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StephenD
Senior Member
Australia
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 Posted - 17 June 2005 : 00:48:21
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| Has anyone got any experience recording voice/lectures for later recoding into MP3s or WAVs. Will one of those personal usb digital voice recorders do the trick or just use a pro mic and use soundcard on the pc itself? |
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pdrg
Support Moderator
United Kingdom
2897 Posts |
Posted - 17 June 2005 : 06:40:29
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| The more you pay, the better you get (broadly speaking) with audio recording. If it's just for personal use, you couls probably get away with a £30 mp3/DVR dual thingy, but if you want to publish the files, record them with a proper mic (ideally something like a Sennheiser 'canon/shotgun' directional mic) and minidisc player, then do all the fancy stuff offline later. |
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alanh
New Member
United Kingdom
92 Posts |
Posted - 17 June 2005 : 14:43:36
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Stephen,
who is conducting the lecture ?, if it's you then fine you can record it, if not then you could be breaking copyright laws by recording it. Just because it's being spoken does not make it free to record.
Just a thought. |
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StephenD
Senior Member
Australia
1044 Posts |
Posted - 17 June 2005 : 19:31:02
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| Yeah, it's an associate of mine investigating recording his own presentations. |
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taropatch
Average Member
USA
741 Posts |
Posted - 17 June 2005 : 23:24:10
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I use a Sharp MD-SR60 minidisc recorder and Sound Professionals T-Mic. Works well for casual music recordings and I'm sure lectures would be fine. The mic can be found at soundprofessionals.com and costs around $70.
My minidisc is dated. But the sound quality is much better than a cassette recording. The downside is that I transfer it analog to my computer - and the transfer is done in play back time, ie a one hour recording will take an hour to transfer. |
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StephenD
Senior Member
Australia
1044 Posts |
Posted - 18 June 2005 : 00:10:25
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Thanks guys, will look at investing in a minidisc player/recorder and pro mic.
Any recommended software for editing the uploaded file? Something that can clean out background noise + any feedback etc. I think our end result would be eithe MP3s for download and CD-Audio for mail outs. .. And it can't cost an arm and a leg... |
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pdrg
Support Moderator
United Kingdom
2897 Posts |
Posted - 20 June 2005 : 08:33:08
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try audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net for a free and probably 'good enough' tool. If you want to go more pro and spend some money, search in thsi forum for a thread recently re editing MP3's (you can search on 'audacity' as it was mentioned in the thread)
Look into the mic you use - you want one that will have a narrow enough sensitivity pattern to ignore background (student) noises but broad enough for the lecturer's walking around. If you get a very directional mic, someone will need to point it at the speaker's head (from a distance) the whole time as he moves, but you'll get negligible background noise :)
hth |
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StephenD
Senior Member
Australia
1044 Posts |
Posted - 20 June 2005 : 09:04:43
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| Thanks pdrg, no problems with directional issues as the person recording will be the one speaking in a large quiet room. I'll have a look at Audacity now. The minidisc player you were talking about is a hifi component size unit? Do you use the RCA analog out into your soundcard? |
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pdrg
Support Moderator
United Kingdom
2897 Posts |
Posted - 20 June 2005 : 09:28:41
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you can use a 'minidisc sized' unit if it has a mic in port. quality will be fine. You could also try recording straight to your laptop, but minidisc might be easier (fewer options to mess up ;-) ).
DAT kinda came and went, but DAT is still a perfectly good mastering medium, if you find one knocking around. Try asking around the (college?) see if anyone has a minidisc recorder or DAT system. |
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