A word in your ear - new headphone guide
Posted by Karla Youngs on Wednesday 31 March 2010
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music |
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sound recordings |
We have just published a new Headphone Guide.
There is an ever-expanding range of designs to choose from when selecting headphones to use for listening to music and monitoring audio from your computer, stereo, phone or media player, or for use when recording digital audio and video.
Headworn, in-ear, circumaural, supra-aural... which is the right one for you? Our new Headphone Guide looks at all the various types of headphones, their strengths and weaknesses, and their suitability for the various roles which headphones perform in the audio lifecycle.
So, whether you're looking to improve the sound from your MP3 player, find suitable phones for monitoring a voice-over recording or a live performance, or to invest in a pair of audiophile headphones to enhance enjoyment of your music collection, this is the place to start.
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Time to unplug
Posted by Zak Mensah on Tuesday 30 March 2010
Tags: cameras | equipment | flickr | photo sharing | photographs | photography | video |Eye-fi have recently released their new (and the first ever) range of memory cards fitted with wireless technology that allows you to upload photos and videos directly to your computer or the web.
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Interesting photography apps for the iPhone and iPod touch
Posted by Steve Hull on Tuesday 30 March 2010
Tags: equipment | photography | time-lapse | white balance |Of the very many photography apps for the iPhone that exist, two have struck me as particularly nice, DOFMaster and DSLR Camera Remote Professional Edition.
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New training dates and details released
Posted by Zak Mensah on Monday 29 March 2010
Tags: news | training |We've just published our new training programme.
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Instant film makes a comeback
Posted by Zak Mensah on Tuesday 23 March 2010
Tags: cameras | photography | pinhole |In 2008 the Polaroid Corporation stopped manufacturing their instant film products.
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CHARM sound search engine
Posted by Karla Youngs on Friday 19 March 2010
Tags: analogue collections | digital collections | digital preservation | digitisation | finding audio | repositories | sound recordings |A new music repository from King's College London, the CHARM Sound File Search engine allows the user to browse and search a library of around 5,000 individual sides of 78s, digitised to a high standard.
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Using a digital SLR for video
Posted by Steve Hull on Thursday 18 March 2010
Tags: cameras | equipment | photography | slr | video |There's a very interesting article in Creative COW about the Canon 5D Mk II, a very advanced digital SLR (or HDSLR) that the author has been using to shoot video with.
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Where to find video, images or sounds?
Posted by Zak Mensah on Wednesday 17 March 2010
Tags: digital collections | finding audio | finding images | finding moving images | flickr | music | news | sound recordings | teaching | video | youtube |Our latest advice documents look at the most useful sites for finding digital media resources online.
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You are listening to…
Posted by Zak Mensah on Thursday 11 March 2010
Tags: audio editing | ident | music | news | software | sound recordings |Our new advice document Creating an Audio Ident provides information on what an ident is, desiging an ident, and how-to create an ident using Audacity software.
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Vinyl up close
Posted by Steve Hull on Friday 05 March 2010
Tags: analogue collections | music |For anyone who's ever wondered what the grooves on a vinly recording really look like, here's your answer.
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How to photograph or scan those tricky objects
Posted by Zak Mensah on Wednesday 03 March 2010
Tags: analogue collections | cameras | digitisation | negatives | news | photography | scanning | slr |We have just published a new advice document on scanning and photography.
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Google snaps up online photo editor
Posted by Zak Mensah on Tuesday 02 March 2010
Tags: image editing | photo sharing | photography |Google has acquired Picnik an online photo editing site.
