This post is packed with goodness, you won't wanna miss it. First, how could you possibly miss an opportunity to party with ME? I promise Eddie-Adams-like late nights in the lobby or my room, teaching you everything I know, shouldn't take too long, but I do love to talk and look at others work. So [...]
This post is packed with goodness, you won't wanna miss it.
First, how could you possibly miss an opportunity to party with ME? I promise Eddie-Adams-like late nights in the lobby or my room, teaching you everything I know, shouldn't take too long, but I do love to talk and look at others work. So if this isn't enough to get you to invest in yourself, cuz I know your paper isn't gonna pay, how about this line up:
NPPA Multimedia Summit
June 1 and 2 in Portland, OR
- Rich Beckman, professor of multimedia design and production at the University of North Carolina
- Andrew deVigal, multimedia editor for The New York Times
- Seth Gitner, multimedia editor for The Roanoke Times and Roanoke.com
- Dirck Halstead, editor and publisher of DigitalJournalist.org
- Richard Koci Hernandez, deputy director of multimedia and photography for The San Jose Mercury News
- Tom Kennedy, managing editor for multimedia at Washingtonpost.com and Newsweek Interactive
- David Leeson, executive producer for video and new media at The Dallas Morning News
- Judith Levitt, Photo Producer for The New York Times
- Regina McCombs, The Star Tribune
- Jim Seida, multimedia producer for MSNBC
- Brian Storm, president of MediaStorm
- Joe Weiss, Creator and Developer of Soundslides
The multimedia hands-on immersion workshop is filled up already but both Friday and Saturday will be open to everyone.
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Always wished you could re-live a moment?
NO JOKE! These are real microphones you must check out. I know the glasses are made for 'spy' recording of live shows, but for all those people who complain aboout having too do too much, these could free you up. Also good for gathering ambient sounds when walking around your local art and wine festival when trying to make another Soundslide of an event you've covered a thousand times. But I think the real catch here are the headphones that ARE ALSO microphones. Talk about hands free.
Always wished you could re-live a moment? Well your time has arrived, these phenomenal mics make a recording that sounds almost identical to real life. Featuring the omnidirectional "Binaural effect", don't jump when it sounds exactly like that guy on your recording is talking to you from the same part of the room. WOW!
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More audio goodness (via Will Duncan)
Samson's Zoom H2
The unit stores recordings on an SD flash card, features USB 2.0 connectivity, a 1/8-inch stereo output, backlit display, four hours of usage on a pair of AA batteries, time stamp / track marker functions, integrated chromatic guitar and bass tuner, and a variety of status LEDs to boot. Of course, such extravagant niceties on a portable voice recorder don't come without a premium, but users serious about capturing those lecture notes can snag one in May for around $200. (read the rest at engadget.com)
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MMS HELPS SAVE A LIFE!!!!!
Not really but it sounds dramatic doesn't it. Any, the first example from someone who used this site for good, not evil. A really fantastically produced multi-chapter Soundslides. A must see by Jennifer Warren:
BEWARE! SNAKES!
"Chad's gotten so good. Great b-roll of macro snake photography. Great use of music. Very informative." (via binjiminyin) I couldn't say it better, although I thought Chad was always doing good work. Solid inspiration here, notice the edit-to-rhythm.
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WATCH OUT! THEY'RE COMING FOR YOUR JOB!
Check out this high school web site. That’s right, high school. (link via Howard Owens)
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VR goodness galore, check it out.
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Creativity Coaching: 11 Tips to surviving a day job with your creativity intact (via 43folders)
enjoy,
-r
6 Responses
richard,
hitting that link the Apollo chaptered soundslides presentation comes up wanting a user name and password.
should be all good now, i have a bad wp plugin issue, but i fixed it, tnxs it really helps to point this stuff out!
Thanks, as always, for the great links. I have some questions about the audio gear:
* The descriptions for the “spy” microphones mention the need for battery modules when used with some recorders. Do you have experience with battery modules? The MiniDisco battery modules start at $80. I was very close to buying a Sony ECM-C10 lapel microphone from Amazon.com but reviewers for that product complained that the microphone did not come with a battery box, although its description originally said the battery box was included. How can one tell if a particular microphone needs external power when used on a particualar recorder (I use an Olympus DS-2).
* The H2 Zoom is about half the price of the H4 Zoom… can you tell from the reveiw if the H2 has any improvements over its predecessor? The layout looks pretty straightforward to me. Do you know if it also records in MP3, or what kinds of inputs it has?
Looking at that High School web site, albeit still in production, should scare the living daylights out of the mainline media. The hidden message in the curriculum behind that website is pretty clear: You are a creator of media, not a consumer of it.
Never mind about my questions regarding the H2 Zoom from Samson, as their website pretty much answered all my questions. It sounds like a very good MP3 recorder for those of us who aren’t using XLR microphones yet. Features that would be upgrades from my Olympus DS-2 are: 1) Direct MP3 recording, no need to mess with Switch, 2) removeable SD cards, and 3) Easy-to-access record level and mic gain controls.
I enjoy your blog. I think this will be my first comment here.
I publish a web site called IndianaRacing.net, and use some of the “spy microphones” you mentioned to make high-quality recordings at various racing events I attend. Specifically, I use a pair of Sound Professionals SP-TFB-2 in-ear binaurals similar to the ones in the top photo.
I don’t really need the microphones to be concealed, but as you mentioned, I need my hands free to do other things, such as take still photos. With the foam windscreens on, I think most people probably assume the microphones are some kind of hearing protection, which is quite common to see at a race track. Unfortunately, they don’t offer any protection at all, which is a bit of an issue at times.
At any rate, they do create incredibly realistic recordings of exactly what I heard when I was on location. Just visit my site and click on the Sound Recordings link on the right side menu. A lot of race fans compliment me on the quality of the recordings and how they really put them right back into that time and place.
Another reader asked about battery boxes or modules… I’m no expert on this, but I do use a battery box at times to do my recordings. I use a Sony Hi-MD recorder which has a mic input and a line-in input. The mic input supplies what’s called “phantom power” to the microphone which allows it to function. But the mic input also includes a built-in pre-amplifier which can easily get overwhelmed by loud sounds (such as race cars or rock concerts, etc.). So instead I use the line-in input which does not have a pre-amplifier (the sounds are already amplified enough). But that doesn’t supply power to the microphone, so that’s where the battery box comes in. Some battery boxes can also be used to limit the frequency range of a recording, if desired.
Also, someone mentioned needing to use XLR mics with devices that only accept a standard stereo miniplug… there are cable adapters available that make this possible. I use one from Hosa that cost about $20 I think. To be clear, the microphones mentioned above do not require this adapter, but an interview mic that I use does.