Archive for December 20th, 2005

Phantom Live Cast Dec 25th

Tuesday, December 20th, 2005

Phantom FM who teamed up with doop.ie for podcasting are proving there is more to life than downloading, with a live webcast on Dec 25.

from their 20/12/05 news release.

LIVE PROGRAMMING CHRISTMAS DAY WITH STEVE CONWAY:

=======================================================

It wouldn’t be a cool Yule with Steve Conway on the radio! Although we’re not on FM this Christmas (bah humbug), Steve Conway will be leaving his presents under the tree and heading into the Phantom FM studio for a special five hour live show between 10:00 and 15:00 GMT. Tune into the web stream (details below) to catch Steve playing the best Phantom sounds along with your requests. You can e-mail him in advance on: stevec@phantomfm.com

Programme times: December 25 - 10:00-15:00 GMT

Audacity 1.3 Update Adds Features for Podcasting

Tuesday, December 20th, 2005

[synthtopia.com reports ]A new version of the free audio editor Audacity has been announced. A beta version is available, but it is not considered stable yet.

The software is popular with musicians and podcasters looking for a free, open source audio editing environment. Several features will be especially interesting for podcasters, including FTP uploading, transcription tools and batch processing.

* Transcription toolbar - A new toolbar for creating transcriptions of speech in Label Tracks. Includes features that enable you to change the playback speed, create labels automatically based on onsets, and more. To enable this feature, go to the Interface tab of the Preferences.