Radio Show : The Making of

In order to make my show sound as professional as possible, I used proper radio equipment and the program Sychronicity for the recording of the presenters in the studio. I used this as it is specifically designed for radio broadcasts, and it also provided a clarity of speech that may not have been as good on a regular recorder. This equipment also helped with the levels of the talking.























For the outside voice recordings, I used a standard voice recorder, this helped in giving the outdoors impression, as it picked up some background noise, whilst also giving the impression of asking people on the street.























In order to piece the broadcast together, I used the GarageBand program, as this meant that I could view a number of different tracks, and edit them together so that the news broadcast made sense. The GarageBand program aided me in making progress with my radio braodcast, as I could similtaneously run all the different tracks and recordings that I had, and then edit it together so that it all ran as one continuous and smooth broadcast.





In order to make the jingle for the news program, I used a combination of prerecorded sounds on the program, as well as inputting some of my own sounds using the keyboard function. My aim for the jingle was to keep it relatively short, so as to go straight into the news, whilst also making the jingle interesting, without being too up-tempo. I found it difficult to piece together the jingle to make it sound as a news jingle should. The instruments within the program made it difficult for the jingle to have a more formal style, yet I didn't want the jingle to sound like a morning news show. In order to make the jingle, I used a basic drum beat, and a couple of radio sounds, that are not dissimilar to that of a radio jingle. I kept the jingle very short, as I'd planned, in order to get straight into the news, and not have listeners zoning out on the jingle.

In order to piece the different recordings together, I used the split function. This meant that I could split each recording at a certain point, and get rid off any bits that were either unneccessary to the running order of the show, or were wrong. This meant that I could piece together different takes from different recordings, whilst still sychronising the recording elements together, so that the broadcast ran smoothly.
Following the GarageBand production of my radio broadcast, I needed to export the file and format it so that it all played on one file. I did this by selecting the 'export to disc' option of GarageBand, and then choosing to make the file an mp3 format.