Dictaphone recommendation

Hi Nick

Thank you for your recommendations.

We are looking at a dictaphone so we can use a seperate room for recording audio - our very own sound booth!

We are currently looking at the Olympus ws-832 as it seems to have a good quality pick up and converts to mp3 and wav files when transferring to PC so can be placed on Storyline.

If anyone has any further recommendations I would love to hear them.

Many thanks

Chris

I'm confused on why you are looking at a Dictaphone. (I actually had to Google, "Dictaphone" to make sure I understood what you were asking about.) The portable voice recorders I've used, have had very poor sound quality. I agree with Nick, the Samson mike or snowball, Audacity, and a lap top works very well and will give you superior results. Using a portable foam lined microphone box and a foambrero will help immensely.

Check out these posts on recording audio.

http://www.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/13-more-tips-to-help-you-record-narration-like-the-pros/

http://www.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/4-simple-tips-for-recording-high-quality-audio/

Thanks for the advice Cary

Chris

Hi there Chris

I do all my own voice overs for the course I build (I hate, HATE, the sound of my own voice, but then, who doesn't?) using the Snowball mic with a couple of tissues over the front of it as a bit of a pop screen. Works a treat!

I do all my recording in a large open plan office space before anyone gets to work, so the echoing is reduced!  I have heard that people put together a large cardboard box with lumpy foam in side and put the mic in there as a bit of a sound booth, a bit like this one in Toms blog post: http://www.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/4-simple-tips-for-recording-high-quality-audio/

Hope that's of assistance!

Simon

Oops, sorry, Just saw Cary has posted the same link!

Hi Simon

Just noticed your feedback.

Thank you for this.

We are now looking at a pop up sound booth and microphone, so hopefully that will make a difference.

Thanks

Chris

Apart from the strange variations in sound quality (somewhat ironically....), and the strange sense of humour, you might find this useful:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4349561/Introduction%20to%20eLearning%20Voiceovers%20%28RC44.4%20-%20around%2040%20minutes%29%20output/story.html

Thanks Bruce

I will take a look.

Thanks

Chris