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Well,
\n in our efforts to join the Pod People and apply podding to academia we
\n managed to record one of
\n our classes. However, in terms of producing a podable product we have
\n run into a couple of problems.<\/p>\n
First, we discovered that the range of the tiny "omidirectional"
\n microphone incorporated into our Belkin iMic has an effective range of
\n about 5 feet. On the resultant .wav file, although our own voice
\n comes through loud and clear, it is almost impossible to hear the student’s
\n comments, replies and contributions to the discussions.<\/p>\n
Although we admit to a somewhat bombastic teaching style,
\n in a language classroom the verbal interplay between teacher and student
\n and between students is essential to the development of the class content.
\n In order to capture this adequately we will need to a) put a wireless
\n mike on each of the students, b) somehow wire the classroom so that anything
\n said therein is audible, or c) come up with a MUCH better digital microphone
\n solution. Any ideas?<\/p>\n
The other problem involves post-performance processing. The
\n .wav file (1:09 of audio) takes up 80 MB. Even after we used iTunes to
\n convert it to a mp3 it was 40 MB. We tried to upload the resulting file
\n to the Gems repository on our blog server, but were unsuccessful. Probably too big.<\/p>\n
We know
\n we need to fool around with the conversion preferences to create a
\n smaller file. What setting are optimal? We have seen hour-log voice
\n files as small as 8 or 10 MB. How is this done? Does anybody know
\n of a freeware or shareware ap for the Mac that will allow me to quickly
\n edit the .wav file (cut dead or boring interludes) and convert into a
\n small mp3? <\/p>\n
We will continue working on this and as soon as we can
\n get our test file down to decent size will post it so any interested
\n readers can listen as we embarrass ourself in public once again.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Well, in our efforts to join the Pod People and apply podding to academia we managed to record one of our classes. However, in terms of producing a podable product we have run into a couple of problems. First, we … Continue reading