How To Record Great Audio At Home For Under $100


Just talk…

This weekend we ran an intensive video training bootcamp right here at the Museum Tower – which made life easier for us and more pleasant for our students.

A few weeks ago, we talked about ‘how to narrate’ a piece.

As you know, I am a great fan of ‘not scriptwriting’ but rather of storytelling.

And the easiest way to tell a great story is just to tell it – while watching the pictures that are going to drive your story.

Of course, MacBooks have microphones, but they are about as big as this:  O

You can get much better audio on direct narration to timeline with the simple addition of a USB Microphone, like the one bootcamp student Shaheen Meghji is using above.

This one is made by M Audio and it costs about $100.

Just plug it into your USB port and start talking.

Here’s a pretty good review from PC Magazine.

Michael Rosenblum

For more than 35 years, Michael Rosenblum has been on the cutting edge of the digital video journalism revolution. During this time, he has lead a drive for video literacy, and the complete rethinking of how television is made and controlled. His work has included: The complete transitioning of The BBC's national network (UK) to a VJ-driven model, starting in 2002. The complete conversion of The Voice of America, the United State's Government's broadcasting agency, (and the largest broadcaster in the world), from short wave radio to television broadcasting and webcasting using the VJ paradigm (1998-present). The construction of NYT Television, a New York Times Company, and the largest producer of non-fiction television in the US. Rosenblum was both the founder and President of NYT TV, (all based on this paradigm (1996-1998). The President and Founder of Video News International, a global VJ-driven newsgathering company, with more than 100 journalists around the world. (1993-1996). Other clients include Spectrum News, Verizon and CBS News.