Even if 16 years have passed since the birth of this trend, the use of live broadcasts only audio has its loyal and particular audience. Facebook takes advantage of streaming audio since 2017, the funny thing is that kept the tool only in his mobile app.
If you want to make a podcast on Facebook, We will tell you step by step how to do it like a professional, from your computer, with the installation of a couple of free applications.
Take advantage of the millions of users who connect daily in Facebook through live broadcasts and become an expert in podcast.
Meet Facebook Live Audio What is it and what are its characteristics?
In 2017, the company Mark Zuckerberg bet on the trend to podcasting and launched the Facebook Live Audio app, a way of publishing audio content that allowed you to add a referential image while listening to user narrations in the background. The idea of promoting the use of Facebook Live Audio weakened over time, but the tool did not disappear. It was simply integrated into the live video broadcasts.
As part of its current features, it is be able to add a general image of the content, although if you prefer, you can show in graphics the waves that simulate the voice of the users. Like the videos, people can comment, share and like while listening the broadcast completely live. In a native way, Facebook does not allow to transmit audios that have already been recorded, but there is always a way to do it with the help of additional and easy-to-use applications.
Learn step by step how to stream only audio on Facebook Live as if it were a Podcasting episode
The idea with this tool, is that people can make natural broadcasts, live and without additions that can make listeners believe that the production is done from a professional radio booth.
However, there are tips that you can take into account when making audio lives from mobile applications:
On Android
When you need to share an audio with any of your personal experiences, you only need to follow these steps:
- Install from Google play the application of Facebook.
- Yes you broadcast from your profile account or a Fan Page, The process is the same.
- At start your account, Choose “To post”.
- Takes you to the classic view of posting a post.
- Press “Live video”.
- Now, You will see what your mobile camera records.
- Up and to the right select the three dots.
- Find and select the option “Live audio”.
- Up and to the left, you will see the option to add a custom photo.
As we tell you, you can select your own image or you can let waves that simulate the strength of your voice show, which best suits the purpose of this tool.
On ios
The process on the iPhone and iPad is exactly the same, however, we summarize it for you:
- Download and run the application of Facebook for iOS.
- Open the account and go to “Beginning”.
- Choose the option “To post”.
- Mark the option “Live video”.
- In the settings, find and press “Live audio”.
On PC
However, if you want to be a professional podcaster, then you can’t settle for the limitations of Facebook In its mobile application, you can choose to continue reading this article and broadcast like a pro:
Android emulator
Facebook only allows audio transmissions from its mobile applications, so it is required to partially convert your PC into an Android device:
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Go to the website of
bluestacks.comY download the application.
- Let it settle in its wake, no hurries. A PC with 4Gb of RAM is required for it to start.
- As the app will be used to run Facebook, does not require a dedicated graphics memory.
- One time finish installing, run the application.
- Choose the natural symbol of Google play.
- Install the facebook app.
Audio console for your PC
As if it were an audio booth, you need a professional audio mixer so you can broadcast your voice live, broadcast a recording and even background music.
All with minor adjustments to the schedule:
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Go to the website of
vb-audio.comin which you can download “Voicemeeter”.
- Install the application, a PC with more than 4Gb of RAM is not required so that it works perfectly.
- Run the app when you finish installing.
Stream live audio
After you have installed the two free applications that are required, it’s time to make your first post live audio.
For that you must follow these steps:
- Go to the emulator Android and run the facebook app.
- The emulator will show you a warning message, Choose “Not now”.
- If you don’t complete this step, the audio may come out with strange noises.
- Login to Facebook, as if you were doing it from your cell phone.
- Go to the beginning of your account and press “To post”.
- Then you can press “Live video”.
- Touching the three dots, above and to the left, marks “Live audio”.
- You will see how, until this moment, The same options are shown as in the mobile section.
If you have your webcam active, the audio can be transmitted instantly on Facebook, but since you want to make a professional live, with several audio sources, you need the mixer that you just installed:
- Go to “Sound settings” from your computer.
- Select as input source “Voicemeeter”.
- A) Yes Facebook knows that its source is not your webcam and recognizes the mixer.
- Go to the mixer and on the buttons “A1” Y “A2” select your computer’s natural audio driver.
- In the channel “Hardware imput” you must mark the driver of your webcam or microphone that frequently appears with the extension “C-1”.
- To switch between your microphone and background music, you can select the button “M” to mutate.
With the natural player of your preferred operating system, you can create playlists and you can also control the sound of music on Facebook while you speak This is a free app, so there will be no problems with limitations in your controls, unlike the applications with a free version, but they are actually paid.