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How do I access my course bundle?
Check your inbox & confirm your email After starting your Alitu trial you should receive an email from The Podcast Host Academy prompting you to redeem your copy of the bundle, and confirm your email address: Access your courses from anywhere at any time time Once you have confirmed your email, you can access your course bundle at any time by visiting this URL: [ht
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What audio format should I use?
We are often asked what the 'best' audio format is to upload into Alitu. For best quality, a .wav would be the standard starting point, if possible. Wav files are higher quality, so always upload a .wav if you can. MP3s are compressed files which means their file size is reduced by removing some of the detail. They still sound great, so it's fine to use them if that's what you have available. Please reach out using the 'chat with us' or 'send us an email' boxes at the bottom of thi
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Does Alitu Publish my episodes to Spotify, etc.?
Your podcast host will submit your episodes to the podcast directories for you. Your podcast host will create and manage your RSS feed. The RSS feed is what the directories use to keep your show listing up-to-date. Alitu helps prepare your final episode and then you publish the file to your podcast host. We have integrated directly with several hosts, so you can find specific instructions for publishing to those services here: https://help.alitu.com/en/category/publishing-your-episod
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Can Alitu Record Also?
Yes, Alitu has a tool that enables you to record right into the App from your computer. This is for solo recordings only – usually you, a USB mic, and your computer – so you’ll want to record your interviews or multi-part conversations elsewhere. We have a step-by-step tutorial here on recording by yourself: https://help.alitu.com/en/article/recording-by-yourself-nm012o/ Please reach out using the 'chat with us' or 'send us an email' boxes at the bottom of this page if you have any qu
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What Parts of Podcasting Do You Automate?
Here’s what we take care of automatically for you: Converting your files (we take audio recordings from any source!) Levelling (getting the volume right) Noise reduction – removing regular background noise Hum reduction – removing power-related hums Adding theme music at the start and end of your show Fading/transitioning from music to voice and vice-versa at the beginning and end of your show Joining multiple recordings into one episode Exporting your episod
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Does Alitu Host My Podcast?
Alitu is not a podcast hosting company. We prefer to leave that to those who are already doing it brilliantly. And, to make things easy for you, we link directly to a number of the top hosting companies so you can publish direct to your host from Alitu, without having to download > login > upload elsewhere! Check out our hosting recommendations here: [Best Podcast Hosting](https://www.thepodcasthost.com/websites-h
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What pricing plans are available?
There are 2 subscription options at this time. You can subscribe to Alitu on a monthly or yearly basis. All of our plans include all of our features. The monthly subscription is $28/month after your free 7-day trial. You can get 2 months for free by paying $280 for an annual subscription, which also includes a free 7-day trial. The only discount we offer at this time is 20% off for certified non-profits. If you are a non-profit, please reach out after you've created your free trial a
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How Does Alitu Help With Publishing?
We can publish your episode right to your podcast hosting service, to save you logging in and uploading it. As of this date, you can currently publish your podcast episodes from Alitu directly to: Blubrry Buzzsprout Captivate [Castos](/en/article/how-do-i-publish-my-episode-to-castos-14
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How do you use Alitu on a mobile device?
You can use Alitu on a mobile device. The Alitu app works on mobile, except for direct recording into the app. Please note that the app is not optimized for mobile, so it isn't as great an experience as we'd like. The mobile experience is something we plan to improve in the coming months. Please reach out using the 'chat with us' or 'send us an email' boxes at the bottom of this page if you have any questions about using Alitu. We're happy to help!
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How Does Alitu Improve My Audio?
Good question! We offer the best automated audio processing on the market, right now. Here’s what we do to make sure your audio sounds as good as it can be: File conversions: we can take just about any audio format possible, and turn it into podcast-compatible files Volume levelling: evening out the volume throughout your whole show, between multiple speakers, for easy listening Noise reduction: automatically removing lots of regular background noise, like fans, air con,
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What is bitrate and should I care?
What's a bitrate...? Bitrate as a concept is actually pretty simple – in podcasting terms, the higher the bitrate, the higher your audio quality will be. The common unit for audio is kilobits per second, and it just refers to how much data is stored in the audio file. The higher quality you choose, the more data you need to store. For more information on bitrate, see this article, [What Bitrate Should I Use for a Podcast](https://www.thepodcasthost.com/editing-production/what-bitrate-shou
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What Does Alitu Do That Audacity Can't?
Alitu and Audacity are very different editing solutions. Audacity is designed to give you ALL the editing and processing features you might need, but doesn’t give you any automation or assistance in using them. The main benefit of Alitu is that we automate a lot of the editing process – doing the processing for you, no experience required. Alitu also makes editing simple with a custom-designed interface for podcasters. It can take hours or days to learn Audacity, and you have to learn
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Do You Do the Editing For Me?
Alitu is an automated solution. Alitu does NOT offer complex editing like removing silences, ums and ahs, or mistakes. But, our software does SOME types of editing for you automatically, and we offer a tool for you to easily do OTHER types of edits yourself. Here's our quick guide on editing: How to Edit Your Recordings in Alitu The editing we do automatically is joining all the files together, and adding your music. So,
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Does Alitu Have an Affiliate Program?
Yes! We're so happy that our users love Alitu and want to share it with others. And we'd like to partner with you by offering recurring commissions for sharing Alitu with your podcasting friends. You can get the complete details and sign up for the program on our Affiliate Page here: https://www.thepodcasthost.com/podcast-affiliate-scheme/ The quick summary is that you can earn: **20% recurring commission on every Alitu member y
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How Can I Add Branding to My Podcast?
Branding, for most podcasts, means theme music. That can be just a bit of music you play at the start and the end of your show, or it could be a professionally produced segment, tailored to the start and end, with a voiceover, music and effects. Either way, upload your branding music to Alitu and we can add your intro and outro themes automatically, every time. Here's a quick article on using a default intro/outro: [How to Set a Default Intro/Outro](/en/article/how-to-set-a-default-i
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What is the Waveform Setting & How Does it Affect Editing?
The waveform setting lets you change how the audio wave appears in the podcast editor. The pro waveform shows a little more detail, while the simple waveform just makes things a little... simpler 😊 Your Pro Waveform looks like this - very much like a traditional audio editor: Your Simple Waveform looks like this - a more simple and modern style: 