It seems like every day, new podcast tools or services are made available to help podcasters do their tasks faster and easier. It can become quite overwhelming if you try to keep up with all of them.

I realize everybody has his/her own preferences about which tools are “the best.” There is nothing wrong with that claim at all. The best tools are always those that are working for you well. A set of tools might be great for one podcaster but not suitable for other’s needs.

Again not everyone will need all the podcast tools listed here. Perhaps you like the one provided by the podcast service you use over the other.

This list is not intended to be complete. If you have any tool that you think might be useful, please leave your it in the comment section below with a short description about what it does and perhaps the reason why you think it is great.

Audio editor

• Audacity - Simply the best opensource and multi-platform audio editor.
• Adobe Audition - Professional audio editor with all the bells and whistles.
• Sony Sound Forge - Another affordable professional audio editor.
• Gigavox Levelator - This freeware adjusts audio levels within your podcasts, accepts WAV and AIFF file formats.

Flash audio player

• Audio Player WordPress plug-in - If you use WordPress as the blog to publish your podcast, this comes in handy.
• Pickle player - Available in single and multiple episodes player. Contains branding and a link to Podcast Pickle.
• Odeo player - A flash-based audio player with slick interface by Odeo. Branded by Odeo, and a link to the site.

Statistics

• Google Analytics - Track website stats with free Google Analytics tool. If you use WordPress, there are some plug-ins to choose from that will embed the code and allow you to see the summary of the report in the admin area.
• Sitemeter - Another popular blog and website stat package.

What’s your favorite podcast tool?

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