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Recommendations for recording interviews

  • 17-01-2007 12:45am
    #1
    dub45
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 12,450 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Not quite sure where to post this?

    I will shortly be getting involved in a project gathering oral history so I am looking for recommendations for suitable equipment: recorder and microphones.

    The people to be interviewed will be mainly elderly and not used to interviews so ideally the equipment would be relatively unobtrusive.

    As we hope to ultimately make some of the interviews available as podcasts would it be best to go for mp3 from the start?

    Any advice or comments in general on such a process would be gratefully received.


Comments

  • #2
    Dublin's Finest
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 470 ✭✭Dublin's Finest


    For radio quality interviews I'd advise using a MiniDisc player with microphone. You can buy small attachable mics in places like Peats or just go for a full sized one if you like.

    The only problem with MDs (if you don't already have one) is that they can be quite difficult to get a hold of now because they're not really in demand.

    Some people can be a little self-conscious when they have a mic shoved in their face so a clip-on is another possibility.


  • #3
    TheBazman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,462 ✭✭✭TheBazman


    Probably a bit more than you are looking for but I got a new 80g ipod recently and picked up a mic that attaches on to the bottom (Belkin I think) - really good quality recordings but probably only a reasonable option if you already have the ipod


  • #4
    DublinWriter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,560 ✭✭✭DublinWriter


    Dublin's Finest wrote:
    For radio quality interviews I'd advise using a MiniDisc player with microphone. You can buy small attachable mics in places like Peats or just go for a full sized one if you like.
    Sony are a bit anal about protecting their ATRAC codec and it can be quite hard to extract digital audio from a mini-disc.

    Are people still using DAT Pro-Walkmans?


  • #5
    dub45
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 12,450 Mod ✭✭✭✭dub45


    TheBazman wrote:
    Probably a bit more than you are looking for but I got a new 80g ipod recently and picked up a mic that attaches on to the bottom (Belkin I think) - really good quality recordings but probably only a reasonable option if you already have the ipod

    Thats an interesting option ok but where do the recordings get stored on the ipod? are they stored on it as a hard drive and visible for easy transfer? Are they recorded as mp3's?


  • #6
    TheBazman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,462 ✭✭✭TheBazman


    They get saved initially on the ipod as voice memos however with the mic i have there is no speaker so if you want to hear them back you have to use the earphones. When you hook up on your pc then to itunes it saves the recordings onto itunes where you can edit tags etc. I'm really surprised with the quality of the recordings.

    There are a few types of mics tho, some have an inbuilt speaker but the quality of the mic is not as good with these

    I think this is it
    http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/61294001/wo/lp5mW3BwncO622ZN7t125qiK9DM/3.0.21.1.0.8.25.7.11.0.3


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