016 - Three Variables of Recording Remote Interviews

19/01/2021 10 min Episodio 16

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Episode Synopsis

The three most important things that affect the sound quality of interviews recording remotely over the internet or phone networks are:
1. The technology you use. 
2. The skill of you AND your guests in using that technology. 
3. The internet or phone connection between you and your guests. 
Listen this episode to understand why. 
PRODUCTION NOTES
I used a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 phone to record, edit and publish this episode.
Recording location: standing in my bedroom with my face in the curtains to absorb reverb. 
Microphone: phone mic (hand-held)  with a foam wind cover over the mic
Headphones: None
Recording app: Auphonic Edit for Android.
Recording format: WAV
Sample rate: 44100Hz
Editing app: Auphonic Edit for Android.
Sound Treatment: Auphonic Productions at Auphonic.com
Auphonic.com settings [to output as a 16bit mono WAV file]: Adaptive Leveler (on), Loudness Normalization (Loudness Target -19 LUFS ), Filtering (on), Noise and Hum Reduction (Reduction Amount: Auto)
I uploaded the resulting WAV file to Anchor.fm to host the file and added the music from their free music stock.
Anchor automatically converts the WAV file into a 128kbps .m4a file