Logging recordings
Margaret Carew
margaret.carew at batchelor.edu.au
Thu Mar 3 00:38:49 UTC 2011
Hi RNLDers
Can anyone point me to useful reference works on logging and cataloguing recorded material? I have a set of digitised tapes from 1993-5 and am currently sifting through them, using Elan to log the content. The content on the tapes is varied, each can contain a number of recording sessions, with multiple speakers, across a range of topics and genres. Also quality is varied, in different ways background noise, tape hum, clarity of speech, various other limitations that were operating at the time.
The log is simple it links a summary description of the content of a section of a recording to the beginning and end timecodes it incorporates notes I took at the time and includes a descriptive comment at the start (basically format shifting the log I did at the time, in a word document). What I want to do in a second pass through is to create a more detailed catalogue of the material that will support further work on these recordings eg searchable tags linked to timecodes.
I also want to set up a rating system that enables me to compare and prioritise different versions of similar material eg a key speaker discusses his art work many times over a 6 month painting period, covering similar topics. Also performance of songs sometimes the same song performed several times, I would like to identify the best tokens of certain songs and stories for reproduction (for the speakers families to enjoy, for transcription and further analysis etc).
I would be interested in reading on this topic, also from others whove undertaken a similar task.
Cheers, Marg Carew
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