Characteristics of Good Audio Recordings

4:00 Class

1. Virginia Tech Huddlecast

• (9/28/16): Virginia Tech vs East Carolina Game Recap
• This is boring as heck
• One loud voice and one quiet voice (the loud guy hurts our ears)
• Not structured-- can’t tell who is talking
• Intro was too long-- spent too long introducing us
• Poetry advertisement
• He loves the word pivotal

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2. A Touch of Tech- The Self Repairing Brain

• Introduces the podcast first, in a different voice than the actual podcast, which is a woman and the opening and closing is a male voice
• Ends with “Virginia Tech, Inventing the Future” → School slogan
• Woman had an engaging voice, nothing else to really go on if you’re just listening to someone talk.
• Credits where the research and ideas are coming from, well cited.
• Very limited audience, so you have to kind of have some background with biology/veterinary science.
• Shortness of the clip is also a good thing because it doesn’t overwhelm the listener with information.

http://www.podcasts.vt.edu/touchoftech/2014/041814-tot.html

3. In the Loop

• Both speakers are equally loud, no trouble hearing or understanding them
• The video we listened to was informative and pretty brief, but a lot of the other ones were TOO LONG
• It was stilted and awkward
• Speakers were friendly, their voices were nice enough to listen to
• Organization was clear and made sense, logical, followed natural path of thoughts
• The audio was really clear

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4. Work + Life

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5. Hokie Hero

• Podcast introduction of “Hokie Hero” Colonel Geoff Stewart at a VT football game in 2014 against Duke University
• Speaker has a strong radio voice--easy to understand but a little exaggerated in places.
• Background noise is distracting i.e. noise of the marching band and crowd.
• Ends on a flat note.

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