--- Forwarded Message from Derek Roff <[log in to unmask]> ---

>Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 11:20:09 -0600
>From: Derek Roff <[log in to unmask]>
>To: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #5249 recording studios
>In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]>
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We record on Sony Mini-Discs, using the MZ-R3 recorder primarily.  This
recorder is no longer available, but colleagues report current models are
excellent.  The mini-disc is a digital technology with some compression.
The mini-disc excels at recording learning materials voiced by
non-professional speakers, such as students and professors, because it
allows rapid correction of the inevitable errors and slips of the tongue.
As I record, I insert a track mark after each successfully read paragraph
or exercise.  When a mistake is made by the speaker, I can find the end of
the last good section in a second, and immediately begin rerecording the
passage which contained the error.  I estimate that this saves from 30-50%
of the recording time, depending on the competence of the speaker, compared
to the reel-to-reel recording system that we used to use for creating
masters.

The mini-disc allows simple editing after recording.  Sections, paragraphs
or even single words can be deleted or rearranged.  Missing items can be
inserted.  These features save a great deal of post production time.
However, editing out very short duration sounds- a cough between words, for
example, is better done with a computer sound editing software.  We use
SoundEdit 16, when necessary.

We distribute all our materials on audio cassette.

Derek

--On Wed, Oct 13, 1999 8:25 AM +0000 LLTI-Editor
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> --- Forwarded Message from Lucinda Miller <[log in to unmask]> ---
>
>> Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 11:09:15 -0600
>> From: Lucinda Miller <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: recording studios
>
> We are hoping to re-do our studio soon.  Before that happens,
> I would like to hear from anyone whose lab includes a recording
> studio (something more than a cassette recorder in the corner!).
> In what medium and format do you do your original recordings,
> and how (cassette, CD, network?) do you distribute the final result?
>
> Thanks.
> --
> Lucinda Miller, audio coordinator
> Indiana University Language and Computer Laboratories
> 120 Ballantine Hall
> Bloomington, IN 47405
> (812) 855-0005; fax: (812) 855-5656



Derek Roff
Language Learning Center, Ortega Hall Rm 129, University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131  505/277-4804 fax 505/277-3885
Internet: [log in to unmask]