Field Recording Practice Sessions

Hello.

Tomorrow (Wednesday, February 18) we meet in the Lab Rooms for the Field
Recording Practice Sessions. Attendance is mandatory. Remember to
bring your recorder and mics, along with your headphones, blank
minidisc, and fresh batteries.

See you tomorrow.

Field Recording Practice Session, Monday, September 22

Hello, all.

Thanks, again, for your patience with the microphone building sessions.
I hope that most of you are ready to go, and that the rest of you will
be on Monday.

We will meet tomorrow, Monday, September 22, at 3 in the Lab rooms for
the Field Recording Practice Session. I will be in B-18 for the
duration of class with the soldering gear for any last-minute adjustments.

Remember to bring your production kits, headphones, and some fresh
batteries. And, of course, your dazzling new microphones.

Check the Directory for your lab rooms:
http://www.glennbach.com/film_116/116_directory.html

Remember to keep up on your readings (Toop, Russolo):
http://www.glennbach.com/film_116/116_schedule.html

I hope that you had a great weekend, and we'll see you tomorrow.

Best,

Glenn

P.S. Here are the Minidisc menu shortcuts we will be going over tomorrow:

Make sure you are in Advanced Mode:
* Press and hold Menu for 2 Seconds.
* Rotate jog wheel until "Option" appears.
* Press "Enter" (middle button).
* Rotate to "Menu Mode," Enter.
* Rotate to "Advanced," Enter.

Make sure your discs are in Hi-MD mode (this will be set automatically
if you are using a 1 GB Hi-MD disc):
* Menu
* Option
* Disc Mode
* Hi-MD

Make sure your discs are in Hi-SP mode:
* Menu
* REC Set
* REC Mode
* Hi-SP

Make sure you check your Mic Sensitivity:
* Menu
* REC Set
* Mic Sens
* "High" for general ambience
* "Low" for loud situations or very close mic

Make sure you are in Manual Gain mode while recording:
* Hold down Pause (II) and press REC ("Record Pause")
* Menu
* REC Set
* REC Volume
* Manual
* You have to do this each time you hit STOP or power up your recorder.