I really enjoyed recording sound. It was a great feeling of heightened hearing. I’ll be listening more mindfully and creatively in future.
| Module | Description |
|---|---|
| Getting to grips with recording equipment | A practical session introducing different kinds of audio recorders and microphones |
| Field recording: the art of capturing ambience and sound effects (half day) | Practice using a variety of more specialist sound equipment for field recording. |
| Create an audio archive | Learn to store securely, catalogue and summarise your interviews |
| Introduction to audio editing | Learn to make clips from your oral histories using free/low cost software. Combine your recordings with atmospheric sound or music. |
| Sharing your oral history collection | Introduction to coding your archive and planning your creative outputs. (We can extend this into a longer series of workshops to support the production of your book, website, podcast, exhibition or more. These will help you involve participants and volunteers at every stage of the creative process.) |
