All advice documents, training courses and blog entries tagged 'microphones'
Moving images advice tagged 'microphones'
Basic Guide to Field Video Recording
This document is intended for users who wish to record ‘in the field’. This includes both the videoing of resources (animals, plants, sculpture, buildings, etc.) and the videoing of people (students, interview subjects, crowds). The common thread is that the work occurs ‘outside’ in a number of environments.
Read full advice document...Basic Guide to Shooting Video
This paper looks at practical concerns and techniques used in the shooting of video. The intention is to give the beginner tips and tools as well as to highlight some common pitfalls the beginner may encounter.
Read full advice document...Basic Guide to Videoing Groups
This document is intended for users who wish to record groups. This includes events like workshops and seminars where more than one person is speaking; for events where only one person is speaking the user should refer to the Basic Guide to Videoing Lectures.
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Audio advice tagged 'microphones'
Acoustic Treatment
An illustrated introductory guide to the various methods of acoustic treatment for improving room acoustics and reducing sound transmission, and some simple methods for identifying acoustic problems.
Read full advice document...Creating an Audio Podcast
An introductory guide to recording an audio podcast on a computer with a microphone and free open-source software.
This advice document will help users with little or no experience of recording audio to record their voice onto their computer using free software and simple peripherals. It then covers basic processing and editing of their recording and mastering it to a final format - in this case MP3. Simple instructions are then given for delivering this recording as a podcast through an institution’s VLE and for archiving projects.
Read full advice document...Audio Troubleshooting Guide
A step-by-step guide to diagnosing and rectifying some common technical problems encountered when preparing a recording system
Read full advice document...Stereo Recording Techniques
A more advanced guide to various stereo microphone techniques.
Read full advice document...Microphone Technique
A guide to using microphones in some of their common applications in recording. Covers good practice in setting up and connecting microphones, and includes tips on getting the best from your equipment and subject.
Read full advice document...Microphone Guide
A guide to microphone characteristics, selection and care
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Cross-media advice tagged 'microphones'
Screencasting Workflow
An overview of all the elements involved in producing screencasts at different levels of complexity, and for a variety of educational purposes. We examine some technical tools and methods for screencast creation from the ground up, and for those already familiar with screencasting there are ideas and tips for improving quality and effectiveness.
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Blog entries tagged 'microphones'
OK Go - Samson’s mini USB microphone
First experiences of the new Samson Go Mic, a miniature USB microphone with built-in audio interface.
Read blog entry...Side-by-side comparison of Kodak Zi8, Sony Z5 and Flip
Here at JISC Digital Media we’ve made a very brief (79 second) video to compare the Kodak Zi8 and Flip Ultra pocket camcorders with the considerably more sophisticated (and considerably more expensive) Sony Z5.
Read blog entry...Cast your screen - new Screencasting Workflow advice
Screencasting Workflow gives a detailed overview of the workflow for creating screencasts - videos of computer screen activity with voice narration and additional content.
Read blog entry...Recording video in the field
Our latest advice document is a Basic Guide to Field Video Recording.
Read blog entry...*NEW* Acoustic Treatment advice document
An overview of acoustic treatment methods and materials, and advice on identifying and meeting the acoustic needs of your room.
Read blog entry...Microphone technique screencast
A new JISC Digital Media screencast offering advice on microphone technique and choice for voice-over. Recorded for today’s online surgery.
Read blog entry...Choosing an Audio Interface - The Trilogy
Three new advice documents designed to assist you in choosing an audio interface for your computer system.
Read blog entry...There can be only One…
New entry-level audio interface from industry heavyweights Apogee, aimed squarely at the podcaster, but boasting quality suitable for serious music usage.
Read blog entry...JISC Digital Media at DIVERSE ‘09
Steve Hull, one of JISC Digital Media’s Technical Support Officers for moving images, gave a talk at this year’s DIVERSE conference in Aberystwyth on the 25th of June.
Read blog entry...New digital restoration course among autumn training dates
The keen-eyed among you will have already noticed we have just released details of our new training programme for September to December.
Read blog entry...Voice recorders on the iPhone
First impressions of the Voice Memo function in the new v3.0 iPhone software and comparison with an equivalent existing utility.
Read blog entry...New doc: Basic Guide to Videoing Groups
A new video document has just been published. The Basic Guide to Videoing Groups is a basic guide to—well, to videoing groups.
Read blog entry...Arrival of audio production training
It is exactly one month until the launch of the JISC Digital Media Audio Workshops, which kicks off with Audio Production: Recording Lectures, Seminars, Interviews and Podcasts.
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Pendulum Music - a location recording case study
As an accompanying piece to my installation next week of Steve Reich’s Pendulum Music, I’ve been asked to provide an ambient sound bed, which will play between the ‘performances’ of the Pendulum Music which take place over the course of a week.
Read blog entry...We’ve got you surrounded
As 5.1 surround sound finally enters the mainstream, with the ready availability of affordable consumer systems, the need for the ability to record audio in three dimensions has become pressing. Surround sound can lend an atmosphere to a recording where mere stereo (or, god forbid, mono) will struggle. However, surround recording has thus-far been an esoteric and technically (not to mention financially) challenging business.
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