Make sure that you got the right levels, because some of this stuff can't be fixed after you've already recorded. This is the show for creative entrepreneurs who have a message to share and want to live a life of freedom. Learn how to grow your network and net worth. Hear from exciting guests and more. My name is Dylan Schmidt, and welcome to Digital Podcaster. So there are a few podcasting terms that I think every podcast host should know when it comes to audio editing, production, even marketing, when you start getting into paid ads. not to mention all the different social media platforms there's a lot out there. But there specifically is some podcasting terms that I wanna share with you in this episode that will help you have a better understanding of the bigger picture of podcasting and make you a better podcast host because uh, one, you'll be able to communicate with things that you outsource with your team. And two, just have a deeper understanding of podcasts in general. Stuff that maybe you were too afraid to ask or you didn't even know to ask. So number one is RSS. That stands for a Really Simple Syndication, and what RSS is is a format for syndicating content from a website. Now, I don't know about you, but that sounds kind of confusing. So when you subscribe to a podcast, you're actually subscribing to the RSS or the Really Simple Syndication of that podcast, which contains the audio files for each episode. When people ask like,"oh, is this a podcast or is this not a podcast?" Really at its core essence, a podcast is just an RSS feed. You don't get an RSS feed on YouTube. That might change in the future. So I like to use something like Buzzsprout, which creates the RSS feed and then distributes that to directories like Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and so on. The next term I wanna share with you is a hosting platform. Just like I mentioned Buzzsprout. Buzzsprout is a hosting platform where your podcast is stored and distributed. So there are a variety of different hosting platforms out there. There's Anchor, Captivate, Transistor, the list goes on, uh, Libsyn. There's a lot out there. They all have maybe slightly different features, but at its core essence, they all do the same thing, which is how your podcast is stored and distributed. It's important that your hosting platform has the features that you need. Some of those features like, uploading a transcription along with your podcast or being able to add chapter markers. I like that future a lot, and just clean and easy to log in and upload your podcast. Some of these have these clunky backgrounds. So that's part of the reason why I like Buzzsprout. It should be easy for you to use. You should understand and know your way around the podcast hosting platform. It shouldn't be very technical. Next one is dynamic microphone. So oftentimes people will buy a microphone that they found on Amazon, and it doesn't sound like how they wished it sound. It just sounds like too roomy, too light, too airy. It doesn't sound like the broadcast microphone that they were hoping for, and that's simply because you probably didn't buy a dynamic microphone. So dynamic mics are the generally preferred type of microphone for recording a podcast. That's because they're good at picking up a wide range of frequencies and providing a clear, crisp sound with minimal room or background noise. Not to say it's like noise canceling, like it doesn't cut out all the noise in your room, but it picks up less of it, so it focuses more on your voice. Dynamic mics also tend to be a little bit more durable, which is nice than other types of microphones, so it makes them a little bit more ideal in a podcast studio setting. The mission of Digital. Podcaster are as simple to equip as many podcasters as possible with the tools and strategies they need to succeed. But I can't do it all myself. This isn't actually a one-man show. 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To avoid clipping, you should ensure that your podcast levels are set appropriately and you can do just a little test. Listening through your headphones is a good indication. Recording and then listening back to what you hear. That's how you can test. And also looking at the meters, you wanna stay around the yellow range to green to yellow. You don't want to go into the red if you have a meter on what you're recording into. That's about clipping right there. Then gain. So gain refers to the volume of a podcast track. If your gain is set too high, you might end up with distortion, and then that's when it introduces clipping into your recording. So gain can be increased or decreased using audio editing software, but it's important to set the right gain levels correctly before you begin recording. Again, this is why before you just hop into recording and then wondering what happened at the end of the recording, you wanna set the stuff up at the beginning and talk loud and talk soft, and make sure that you got the right levels, because some of this stuff can't be fixed after you've already recorded. I hope these terms landed with you. If it didn't just re-listen to this episode. It's a short one. Hopefully it will start to sink in and you'll probably notice it now too, you go, "oh, it says gain right there, or, I never noticed that before or I always wondered what this was." So if that landed for you, cool, let me know and I will see you in the next episode.