I havent used digital recording media. But the key is what picks up the
sound. Using a conference microphone has usually been adequate in
my experience - thought that does pick up other noises around, so
underlining the need for a quiet room.
Stephen
Priority: urgent
Date sent: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 14:55:22 -0000
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From: Kate Forrest <[log in to unmask]>
Organization: School of Psychology
Subject: Digital recording
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> Dear All
>
> Thanks to all who replied to me earlier regarding recording and
> transcribing interview data. I was wondering if there was a better
> method of recording interviews rather than using the traditional tape
> recorder method. I am hoping that by finding a decent 'recorder' I
> can eliminate some of the problems that are associated with recording
> interviews (background noise etc.). I have already conducted a number
> of interviews and some of the problems have been distinguishing what
> people have been saying, particularly when they begin the sentence
> fairly audibly and then deteriorate to a barely audible garble. It's
> important that I get as clear a recording as possible as the
> interviews are quite technical in terms of their content.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> Regards
> Kate
> ---------------------------------
> Kate Forrest
> Postgraduate Research Student
> School of Psychology
> University of Leeds
>
> 0113 343 6696
Stephen Gourlay, PhD; Principal Lecturer, Director of Doctoral Training,
Kingston Business School, Kingston University, Kingston Hill, Kingston upon Thames, KT2 7LB, UK
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