Ask Doug: Choosing a Digital Audio Recorder
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Ask Doug: Choosing a Digital Audio Recorder

The Oral History in the Digital Age project and the folks at Michigan State University’s MATRIX  Center have launched “Ask Doug” to assist you in making a decision on choosing a digital audio recorder.  For more than 10 years I have taught numerous workshops on digital audio recording and oral history.  I now sometimes get…

Digital Audio Recorders: Tascam DR-100 MKII
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Digital Audio Recorders: Tascam DR-100 MKII

The Tascam DR-100 MK II is a new and improved version of Tascam’s DR-100.  Although not perfect, I loved the DR-100.  Like its predecessor, the DR-100 MKII is a professional level, two-channel audio recorder that records up to 24-bit 96khz uncompressed wave files files to SD or SDHC flash media.  It has 2, high-quality, XLR-microphone…

A Simple Act of Digital Preservation: The Checksum and Oral History
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A Simple Act of Digital Preservation: The Checksum and Oral History

Have you ever had a digital file corrupt? Probably. I have certainly encountered data file corruption and it is, personally, very frustrating, and, from an archival perspective, it can be devastating. Most of the time we do not know whether our data files are intact or not until we try to open the file and…

Digital Audio Recording Levels: Tutorial
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Digital Audio Recording Levels: Tutorial

So, in years past, I have posted several video tutorials.  The one that has been least-viewed on YouTube is probably the most important with regard to oral history technology.  So I have completely reworked my video tutorial on achieving good audio recording levels for oral history.  In my experience working with those who are new…