Sound Out Media

Any of you who have worked with me know how much I have extolled the virtues of the Samson Zoom H2 Audio recorder.
What is amazing about the H2 is that it is beautiful broadcast quality sound with a built in microphone for less than $200. Considering that my first reporter gear was a Sony cassette [...]

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With Labour Day being so late this year, is it still summer or is it fall already? For the teachers I know, it’s back to school today even though their students won’t be coming back until next week.
So, I guess it really is back to work, back to school. If not today, then [...]

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Good Saturday morning to y’all. The sun is shining, it’s still summer (or should I say, it’s FINALLY summer .. been rainy and cold)
Seems like fall is a long time away. As I look at my calendar, I am realizing that it’s time to get planning for my fall workshop series.
So here’s a [...]

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Okay, I’m almost a believer.
Whenever anybody tells me that their built in “microphone” is “great”, I take it with a grain of salt.
But if Tod Maffin says it’s “not bad”, I’m more convinced. Because he’s a radio guy too who got a lot of his training at the venerable Mother Corp just like [...]

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I’ve been getting out and about meeting people in the past couple of weeks. Good to take off the headphones for a while. I’ve been collecting idea for future blog entries .. there’s never a shortage.
In upcoming posts, I’ll be doing one about recording phoners .. specifically which on-line recording services [...]

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The time for my Podcamp session — “HiFi for WiFi” is set .. February 20th (Saturday) at 11:15.  See previous post for location etc.
Choosing a time was a challenge .. first of all, figuring out what the best time would be .. not right after lunch because people take a long time getting refocussed, not [...]

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The AIR I referred to is an organization called The Association for Independents in Radio. It’s an American based association of radio producers that I’ve been a member of for about 8 years and have known about even longer.
One of the best things about AIR is its member listserve. Today I read a [...]

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(Seedtime Parade - Whitesburg Kentucky 2004)
This morning I was reading an article about a new podcast and blog directory launched by USA Today.
When a large, conservative media organization like this recognizes that they want to get in on the game, you know it’s not Flavour of the Month. Podcasting is here to stay.
I went [...]

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