Wireless microphones for language recording

[Sandra Andrews]

We also used the Olympus digital recorders. They worked well with speech, but not so well with music, in spite of having a music setting. Also they did not work well when placed in a shirt pocket!

Sandy Andrews

Sandra Sutton Andrews
Digital Media and Instructional Technologies
Arizona State University


-----Original Message-----
From:   Indigenous Languages and Technology on behalf of MiaKalish at LFP
Sent:   Mon 10/18/2004 1:54 PM
To:     ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
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Subject:        Re: Wireless microphones for language recording
Hi, All,

We have been using tiny Olympus digital microphones for nearly 4 years with
great success. They run on 2 small AAA batteries, have 3 quality settings,
and a mode for meetings. They have a USB connector, a nice program for
transferring the information, and an option to record directly into the
computer or laptop. They are small, unintrusive, and have good pick-up
(sometimes too good: we get the entire family activities, and these are hard
to edit out, so be forewarned).

They cost about $99 when we bought them.

I don't have mine with me, but I could bring it tomorrow if people are
interested in more details. Oh, and it's only about 3.5 inches long, almost
less than an inch thick, and not quite 2 inches wide.

Great device. One of the best pieces of hardware I ever owned (except maybe
for the remote control light switch that I bought at Radio Shack this
week-end so I don't trip over a pile of greyhounds on my way to the light in
the dark :-).

Mia

----- Original Message -----
From: "phil cash cash" <cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU>
To: <ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 12:47 PM
Subject: Wireless microphones for language recording


> Dear ILAT,
>
> i recently recieved a request on recording with wireless microphones.  a
> language program is interested in making a recording session as
> comfortable as possible when recording elder's speech and is looking to
> use wireless microphones.  they are also interested in using headset
> microphones for more general recording of the language.  they are aware
> that you can record to analog and to digital.
>
> please feel free to share if you have any experience in this or
> suggestions on microphone brands and particular recording uses.
>
> thanks,
> phil cash cash
> UofA, ILAT
>
>