Monday, June 25, 2007
Hi 2007 Fellows and Faculty!
Welcome to the 2007 Summer Institute Alumni Blog! This, ideally, will be a place where we can continue the conversations and thoughts that were started at the Institute, test out new ideas and theories, and present our works in progress for comments and gentle criticism. You can also use this space to organize reunions, post cool events relating to oral history in your area, and receive information about the upcoming MA program and events from the Columbia University Oral History Research Office. Finally, you can use this as a space to reflect on your experiences interviewing for your projects, and ask advice on everything from how to deal with difficult situation to what equipment you've had good AND bad experiences using. This is your blog...have fun!
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Hi Everyone,
It was a great pleasure to meet you all last week - I was knocked out by all you are doing in your work, and I hope I can be of some use as you move forward - to answer tech questions, (or at least steer you to the right answer), talk about mic type and placement, and then about turning your wonderful interviews into edited pieces of some sort.
Remember, getting broadcast quality sound is easy -- there are just two main things that you can control, once your equipment package is determined:
mic placement
setting the levels
(OK, one other thing is listening to the noise that is present in the background - things like humming flourescent lights and loud refrigerators can be turned off for a while, or you can move to a different room)
for lav mics, put the mic at the sternum,
for omni mics, put it down and to the side of the mouth, nice and close, pointing at the corner of the mouth.
for cardiod mics, place it same direction (down and angled up toward the corner of the mouth, just a little further away)
and then LISTEN on your headphones!
levels should be peaking at around -10 or -6 on the digital scale.
set it up like this, and get comfortable, listen 'with your eyes' and do wonderful interviews!
Steve
Dear Steve,
That was a good advice for us doing our stories when we are recording.Thanks. What is the best equipment I need to store my stories raw and edited. I need a recorder noise free.
Hi Everybody,
It was nice meeting everybody.
Many thanks to Mary Marshall,Liz Grefrath,Amy Starecheski for making me come,hear and meet with everybody. I really will be very greatfull to very body.
I hope I will be able to get everybody to take part on my show.
I really learn so many things from the fellowship. I have started writting my new projects on How we can have Oral History from my work and have it so that people can read and listen to stories from Liberia. What happen during our 14 years of war. Our children born and unborn can listen to these stories and see how we can fine the root causes of our 14 years of war in our country. I hope everybody will pray so that I will have the time and strenght to carry on and have my dream come true.
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