It’s interesting to reflect upon this exercise. The first noticeable thing for me is how much brighter I sound once I get a coffee into me!

After that, I realise how tricky it is to get a good recording outdoors, with so much construction work going on nearby. We recorded the outdoors interview on the basketball courts behind building 80 in the midst of a few friendly scrimmages, so it was difficult to get clear sound there. After that, our second, indoor interview, was conducted inside a large classroom with large flat spaces which caused a lot of reverberation of other sounds going on in the room.

 

I think this exercise has definitely helped to give me some more experience using the Zoom recorders, but may have also helped with the selection process for what sort of environment in which to conduct my interview for PB3