1. Discuss your experiences with building your microphones. Was this process more or less what you thought it would be? How did your microphone rig work on your Drift walks? Were you able to capture both overall ambiance and extreme closeups? Describe your ideal microphone and recorder setup, with unlimited time and money.
The microphone building process actually turned out to be more fun and interesting than I expected. The only set back was a lack of soldering equipment made it a timely process. My microphones worked fine on my drifts, everything seemed to go well with them. Ideally, I would not have had us even make microphones, just buy them, so we could spend more time on the drifts, but it was still a fun experience.
2. How was your experience with operating the Minidisc recorder? How does this recorder compare to other audio equipment you've used? In an ideal world, how would your recorder of choice function?
This MiniDisc recorder I used was my first real piece of sound recording besides using a basic tape recorder. My personal experience sucked after having my first soundwalk have a Rec Error and all my sounds deleted. My second one went a little more smoothly, but still some problems with the transferring in the end. My ideal MiniDisc recorder would be able to skip the step of working on a PC so I could directly put my sounds on my Mac laptop.
3. Discuss the audio-editing software you chose and your history with this application. If you used this software for the first time, explain why you chose this particular application and how you think it helped you to accomplish your creative goals (or proved detrimental). Will you use this software again for future projects?
I used Audacity for the first time and found many of the capabilities intriguing and I’m looking forward to drift two where I can use them to make some abstract sounds. SonicStage didn’t work for me so I am unable to critique it expect for the fact that it wouldn’t let me transfer my songs onto a CD, with just added to the technical difficulties I had.
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