Setting Up a Podcast

Several months ago I purchased the necessary equipment to start a podcast: speakers, microphone, headphones and an audio interface. Getting started appeared to by an easy task, but was not the case. Only some of the sounds were registering and at first it seemed to be an equipment issue, but a trip back to the store of purchase ruled that out. Now the culprit seems to be software related even though both garage band and audacity are not working successfully.

Once the equipment is up and ru...