Multimedia Tips: “Professional” Microphones for Video and Podcasts

Guest column by Peter Welander, Control Engineering process industries editor. If you get involved in serious audio or video recording, you’ll soon find that you can spend a whole lot of money on microphones. What are these and what can they do for you? Frances with RE50: Frances shows off the Control Engineering flag she… Continue reading Multimedia Tips: “Professional” Microphones for Video and Podcasts

Multimedia Tips: Recording Podcasts Directly to Your Computer

Guest column by Peter Welander, Control Engineering process industries editor. One question resulting from our discussions so far is, “Why do I need a separate recorder when I can record directly to my computer?” The answer is, you don’t. You can record directly to a computer, but you may not want to. It’s strictly a… Continue reading Multimedia Tips: Recording Podcasts Directly to Your Computer

Multimedia Tips: Selecting a Digital Recorder, part 2

Guest column by Peter Welander, Control Engineering process industries editor. Last week we examined a group of portable digital recorders in the $200 to $300 price range. Are those enough for producing high-quality podcast recordings, or should you be looking for something more expensive? Do you really need all this to record a podcast? That’s… Continue reading Multimedia Tips: Selecting a Digital Recorder, part 2

Multimedia Tips: Evaluating a Digital Recorder

Guest column by Peter Welander, Control Engineering process industries editor. Last week, we discussed some technical considerations for recording high-quality podcasts. Once you’ve set down that path and are getting ready to invest in a digital recorder, how can you tell if a specific model will help your efforts or be a waste of money?… Continue reading Multimedia Tips: Evaluating a Digital Recorder

Multimedia Tips: Dealing With Digital Audio File Formats

By Peter Welander, Control Engineering process industries editor While working through the process of recording and editing podcasts, one of the most confusing topics has been that of understanding digital recording formats. I’m an analog kind of guy, and working with digital recorders and computer editing has been an eye opening experience. I’d like to… Continue reading Multimedia Tips: Dealing With Digital Audio File Formats

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Multimedia Tips: Recording Audio Off the Phone

Guest column by Peter Welander, Control Engineering process industries editor. This column is intended to help provide technical advice for editors with the hopes of creating improved audio quality in podcasts, videos, and other online products. Please send your questions. Since it isn’t always convenient to record a podcast face-to-face, sometimes we have to depend… Continue reading Multimedia Tips: Recording Audio Off the Phone