This program is available for OS X, Windows and Linux and I have used both the Windows and OS X versions and they both work identically so if you are reading this review on the Mac edition you can rest assured the Windows version works exactly the same.
Ok lets get down to it! This program records audio from multiple sources and allows you to do some pretty heavy editing if you want along multiple tracks. For me this includes recording from my Blue Snowball Ice for all my vocals and then layer many tracks to it including an intro, segment transitions and even a music bed if you like. If you ever used the old MTV Music Generator on the original Playstation then you will know about the layering and how easy it is. It is pretty user friendly and doesn't take long for you to learn the different functions of the software.
When editing you can do so much to each tracking, like cropping, volume levels, moving it around to start before or after other tracks etc. You also have lots of special effects you can do to help make your production sound better. I have messed around with slowing the speed down a bit to make my speech more clear, adding some base and adding a music bed to smooth it out. You can even zoom in to make editing easier if you need to remove a lot of "ums" and "ahs" from your speech if you are having issues with that like I do.
You can do so much more with this software than just podcasts but it does work very nice for that and I definitely recommend it to anyone thinking about sticking their toe into podcasting but down't want to spend a ton of money. Why? Again because it is free! Get it today.
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