Recording Equipment Round-Up

An Audio and Video How-To

We returned to Floyd County High School this week to learn about equipment and techniques for capturing quality interviews. We brought boxes of digital recorders, microphones, and cables of every size and color.  Our Marantz audio recording devices create superb sound quality, and are invaluable to our work capturing oral history.  Kathleen Ingoldsby demonstrated operating techniques as well as proper care and handling, and in follow-up student group workshops, Radford University mentors tutored hands-on, how-to lessons for using these devices. 

 Kathleen explains the Project Manual's Recording Section

Our high school students seemed to pick up operating the equipment quickly, as if it were second nature. They are eager to see things work the way that they're  supposed to and getting these results on their own.  By the end of the class the majority of students seemed comfortable setting up the audio equipment and began staging mock interviews.  Next week we'll begin our discussions and demonstrations on how to conduct interviews and gain conversational rapport.

 02-04-16 blogpost: Fiona Mahar-Milani