How to Use Podcastle (Step-by-Step Tutorial for Beginners)

About this video

Kevin walks through starting a podcast end-to-end in Podcastle, an all-in-one platform he partnered with for the video, using a fictional example, The Cookie Chronicles for the Kevin Cookie Company. The free plan includes audio recording, hosting and distribution; premium adds AI audio editing, voice cloning and royalty-free music. In the Recording Studio you title the episode, choose audio-only or video, configure microphone, speakers and camera, set a display name, and use headphones to avoid feedback. You can copy a studio link and invite up to 10 other participants, use a built-in teleprompter with adjustable speed, text size and opacity, share your screen, and start recording after a five-second countdown; recordings upload a local copy for best quality. In the editor each speaker has a separate track with per-track volume, amplify, pan, compressor and equalizer. You can record extra audio in the editor (Shift+R), import audio files, trim clip edges, and split clips (S or the split tool). Royalty-free music can be added on its own track — e.g. just a seven-second intro — with fade handles. Transcribe creates an AI text transcript you edit like a Word document: highlight words to remove them, and use search, filler-word and silence detection to clean up. AI Assistant tools include Magic Dust to remove noise and optimize dynamic range for studio quality, and auto-leveling to balance speakers. Voice cloning requires recording 70 sentences and takes about 24 hours to generate; it is used here to replace a wrong podcast name. Finally Export can download, share via Podcastle, or publish: create a show (name, author, language, up to two categories — Apple uses only the first — and cover art), add episode details, tags, season/episode numbers and scheduling, then copy the RSS link into Spotify for verification and distribution.

Key takeaways

• Podcastle’s free plan covers recording, hosting and distribution; premium adds AI audio editing, voice cloning and royalty-free music
• Recording Studio supports up to 10 participants via a link, a teleprompter, screen sharing and a five-second countdown, with local uploads for quality
• Separate per-speaker tracks allow individual volume, pan, compressor and equalizer adjustments, plus trimming and splitting clips
• Text-based editing via AI transcript makes removing words, filler words and silences as simple as editing a document; Magic Dust and auto-leveling polish audio
• Publish by creating a show and episode in Podcastle, then paste its RSS link into Spotify (and similarly other services) so new episodes flow automatically

Episode details: published September 29, 2024 · 28:37 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Kevin Stratvert’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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