This post is a kind of “how to” lesson. In an earlier post, “Talk Radio,” I discussed various methods for interactive voice broadcasting. But this post is simpler; it just tries to suggest ideas to make your Skype calls, whether for radio or just social, more effective. Skype, being free as basic software for noncommercial…
ICAD REPORT
This is a summary of the International Conference on Audio Display held this year at Pennsylvania State University, June 20-23, 2017. ICAD started in 1992 as a conference. When they later decided to incorporate as a non-profit organization they registered that as The International Community for Audio Display (also abbreviated ICAD). The focus of the…
TALK RADIO
This post is not about the content of talk radio programs, but about the sound of talkers on talk radio, especially those not in the studio where the program originates. This will not be an extremely complex technical article (I hope) though some technical material needs to be presented in a simplified (perhaps over-simplified) way. If…
RECORDING NATURE – PART 2
This is the second part of a two-part series (so far) on recording nature. The first part dealt with some common technology used to record the sounds of nature. This part highlights some recordists, most of whom I have met (and some I know well), who work in this area. The idea of doing this…
RECORDING NATURE – PART 1
This post is in response to an email I received recently. A reader of this site had seen a television feature about the nature sound recordist Gordon Hempton and thought it would make for a good blog post. Actually I have met any number of nature sound recordists, including Mr. Hempton, so I think it…