Hello Michelle I answer you according to my expirience: How will I know if the microphone levels are ok not seeing the bars? Let record a 5 seconds test and check if it's ok. I suggest you set the volume around 20%, then do a normalization to increase the volume. One piece I'm having a great deal of difficulty with is editing the recording. I've read the help files and so on but editing is still something I'm really struggling with. It's finding the right place to stop and start and figuring out how to get pieces out I don't want that is an issue. Edit audio with Audacity is difficult for me, but you can press the bracket key before the position you want about a second. Press spacebar to hear the selection, and adjust it using the selection bar. Hope that helps Cuong. ----- Original Message ----- From: Michelle Creedy To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 11:25 AM Subject: [audacity4blind] Podcast Creation Hello List So, I've decided to try and do a podcast using Audasity. A couple of questions I have right off the bat are: How will I know if the microphone levels are ok not seeing the bars? One piece I'm having a great deal of difficulty with is editing the recording. I've read the help files and so on but editing is still something I'm really struggling with. It's finding the right place to stop and start and figuring out how to get pieces out I don't want that is an issue. I want to start really simple because the last time I played with this program, I got overwhelmed because I tried too hard to do too much. I'm so excited to do some podcasting though so any help would be very much appreciated. Sometimes, I really feel like the novice on this list! Michelle -------------- Dang Manh Cuong The Assistive technology specialist Sao Mai Vocational and assistive center for the blind 74/17 Bui Quang La, ward 12, Go Vap Dst, HCMC, Vietnam Tel: +84862573309 E-mail: trungtamsaomai2001@xxxxxxxxx saomai.congnghe@xxxxxxxxx Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SaoMaiCenter Website: http://www.saomaicenter.org http://www.sinhvienkhiemthi.org Mobile: +84 902-572-300 E-mail: dangmanhcuong@xxxxxxxxx Yahoo! ID: manhcuong0312 Skype name: dangmanhcuong facebook: http://facebook.com/dangmanhcuong Twitter: @ManhCuongTech Website: http://ngoisaodanduong.com Projec-Website: http://dangmanhcuong.googlecode.com