![]() This helps to alleviate some of the continuous hum in our interview recording that our human ears filter out but our recording devices don’t know how. I use this recording as the baseline of my audio’s noise floor to utilize Audacity’s Noise Reduction effect. First, I record 30 seconds of white/background noise before or after my formal interview ( refer to the best practices section for more information). through clipping or distortion) post recording.įor editing, I typically employ these three strategies to enhance the listenability of my interviews. Regardless, digital audio editing first requires a “good enough” audio file to be recorded, as it is challenging to replace information that is lost (e.g. ![]() For example, GarageBand which is freely available on MacOS is not similarly available on other platforms making it potentially challenging to share in-progress projects. Audacity is a free and open-source audio editing and recording software that is available across different operating systems (Windows, Mac, GNU/Linux) which makes it ideal in sharing projects amongst different group members. This is important to editing and “cleaning” your audio recording in Audacity. Hence, thinking about how, where and whom we are recording becomes another important factor about the types of microphones we might want to use for our projects. a boom microphone in TV/movie sets have a supercardioid polar pattern) and omni-directional microphones can be helpful if we only have one microphone and recording a focus group interview with multiple speakers. Cardioid microphones (and its derivatives) can be helpful if we are recording an interview in an outdoor setting (e.g. For example, cardioid microphones pick up sound in one-direction (where you are pointing your microphone) and omni-directional microphones pick up sound in multiple directions. The workshop was structured to provide a general idea of the process from recording an interview to publishing and/or archiving interviews.Įlaborating on the selection of microphones and recording devices, I think it is also important to note the different microphone polar patterns that can serve different purposes as you record your interview. ![]() I began with a general overview of digital audio recording before discussing some strategies for “cleaning” interview audio. I recently ran a workshop on using Audacity for interviews which builds on my previous blog post, Getting the Best Recording (within your budget) for your Interview.
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