ipod recording

[Susan Penfield]

Hi,
Haven't tried this myself, but Mp3's are not generally a good format for
sound
recordings for language work because they are compressed. It is not so much
about
archiving, as about making sure that the recordings are truly accurate
representations
of the sound(s) of the language. Guess it depends on what the planned use
for the recordings is...

My two cents...other opinions??

susan

On 7/21/07, Andre Cramblit <andrekar at ncidc.org> wrote:
>
> Does this work????
>
>
> On Jul 20, 2007, at 12:42 PM, annie ross wrote:
>
> hi friends
>
> i was just in the field and used an ipod to record interviews (sound
> only).
>
> i purchased a microphone for the ipod from ebay.  the microphone is
> called
> 'bilkin tune talk stereo" and cost 70.00 US $.
>
> from there, i downloaded the files.  actually,  itunes (on the mac)
> automatically downloaded it to the computer as a voice memo.
> then it converted itself to an mp3 file.
>
> it was so quick and amazing...
>
> i don't know if this is archival enough for anyone but it worked for me.
>
> annie
>
> On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:03:45 -0400 ILAT wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I bought one Zoom H4 recently, after a careful study of what was on
> > the
> > market. I need it for upcoming fieldwork in Central Yukon. So far I've
> > done a bunch of tests, and they all pass!
> > It cost me $379 (CAN$). This device has all the features I was
> > dreaming
> > of (and I'm quite a dreamer when it comes to technology and
> > languages...).
> > As the guy has XLR plugs and Phantom Power, I'll use it with an AKG
> > C451B (very good pencil mike) and/or an Audio-Technica AT897 (great
> > shotgun mike).
> > I'll record everything in WAV (uncompressed) on a 2GB SD card (it's
> > the
> > max size managed by the H4). Having an SD slot on my laptop, I'll be
> > able to burn those raw recordings on an audio CD in a snap, freeing up
> > space on the SD card AND archiving the data in a standard format
> > playable by any CD player around.
> > This will hopefully give great recordings of Elders' speeches,
> > performances, songs, nature sounds, allowing for lots of linguistic
> > work
> > on all this cultural material.
> >
> > FYI, it manages MP3 pretty well also, with several bitrates available
> > (including VBR=Variable Bit Rate).
> >
> > There's one remaining question, though: I have no clue, so far, about
> > the robustness of the device. (Yukon) Time will tell...
> >
> > A huge "Thank You" to Phil and all participants for their outstanding
> > job on ILAT!!!
> >
> > Cheers from Montreal,
> > Eric
> > http://www.nunasoft.com
> >
> > phil cash cash a écrit :
> >> This interesting product came out earlier this year, so take a peek:
> >>
> >> Samson H2 - Handy Recorder
> >> http://www.samsontech.com/products/productpage.cfm?prodID=1916
> >>
> >> If you haven't already checked out their H4 just follow the links
> >> on the
> >> above page.  I would suggest looking at some H4 reviews via Google,
> >> however.
> >>
> >> Anyway, just some more new ultra-portable gadgetry for the
> >> language-oriented
> >> masses.   If you have one, let us know how you what you do with it
> >> and
> so
> >> on...
> >>
> >> Phil
> >>
> >
>
>
> annie g. ross
> First Nations Studies
> School for the Contemporary Arts
> Simon Fraser University
> 8888 University Drive
> Burnaby, British Columbia
> V5A 1S6
> annier at sfu.ca
> Telephone:  604-291-3575  Facsimile:  604-291-5666
>



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Susan D. Penfield, Ph.D.

Associate Director, Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language
and Literacy (CERCLL)
Department of English (Primary)
American Indian Language Development Institute (AILDI)
Second Language Acquisition & Teaching Ph.D. Program (SLAT)
Department of Language,Reading and Culture
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