Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Step1
First, set up all your outer equipment. Hook up your microphone and your headphones. Headphones are needed so that you can listen to the sound from your computer without the microphone picking up excess noises while recording.
Step2
Open up Audacity.
Step3
Before you begin, you want to set up your Prefences. Click on File/Preferences. The first tab is Audio I/O (Input/Output). Check to make sure your recording options are correct.
Step4
Underneath "Recording," there is a Channels option. Generally, for podcasting, you want the channel to be: 1 (Mono), because you're only recording on one microphone. There is no need for 2 (Stereo sound).
Step5
Also, before you record, you want to check and set the Sound Settings on your computer. Go to Control Panel and find Sounds and Audio Devices Properties. Click on the Audio Tab. Set the Sound playback and Sound Recording.
Step6
Click on the Audio Tab. Set the Sound playback and Sound Recording. Underneath Sound recording, click on Volume, select the volume meter that says Microphone and adjust it accordingly.
Step7
Now, you are ready to record. All you have to do is click on the big red Record button and start speaking into your microphone.