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BossJock Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bossjock-studio/id531205021?mt=8 iRig MIC Cast Mic: http://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/irigmiccast/ Snapguide - How to Podcast from an iPhone http://snapguide.com/guides/podcast-from-an-iphone/?_exp=02&utm_expid=56347960-38.UGMXS0vkTxuls_KYFmPevQ.1 Transcript: One of the biggest trends we have seen in the past couple of years at libsyn is the consumption of Podcast episodes directly to Mobile devices. In April 2012 it was at 43% of all downloads to Mobile devices. In June it was almost 54% of all downloads. And the trend line does not show it slowing down any time soon. For many people their iOS device has become their main computing device. Not just where they consume content but where they also want to create it. Well good news for those with an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch - you can create an audio podcast in MP3 format on said device and upload it to your libsyn account - even having it go live instantly on your Libsyn feed. And it is a lot easier then you might expect. Part of what makes it so easy is one libsyn feature many libsyn users may not know about - but has been there since the early days. It is called our quickcast feature. This allows you to take an MP3 file and upload it via FTP to your libsyn account into your folder called quick cast. Once the file is placed in that folder our system will pull the Name and Description from the ID3 tags and use them for the name and description in the post - and automatically make it live on your feed and your other destinations - like your smartphone apps, or your libsyn blog page or Wordpress or Blogger pages if you have them set up. So yes it is possible to drop a file in the FTP quick cast folder from your iOS device and instantly have it publish to your RSS feed, iOS app, android app, windows phone 8 app, windows 8 app, libsyn blog page, wordpress site, blogger site and your html 5 player - all with out ever logging in to your libsyn account. Of course to do this you need an App that supports a few key features - Exporting as an MP3 file via FTP and where you can edit the ID3 tags before exporting. And luckily for libsyn users there is such an app - it is called Bossjock - it is $9.99 and it was created by one of the original founders of libsyn. It is also the only App in the App store that supports these features. There is also a good mic for iOS devices call the iRig MIC Cast mic - this plugs right into the headphone port on your iOS device. This mic gives very good quality and only cost $39. How good - well this whole segment is being recorded with the iRig MIC Cast Mic in the Bossjock App on my iPhone 4S. Here is a brief overview of the work flow for creating a podcast episode with the Bossjock app. 1. Open the boss jock app and tap the lock symbol to turn on the mic and tap the record button to start recording. 2. Once done recording - swipe the bar at the bottom to pause and then tap finish. 3. Add a name for the file - no spaces and tap save. 4. Go to recording then tap on your episode and add the title you want for your post title - spaces are ok. And add a description of the episode. Then tap Export 5. Select MP3, mono, and move the slider so it shows 64 kbps for the bit rate and then tap FTP. 6. Enter your FTP server info which is ftp://ftp.libsyn.com/YOURSLUG/quickcast - Then enter your email and password for your libsyn account and tap upload. And that is it - your episode will appear on all the destinations you have set up in your libsyn account. This is great for those looking to record with no fan noise - as the iPad is great in this regards - or for those at a trade show or convention - where you can record and upload an interview right away. I am sure you can think of many other time recording on your mobile device will be desired - and now you know how to do it - at least on an iOS device - sorry Android and Windows phone folks - we are not aware of an app that works like this on those platforms yet. But we will be sure to mention one if one becomes available. If you want more specifics on this process please email me podcast411 at gmail dot com