Interviewing tips and recording great audio

There are many tips and tricks for producing great sounding interviews from intial set up to post production. In this clip, Sam Coley, Degree Leader for Radio at Birmingham City University shares his experience of capturing good quality audio and gives his top tips for recording on the move.

The BBC Academy has also created an online training course for broadcasters and people interested in new media which offers some fantastic advice for what kit you need and how to conduct a successful interview.

The post 10 Free Audio Programs to Use for E-Learning has some helpful suggestions on how to create and edit your own audio too as does this earlier post on using audio creatively in the MFL classroom and this one 10 Tips for Capturing e-Learning Audio. If you are looking for a more detailed explanation about upgrading your computer audio, check out this clip from The Mobile Classroom.

For advanced tips on producing great quality audio using Audacity, check out Daniel Lewis' new podcast The Audacity to Podcast which is full of useful tips for the experienced user. Likewise, for sound editing tips and the basics of Audacity, listen to Andy White's Podcasting Advisor podcast which is great too.

Last, but not least, there's always the brilliant Assignment: Podcast mini site by BT which goes over the basics of podcasting and getting the right sound.

Hope you find the links worthwhile.

Comments

[TheRamenNoodle]

Thank you Joe for mentioning The Audacity to Podcast! I'm glad you're getting enough value to share it with your readers.

[Joe Dale]

Cheers Daniel. It's a great listen particularly for Audacity aficionados who are looking to take their podcast to the next level!

[Aaron Fiveash]

Thanks for the tips! They seem like such simple things, but when trying to do any type of interview or audio recording there are so many other things going on or running through your brain. I know I always overlook some minute detail.

[Len Jenkins]

My name is Len Jenkins. I will be summarizing my visits to your blog, for a class, around 9/12/10.

The class blog link is
http://edm310.blogspot.com/

My blog link is

http://JenkinsLenedm310.blogspot.com/

I found your tips for recording and interviewing quite helpful. Much of the material was easy for one to understand, but things one would not typically think to do. I will use and incorporate these tips in my uses of interviewing and audio in the future.

[Toni Parrish]

I found the information that you presented to be very helpful. Most people today really need that extra boost to sort of get started when preparing for a broadcast or an interview. I can honestly say that for me personally I will be using this as a reference because even though I am a college student I have never used a Podcast, but I know for sure that I'll be using it in my edm310 class if no where else.

[Graeme @ Blackpool Spanish]

Some really great advice there! As someone who has run out of battery and memory (on seperate occasions!) I can concur!

[Carlis]

I found your tips very helpful to me because I'm not very computer literate. I'm a college student and never used podcasts before. I will probably be using this as a helpful reference.