From: "Jon Martens" <jon@kenoshahistorycenter.org> Subject: RE: Digital recording equipment Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2019 14:17:02 -0500 Message-ID: <000201d4ebe4$26d34d80$7479e880$@kenoshahistorycenter.org>
You can get very good audio results with open source software like Audacity
, a reasonably modern laptop, and spend your money on a decent microphone.
I've had good results from a Blue Yeti USB microphone, it was recommended
to me by several professors I had over the years in undergrad and grad scho
ol. With the USB interface, it's fast enough that you don’t get in
put lag into Audacity which can cause weird audio artifacts. It's marketed
toward streamers, but it's very popular among people doing oral history in
terviews. And it's basically the sweet spot between cost and quality: runs
about $130 on Amazon.
As for video, decent camcorders run about $500. And then you still have to
buy audio equipment for good sound. On a budget, it's best to stick with
audio. The priority has to be the oral history. Perfect is the enemy of g
ood.
Jon Martens
Collections and Exhibitions Specialist
Kenosha County Historical Society
262-654-5770 x. 107
From: localhistory-request@listserve.uwec.edu [mailto:localhistory-request@
listserve.uwec.edu] On Behalf Of Mary Dibble
Sent: Friday, April 5, 2019 1:58 PM
To: localhistory@listserve.uwec.edu
Subject: Digital recording equipment
Can anyone recommend high quality digital recording equipment that is affor
dable? At the New Glarus Historical Society and Monticello Area Historical
Society we would like to record important memories of area residents and m
aintain them on digital files. We're interested in preserving historical
information but also would like to be able to edit the interviews on a comp
uter for use in exhibits or to make available online. We want the sound to
be clear and clean.
Any recommendations?
Thanks
Mary Dibble
New Glarus Historical Society
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