the microphone If you need to adjust the playback volume you can slide the marker on the speaker. You may need to adjust your computer speaker of volume. To delete a recording, click on the little “x” in the left hand side of the recorded track. Each time you stop a recording another track will be created. If you want to continue on the same track use pause, the blue double lines. Do delete a long pause, or stumble, highlight the track and click on delete. When finished you must convert to an MP3 file to use as a podcast. Click on File and choose Export as MP3. On a PC when it asks to “Save As” find the Lame folder on your desktop. When you have done this once, it will usually go there automatically. Name the file, and click save. A window will come up. Fill out the title and genre (you have to look down the list for Speech) click okay. The podcast is now saved in the LAME folder as an MP3. It usually looks like a Windows Media or Real Player file. ON a Mac it will want to be saved in iTunes. If it saves as an AAC file in iTunes you will have to set iTunes to convert it to an MP3. You can now listen to your podcasts on the computer, attach them to emails, put them on the Teacher/Student community, or download to your MP3 player.