Recording audio

Recording with a CF recorder
Introduction For research outside the building, we have some solid state recorders available. You can borrow them from the lab technicians in room 0.09. Be aware that you have to reserve a recorder in the reservation system in advance. A solid state recorder is a audio recording device without tape or other moving parts. The…
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Recording Audio with the Lexicon Omega
The Lexicon Omega is a digital audio interface for your computer. You can connect up to two XLR microphones and/or 4 Jack cables to it, which you can all record from simultaniously. It’s relative low complexity, its sturdiness and its good audio quality make this a useful device for recording audio.
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Recording with a Zoom H4
Introduction For research outside the building, we have some solid state recorders available. You can borrow them from the lab technicians in room 0.09. Be aware that you have to reserve a recorder in the reservation system in advance. We have one Zoom H4 compactflash audio recorder available, which is available in the reservation system CF…
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Audio Troubleshooting and solutions in Audacity
This is a troubleshooting guide for problems you might encounter with audio recordings. The solutions make use of the audio editting program Audacity Troubleshooting The audio is not loud enough Normalize audio Loudness in seperate recordings varies too much Normalize audio Within one audio clip, sound levels fluctuate too much Compression Hard Limiter There is…
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Recording audio using a mixer board
Introduction This how-to describes how to record audio when using a microphone that is connected to your computer through a mixer board (or mixer) and which settings to use. This how-to is especially useful to read, if you have encountered problems with clipping. It is always advisable to make a test recording and see if…
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