For several years, professional video technologies have become increasingly more affordable and accessible. We see more oral history projects utilizing HD (high definition) and 4K video as the primary recording method for interviews. Professional-looking video interviews can be a powerful way to capture and disseminate oral history; however, from a user’s perspective, bad-looking video can…
I have been traveling around and talking a great deal, lately, about OHMS (Oral History Metadata Synchronizer). If you aren’t aware of OHMS, its a free, open source digital tool that improves the user experience for online oral history–connecting a textual search to the corresponding moment in your online audio or video interview. OHMS…
The following video is the first in an ongoing series of tutorials called “Keep It Simple” which explores technical workflows that may seem difficult on the surface but really aren’t. I will explore all kinds of topics in this series, but this post demonstrates how to use Apple’s Final Cut Pro X video editing software to…
The following is a video tutorial on the setup and basic use of the Tascam DR-100 MKII digital audio recorder. This video includes basic tips and a visual walk through the initial setup and configuration of this recorder. Here is a link to view the earlier post featuring the video introduction Tascam DR-100 MK II: A…
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…
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…
