However an amazing free tool called Cam Twist turns your Mac into a complete live video mixing desk.Ĭam Twist has camera switching and fades, text overlays, special effects, drop in pre-recorded movies and more. Audacity is a free open source multi-channel audio editor for Windows, OS X and Linux.įor a video podcast, you can of course record vision on any digital video camera or webcam and edit it in any video editing application. Once your program is recorded, you can use any number of audio editing tools to clean it up and remix it before uploading it as a “permanent” podcast. Both tools can mix in audio from any running application - sound effects and music from iTunes, for example - and both can stream the audio to uStream or or wherever.
You can use a microphone for one voice or something like Skype or (yes, I am paying attention, Simon Rumble) Google Talk to record online conversations with others.
Wiretap studio vs audio hijack pro pro#
There’s probably quite a few ways to do this, but my starting-point was The UStream Tool Kit - which also covers Windows.įor an audio podcast, you can use either Ambrosia Software’s WireTap Studio or Rogue Amoeba’s Audio Hijack Pro to prepare the original sound. The technical challenge is combining all of the audio elements before the audio or video stream is piped up to Ustream or wherever. Having an audience contributing comments and questions via text chat created an interesting dynamic - similar to talkback radio but less formal. However this investigation was inspired by the “live recording” of the 2 Web Crew. Now if your podcast is just you talking then you can take a much simpler approach. Here’s a very quick summary of what I’ve learned so far about doing this on a Mac, my platform of choice.
Podcasting is now far, far easier and cheaper even than I’d imagined - even for complex productions.
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