![]() ![]() And with the OS upgrade came the software upgrades, including Audacity. In fact, I did not move from 18.04 to 20.04 until February of 2021. I tend to stick to LTS releases and be fairly conservative because I would rather use my computer to do things than spend time fixing software issues, and LTS releases work well for me in this respect. Then I made the jump from Kubuntu 18.04 to 20.04. It would open the files one at a time, apply the “chain”, and then move on the the next file. And I could do it as a batch process on a whole directory of files. I created a “chain” some years back on the old version of Audacity, which would take the files, speed them up by 70%, boost the volume a bit, and then export the finished file. And Audacity is what I use to prepare the files. So my method is to download my podcasts using GPodder on my Kubuntu box, and about once a day I will delete the ones I have finished listening to and prepare a new bunch to load on the player. I use small, inexpensive MP3 players and this lets me save my phone’s battery so I get through the day without problems. I know that people who use smartphone apps can speed up podcasts in the app, which is fine, but I don’t listen to podcasts on my phone. I listen to a lot of podcasts, and even when I weed out the ones that just go on for too long, it is still hard to keep up. ![]() Second, I like to listen to podcasts speeded up. When I am done I add a little volume boost, save the project, then export the FLAC file for upload to Hacker Public Radio. I just plug in my Blue Snowball microphone, open Audacity, and press the Record button. ![]() I seem to have done over 200 shows for them, and I am still actively recording shows, and I expect to continue as long as I can, though at the age of 69 I can see that there may come an end sooner rather than later. I use it for a couple of reasons.įirst, I use Audacity to record and prepare my own podcast shows, which are mostly for Hacker Public Radio. Audacity is the wonderful open-source audio-processing program that I use every day.
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