ipod recording

[Susan Penfield]

Good point,
This discussion raises a question worth addressing: Even if the purposes of
recording an Indigenous language might not require the best quality
recordings right now, it might matter later. Because of the extreme language
endangerment, taking time to use the best type of recording formats is worth
it ...possibly for someone in the future.  The ultimate source of knowledge
about some of these languages may not be from carefully archived
collections, but from random material collected by individuals (as many of
us now working with language documentation have learned; community folks
often have a rich store of personal language tapes, etc. sitting at home
because someone just wanted to record a relative or friend. As the languages
become seriously endangered, these things come forth and do become part of
the archival record).

I recorded oral history in an Indigenous language almost forty years ago,
not having much of a vision of what that work might be used for today.
Because I was encouraged at the time to use the very best German made
reel-to-reel recording equipment, the data (now being analyzed for
linguistic purposes) is still quite good (considering ...yikes... how long
ago they were done).

Just a thought...

Susan

On 7/22/07, Rosen, Nicole <nicole.rosen at uleth.ca> wrote:
>
> I've also recorded using the ipod voice memo feature with an external
> Belkin microphone adapter with microphone as well, and it was perfectly
> adequate and very easy, unless of course you want to do serious phonetic
> analysis.  I'm not sure whether the new ipods allow you to do this anymore,
> though - the input doesn't seem to be the same. I'm no ipod expert, however
> - I just know it worked for me for simple recordings with my 2 year old
> ipod.
> Nicole
>
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> Date:    Sat, 21 Jul 2007 07:05:05 -0700
> From:    Andre Cramblit <andrekar at NCIDC.ORG>
> Subject: ipod recording
>
> 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 =20
> only).
>
> i purchased a microphone for the ipod from ebay.  the microphone is =20
> called
> 'bilkin tune talk stereo" and cost 70.00 US $.=09
>
> 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
>



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