[linux-audio-user] Re: Aligning audiofiles for different recorders. - Linux-audio-user

7 Mar 2006

...
  I make a lot of interviews. Right now I have a two
channel recorder. I
 connect one headset mic to each channel,  put one on myself and one on
 the interviewee. Works kind of alright but I would rather have the
 interviewee wear one recorder and wear another myself. This gives us
 more freedom to move around during the interview.

 The tricky part will be to align the two separate recordings. I could
 probably do it manually in ardour, dragging the regions back and forth
 and stretching them until they line up exactly. 
It's a lot easier to syncronize the word clocks when recording!

The best solution is *one* wireless mic (for the interviewee) and you get
to keep the recorder, your own mic, and the receiver.  That way you can
still all walk around.

With two recorders, you really want a way to share word clock.  You might
get away with two recorders, but if you *do* develop a problem, that will
_really_ drive you nuts in the editing room!

If you have a budget for a second recorder, I'd get it to have a spare (or
redundant recording!)

Cheers,
Phil M

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