Lesson Plan 7 - 10.23.18
1. Introduce the
H2N Zoom Recorder. The tutorial is on page 32 of the Media Reference
Guide.
-Get into
pairs – follow along hands on like last time
**some of the recorders weren’t
recognizing the SD cards but if you turn the recorders off and then on again it
seemed to fix the issue. If for some
reason it doesn’t, this should be flagged for Peter and as a potential option
borrow an SD card from one of the cameras**
Things to
emphasize:
Technically speaking, the priority is to get a good quality
recording of the person’s voice.
-
Students monitoring sound two ways:
1. Headphones
2. Sound
levels meter
- The levels should be somewhere between -12dB and -24dB on the meter. -20dB BEST
- Watch your levels
- Volume you hear in the headphones is not necessarily the volume
that you’re recording at
Other Important
Elements:
o
TOO LOUD / TOO LOW
§ Digitally distorted
(TOO LOUD) audio is NOT fixable in post.
§ TOO LOW means
that the “noise floor” will be too loud in relation to the voice, so this sweet
spot is what they’re aiming for.
o
Get ROOM TONE
o
Remind them to PRESS RECORD
- TWICE on the SILVER and ONCE on the BLACK devices.
o
A blinking red light – Not Recording.
o
Solid red light – Recording.
o
NUMBERS need to be ROLLING to record.
o
There is a sticker on the top of the zoom recorder that shows you what
the different microphones are called (i.e. “rear”, “front” etc.)
o
CELL PHONES
AIRPLANE MODE, or to leave them far from the zoom or it will pick up the INTERFERENCE and make that little
sound.
o
Tell them to go over the “Tips
for Interviewing” blog post if they haven’t already
2. For the remainder of the class the students will conduct their
interviews. They should be aiming to get approximately 15 minutes of audio each, and this will be edited down to a 3-4-minute piece.
3. Have the students return about 15 minutes (10:45am and 12:45am)
before the end of class to back up their sound in at least two places (ideally
their hard drives), and to check the sound to make sure they have all of the
files.
ZOOM DIFFERENCES:
Differences
with the Zoom H2n (Is NOT in Reference Guide):
-On top
of the recorder there is a dial for XY / MS (mid side) / 2 channel surround
sound / 4 channel surround sound-----MARTY
RECOMMENDS XY
-If
facing the screen on the zoom, the right side has a menu button, gain dial
(silver) and on/off switch (Hold to turn on and off)
-If
facing the screen on the zoom, the left side has a "Line In' which allows
you to plug in an additional mic and a "Line Out" for headphones.
-SD
Slot: Bottom of Mic / also has USB jack to plug directly into computer
to download
-To
Record - push button with red circle (once) at bottom of screen
-To
Stop Recording - press it again
-To
Listen to Previous Recordings - Press down the switch below the Menu
button and navigate up or down to the files you wish to listen to.
Hold the switch up to Fast Forward and down to Rewind.
-To
Navigate Menu - use switch immediately below Menu button
-To select the option you want, press the switch in
-To leave the Menu, press the Menu button as many times as needed to
return to the recording screen
Many
items that were listed on the menu of the H2 are now in sub-folders. Below,
under all caps and bold, are where to find the subsections...
REC
· Record
Format: WAV, 48khz, 24 bit
· Pre-Record:
Off
· Auto-Record:
Off
INPUT:
LoCut = Off
Auto Gain = Off
Monitor: On (If I had Monitor "Off" selected than I couldn't hear the real time recording with my headphones so I think it works different than the H2)
-Plug-in: Off
Auto Gain = Off
Monitor: On (If I had Monitor "Off" selected than I couldn't hear the real time recording with my headphones so I think it works different than the H2)
-Plug-in: Off
****Can Not Find these items
on the H2N
-L/R Position:
Player
-MonoMix: Off
-Gain: set to Medium (there
is just the silver wheel on the H2n)
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