Summary: Today Dave and Jim answer a slew of questions from the phone line and chat room. Join us every Saturday Morning at 10:30 AM at www.schoolofpodcasting.com/live (http://www.schoolofpodcasting.com/live). Ask the Podcast Coach is Now in iTunes If you haven't already, subscribe to Ask the Podcast coach in iTunes, please do so and never miss another episode. We are also available in Stitcher (http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=40876&refid=stpr). How Do You Isolate Tracks in Audacity While Recording? 6:00 Michael Kicking Bear Johnson of www.singlefeathermedia.com (http://www.singlefeathermedia.com) One way to do this is to use a USB mixing console like Alesis MultiMix 8 USB FX (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00404E7VK/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00404E7VK&linkCode=as2&tag=sop-20)(http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=sop-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00404E7VK) which goes for about $139. Where this mixer differs from others in the lineup is in its USB 2.0 technology. This enables you to send 10 channels (8 input channels plus the 2-Track input) individually to the computer, at up to 24-bit, 96 kHz resolution. Because each channel is sent individually, you can use virtually any DAW or other music software for mixing and editing the incoming audio. Jim notes that this is the mixer he uses and it only shows one channel coming into Audacity. Potentially more complex software like Garageband, or Logic, might be able to identify the mixer channels coming from the mixer. Growing Your Audience You want to grow your audience, and one way to do this is to put your website on everything. Dustin from Www.definingmomentstv.com (http://www.definingmomentstv.com) asked about iTunes stats vs libsyn.com stats. iTunes does not furnish stats to podcasters in regards to the number of downloads or the number of subscribers. It is a directory of podcasts (think of it like a phone book). If you are using a media host like Libsyn.com or Blubrry.com when someone listens on a website, phone, tablet, your media host will track your download. It tunes (if it tracks downloads) does not share this information with the public). One thing you can do is make it easy to play your podcast. You can find one if you have a blubrry.com account (even if you're not using them as a host). Another one is at player.podtrac.com (http://player.podtrac.com )which is what I use on my Podcast Review Show (http://www.podcastreviewshow.com) website. How Do I Know My Downloads Are People 18:20 Chris Drake from the Nocturnal Podcast (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/nocturnal-podcast/id519924589) while everyone that downloads a podcast may not listen to it. In general there is no "spam" in podcasting. People are choosing to consume your podcast because they want it (and if they don't its easy to unsubscribe). The only way to see how long people are listening is through your stitcher stats. They are reporting that the average completion rate is 48%. You can sign up for stitcher, but going to stitcher.com and using the Partner Signup (http://www.stitcher.com/content-providers) link at the bottom of the page. Getting Rid of Echoes on Skype 22:20 George Jackson from www.scifisuperfriends.com (http://www.scifisuperfriends.com) asked about solutions for when your guest is hearing themselves echo back to them on a skype call. There are a few things to check 1. Make sure that everyone is wearing headphones to avoid voices bleeding into the microphone. 2. In Skype make sure that the input for the microphone is just listening to your microphone (and not the "stereo mix"). Something else you can do is get your guest on the line before the actual event. Do a precall. Jim as a checklist at http://theAverageguy.tv/guest (http://theaverageguy.tv/guest) (32:00) In some cases Jim will actually ship them out an Audio Technica 2100 microphone (as they are plug and play on both Mac or PC) and they are only $40
