How to Collect PlayGround Poetry, Chants and Folksongs
MAKE DIGITAL FILES USING A MICROPHONE AND COMPUTER
How to digitize a tape recording using a PC
How to digitize a tape recording using a Mac
(Tape) Recorder Guidelines
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Use a good (tape) recorder that accepts an external microphone. |
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(Do NOT use a miniature tape recorder!!) |
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Optimally, use a high quality, separate microphone. (frequency response: 50 - 18,000 hz) Your mouth should remain approximately 12 inches from the microphone. |
The sample should be digitized at cd-quality:
digitized at 44.1 KHz., 16 bit mono.
The file can be a .wav file, an .aiff file, a quicktime movie file
