Recording Tips:

These tips may be helpful where applicable, although it's not always possible to control where an interview will take place or the recording environment and surroundings.

Clear recordings in person:

• Try to record in a controlled environment such as an office or a room, with all windows closed and no background noise. 
• If all the participants are miked, it greatly improves the quality of the recording.
• Where possible avoid conducting interviews / recording in public places such as cafés, restaurants, coffee shops (a lot of background noise) and outdoor locations (the voices fade).

Clear recordings on a phone call:

• To achieve clear phone call recordings it's best to use a smartphone & the Tape-A-Call app

• We advise against recording from speakerphone, as this results in a lot of audio distortion on the recording (it can sound as if they're speaking Klingon!).
  Even if at the time of the phone call they sound clear to you on speakerphone, it will not be like that in the recording.

This is because the recording components can not accommodate the dynamic range and the strongest portions of the signal are cut off - see this Media College article for more information:

Other Useful Software Links:

Need help with your files?

1. DVDVideosoft software allows you to split audio from video, leaving original video file intact
(create separate MP3 audio file from video) - free software download.

2. MP3MyMp3 software allows you to record in real time into MP3 format (create MP3 audio file)
- free software download.