How expensive is it to buy audio recording and editing software to practise with in your own home?
It’s all free. I’ve not used the free software before but from what I can tell it’s perfectly adequate and even quite powerful. Your work is far more likely to be let down by poor quality recordings (good kit can help, but not nearly as much as basic training) and shoddy workmanship, but if you set your sights at being adequate for playing on a computer or MP3 player, the whole set is extremely easy and cheap to obtain. If you’re working for an established radio station you’ll probably be using their kit anyway, so yours doesn’t have to be top-notch. Though I think a reasonable level of computer confidence is increasingly important to becoming a radio producer. What changes do you see on the horizon for the Radio industry? ThRadio is a medium that, contrary to many expectations, is undergoing a renaissance in the digital age. The buzz-word at the moment in broadcasting is “360 degree programming” with multiple formats of a single brand (eg Big Brother, Spooks) playing off each other ac
