A Few Tips to Make Your Recordings Count

Here are some easy ways to make sure your recording can be transcribed without having more holes in it than Swiss cheese:

• Be sure you have extra batteries for your recorder and microphones (if you have external microphones)
• Turn your equipment ON (including any external microphones you may have.)
• ALWAYS test your recorders and microphones each and every time before using them. Avoid the horrible feeling of a recording being lost because something was plugged in quite right or turned on properly.
• Use two recorders simultaneously. Think of it as insurance just in case the other recorder does not perform as expected. There are no "do overs" when recording interviews, meetings or conferences.
• When recording an interview, do it in as quiet a place as possible. Papers shuffling, doors opening and closing, water being poured into a glass, phones ringing are all things that are impossible to hear over. Just remember, if it can't heard, it can't be typed.
• Do not move recorder or microphones after you have started recording as it will make it impossible to hear anything said during that time.

Follow these simple guidelines and your recordings will a breeze to type!