Podcasting is a means of publishing audio
and video content on the web as a series
of episodes with a common theme. These
episodes are accompanied by a file called
a “feed” that allows listeners to subscribe
to the series and receive new episodes
automatically.
Some people use the term “podcast” to
refer to any distribution of audio/video
content on the Web, but technically speaking,
the feed and subscription model of file
delivery is what differentiates podcasting
from simply posting files on the Web.
Think of podcasting like setting up
an automatic bank draft to pay bills.
For expenses that occur regularly over
a prolonged period of time, like utility
bills, the initial work of setting up a bank
draft is worthwhile because it saves time
and effort in the long run. If the expense
occurs with less regularity, it is probably
easier to just write a check.
Setting up a podcast is similar. For
content that is published on a regular
basis, like weekly homework reviews,
the initial steps to create a podcast are
worthwhile because they save students
some effort in the long run. But for
content that will only be published a few
times during the semester, it probably
makes more sense to simply post the files
on a course web site—without the extra
effort of setting up the feed and having
students subscribe.
There are three general categories of
activities and equipment involved in
podcasting: file production, podcast
publication, and delivery and playback.
File production
Generating appropriate and compelling
content for a podcast is typically the
most time- and labor-intensive part of
the process. This step includes planning,
writing, and recording content, as well as
audio/video editing and file compression.
Production requires recording hardware,
like digital microphones and digital cameras,
and software for editing audio and/or
video segments.
In addition to the relevant audio/video
files, the creator must generate an RSS
feed. A feed is a simple XML file that lists
the location of podcast episodes. It also includes
information about the podcast, such
as publish dates, titles, and descriptions of
the series and of each episode. The podcast
creator can write the feed manually, or use
software that generates the feed file. A list
of useful resources for creating podcasts
appears in the Appendix.
Podcast publication
The audio/video file and RSS feed are then
posted to a Web server. For the first podcast
in a series, and for ongoing series that
are always open to new subscribers, the
podcast creator must notify the audience
of the existence of the podcast by publicizing
the location of the RSS feed. Many
podcasters post a link to the RSS feed
on their blogs, Web sites, or other public
Web spaces. The podcast creator can also
list information about the podcast in one of
many directories that categorize podcasts
alphabetically or by topic.
For this assignment, I chose to interview JL Audio cofounder Lucio Proni. JL Audio is a consumer/professional audio manufacturer located in Miramar Florida that produces speakers for boats, cars, and home sound systems.
Good morning, Sioux City. This is Adam Lewis and you are tuned to KL&R on this delightful March 3rd for all your news so you’ll know what’s going on.
Description 1: Lloud Music in the Boston, MA area specializes in professional record label and music production service.
Certainly, being born into a privileged family have their advantages. Unfortunately, for those who are born into poverty may struggle for their success, but it is not impossible. The podcast “Three Miles” is a great example of that. Comparatively, on the surface Melanie and Raquel are two individuals coming from the same unfortunate circumstances. Although, both girls were introduced to the same pen pal program their outcomes would travel different courses. Initially, the purpose of this program is to give students from poor neighborhoods a glimpse inside their wealthier counterpart’s lives, from another school. Raquel and Melanie’s backgrounds were similar, because they were afforded the same opportunities, but they turned out differently. Raquel was driven while Melanie is unambitious.
MP3 has made it feasible to download quality audio from the Web very quickly, causing
The podcast I listened to on RadioLab is called “An Equation for Good,” which portrays a long conversation between three different guests Richard Dawkins, Oren Harman and Carl Zimmer and the producer is Lynn Levy. This podcast was very interesting to me because Robert Kulwich shared a story about his discussion about natural selection with Richard Dawkins and eventually natural selection gets known as “the total horror of this suffering in nature” (Levy, 2010). From this remark, I quickly realized that one of the main points of this podcast is to enhance our understandings of natural selection by realizing that it exists. Most importantly the introduction was strong and creative because it drew my attention as the music was pleasant and effective while listening intensively.
Recording technology wasn’t always a digital process. Before the 1970s, all recordings depended on capturing a physical analogue sound with microphones. This was done on either tape or disk. Analogue recordings lacked the sonic integrity that the 21st century demanded; it was becoming increasingly problematic and expensive in reducing noise and distortion that plagued analogue recordings. As a result, audio researchers began to study digital conversion techniques. They discovered that digitizing an electrical audio signal consisted of sampling the audio wave thousands of times a second, measuring the peak amplitude of each sample, and then assigning one of a limited number of binary values to each.
“Types of films are commonly referred to as genres (pronounced “zahn-rahz”). The word genre is originally French and simply means kind or type.” (Bordwell & Thompson, 2004: 108). Genre groups films, which share similar filmic qualities and themes, into various subsections according to the type of film they are associated as.
the first job of a music producer in to work with an artist to select songs and background music for the album. The producer may take part in the recording process and may hire an arranger to add parts and layers to some songs, or beginning to create the beat and background music . A great example of one is the one and only Dr. Dre. The Producer selects a studio, sets a recording time, chooses an engineer, and list all that needs to be done. During the recording session, the record producer works closely and hard with the recording engineer to perfect each track, decides when to do retakes, and adds his or her own trademark to the song. A example of this would be like The Weeknd talking about XO in ...
In 2007, founders Alexander Ljung and Eric Wahlforss started SoundCloud to fufill their need for a simple music-sharing platform. Inspired by other simplified media companies such as twitter, vimeo, and flickr- they felt that music had been left out of this innovative shift towards technology-assisted collaboration. As co-founder Alex Ljung explains, “it was just really, really annoying for us to collaborate with people on music — I mean simple collaboration, just sending tracks to other people in a private setting, getting some feedback from them, and having a conversation about that piece of music.”(Van Buskirk). With this idea, they set out to create a space where people could share music and receive feedback in a way not offered by current music sharing sites. Now a worldwide company with offices in Berlin, San Francisco, New York, London, and Sofia they have over 10 million registered users, with countless more directed to their site everyday (SoundCloud). Moving beyond music file sharing, the company now has a mobile application and several levels of profile options, from a free user to a professional artist. With constant updates and a sleek design, SoundCloud has truly become one of the best website to upload, share, and explore music.
Radio-wave technology is one of the most important technologies used by man. It has forever changed the United States and the world, and will continue to do so in the future. Radio has been a communications medium, a recreational device, and many other things to us. When British physicist James Clerk Maxwell published his theory of electromagnetic waves in 1873, he probably never could have envisioned the sorts of things that would come of such a principle. His theory mainly had to do with light waves, but fifteen years later, a German physicist named Heinrich Hertz was able to electrically generate MaxwellÕs ÒraysÓ in his lab. The discovery of these amazing properties, the later invention of a working wireless radio, and the resulting technology have been instrumental to AmericaÕs move into the Information Age. The invention of radio is commonly credited to Guglielmo Marconi, who, starting in 1895, developed the first ÒwirelessÓ radio transmitter and receiver. Working at home with no support from his father, but plenty from his mother, Marconi improved upon the experiments and equipment of Hertz and others working on radio transmission. He created a better radio wave detector or cohere and connected it to an early type of antenna. With the help of his brothers and some of the neighborhood boys he was able to send wireless telegraph messages over short distances. By 1899 he had established a wireless communications link between England and France that had the ability to operate under any weather conditions. He had sent trans-Atlantic messages by late 1901, and later won the Nobel prize for physics in 1909. Radio works in a very complicated way, but hereÕs a more simple explanation than youÕll get from most books: Electromagnetic waves of different wavelengths are produced by the transmitter, and modulations within each wavelength are adjusted to carry ÒencodedÓ information. The receiver, tuned to read the frequency the transmitter is sending on, then takes the encoded information (carried within the wave modulations), and translates it back into the sensory input originally transmitted. Many of the men who pioneered radio had designs for it. Marconi saw it as the best communication system and envisioned instant world-wide communication through the air. David Sarnoff ( later the head of RCA and NBC) had a vision of Òa radio receiver in every homeÓ in 1916, although the real potential of radio wasnÕt realized until after World War I.
An MP3 is a recorded high-quality audio (voice and music) file which can be distributed over the Internet, and played on any multimedia computer with the right sound card and speakers. MP 3 is simply a file format that compresses a song into a smaller size so it is easier to move around on the Internet and store. MPEG is the acronym for Moving Picture Experts Group. This group has developed compression systems used for video data. For example, DVD movies, HDTV broadcasts and DSS satellite systems use MPEG compression to fit video and movie data into smaller spaces. The MPEG compression system includes a subsystem to compress sound, called MPEG audio Layer-3. We know this as MP3.
...ievable. One of them is a podcast is a series of digital media files, usually either digital audio or video, made available for download via web syndication. As the files are made available by the company, Podcast uses tools such as “simple download” to automatically download them in series. They are extremely useful as any information shared by the company’s upper managed is downloaded automatically for everyone to see, this results in increased productivity as information is bound to get delivered.
The traditional education environment is starting to implement new ways to teach students with the rapid development of technology. One strategy is the use of the internet to communicate, listen, and share ideas among students and professors alike; specifically the use of the internet realm in wikis, blogs, and podcasts. Blogs are either a website in itself or a part of a website where something like an interactive journal is being used; a person can write about anything they wish, link or show images, and decide whether other people can comment on the blog entry. Wikis are websites or webpages dedicated to providing information about a topic and can be edited by either the members of that site. Podcasts are digital files in the form of audio, video, or both that can be downloaded online onto computers, MP3 players, certain phones, and many more devices. Wikis, blogs, and podcasts could positively alter the educational format of lectures for students.