Audio #1: DO NOT BLOW INTO THE MICROPHONE!

Hi Guys! This is all the stuff I talked about yesterday for your reviewing pleasure. Good luck with your interviews today and don't forget it's always better to get it right the first time than to try to fix it later.

• DO NOT BLOW INTO THE MICROPHONE!

  • This will damage the microphone

  • Use the wind screen to reduce potential damage to the microphone

• When you turn the recorder on:

  • Make sure the quality is set at 44.1k (3)

    • 44.1k = CD's, music recording

    • mp3 = low quality, small file size

    • 48k = DVD, for synchronizing with film and video

    • 96k = Only liars can hear the difference between this and 48k

  • Make sure the Recorder is in stereo mode

    • the mode light is on

    • Up to 2 external microphones can be connected to the recorders on the bottom, but this is not necessary for our purposes

• DO NOT BLOW INTO THE MICROPHONE!

  • This will damage the microphone

• Put headphones into the PHONES jack

  • Do not use the LINE OUT jack. It will be too quiet for you to hear. It is designed for connecting the recorder to speakers.

• When recording press REC once to check your level

  • level should peak between -12 and -6 on the meter

    • every time your hit 0 you will get distortion

    • If we were using analog tape you would get partial distortion when ever you get near 0.

    • Because we are recording digitally your sound will become totally distorted if your signal reaches 0

  • use the MIC switch on the right to adjust microphone sensitivity. MEDIUM is recommended.

• DO NOT BLOW INTO THE MICROPHONE!

  • This will damage the microphone

• Press REC again and recording will start

  • notice fill name STE-000.wav

    • I advise you to keep a log of which files contain which interviews. It will make things much easier when it comes time to edit.

• Stop recording by pressing REC again

• DO NOT BLOW INTO THE MICROPHONE!

  • This will damage the microphone

• Listen to what you have recorded by pressing up on the menu button

  • This will loop all the recordings on the recorder

  • Press the menu button right to skip ahead, hold to fast forward

  • Press the menu button left to skip back, hold to rewind

• When recording you want people to talk ACROSS the microphone NOT directly INTO the microphone

  • hold the microphone just below the mouth

  • Holding the microphone too close to the mouth causes Proximity effect

    • Proximity Effect causes extra bass frequencies on your recordings

      • It may sound cool sometimes but too much bass (as well as extremely high frequencies) can cause ear fatigue and people will turn your show off

• DO NOT BLOW INTO THE MICROPHONE!

  • This will damage the microphone