Equipment Research - Interview with

What is the best microphone to use in the studio?
Rode NT2


What is the best editing software to use?
 GarageBand- Loops for jingles, sound effects such as traffic and weather.
Protools- It is very professional.
Logic pro- This is only available in apple and it is most up-to-date.
Some of the effects: 
-Reverb (echo) which lasts for a long time.
-EQ to alter the sound and modify the bass mid part and high part.
-Change pitch.
-Computerized effect.


What type of work with sound do you find the hardest ?
Editing outside broadcasts to make them clean, can be quite tricky.

What have been the major differences since the start of your career until today?
There are always new software being released that needs to be learned, learning the basics of how to use them is easy however learning all the details of the software is an on-going process.

What is the best way to produce high quality recordings in crowded areas?
-Sound proof microphones with the 'fuzz cap' to stop the wind noise from being recorded.
-Directional Microphones.
-Beyer Dynamic headphones which is used by all studios

Have you had the chance to work with famous people?
Yes: Kanye West, Gwen Stefani, Elton John, Robin Williams and Simon Cowell.


What are the health and safety rules when working in a studio?
Anything to do with electricity, I have gotten alot of electric shocks.


Could you tell us about studio recording?
Live recording with a microphone:
1)The vocals (input microphone)
2)The sound travels from the microphone into the mixer.
3)The mixer is connected to the computer software.
4)The computer is connected to the speakers.

Questionnaire Results Analysis

These are some of the results we gathered from carrying out a survey on survey monkey:

 In this first graph we found out that most of our target audience listen to the radio in the morning and evening, this is because during those hours students (target audience) or less likely to be in school. The option for mid-day had the lowest amount of votes; this could be because during that time most of our audiences are in school studying, instead of listening to the radio.
This has cause us as  a group to decide to air our newscast in the morning or in the evening, we will not air twice a day because one of our other questions showed that our target audience only listen to the radio once a day.

 

In this second graph, we found that the most popular radio stations amongst our target audiences are BBC radio, Choice FM and LBC. None of the people who took part in the survey talked about which BBC radio they were referring to, this allows me to make an assumption that perhaps some of the people were talking about BBc1 Xtra, in this case both BBC1 Xtra and choice FM have a very urban image which could suggest that our target audience are interested in music related news and would prefer our newscast to not be very serious and formal, just like those other two radio stations. However if some of the people were talking about other BBC radios then both LBC and BBC have a more serious image and cover subjects that are more serious, therefore this graph suggests to me that our audience would prefer a balance between a more urban image and a more serious image.

This graph shows that our target audience prefer a presenter in the age range of 21-25, this suggests that they would not enjoy a presenter who is very old because they might find it hard to engage with the newscast and presenter, which could prevent them from listening to our radio until the end. It also shows that  our target audience wouldn't really like a very young presenter, this might be because they might feel that the information given is not very reliable especially if the issue being discussed is not something young people within the age range of the presenter would normally be interested in hearing about.

Audience Survey

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My First Outside Broadcast

I chose to carry out my outside broadcast at the West India Quay Cineworld cinemas because it is a popular choice of leisure activity, so I would undoubtedly receive a range of opinions on various movies and most importantly come across many teenagers which are the target audience of my newcast. It is also a place where the atmosphere would allow me to receive spontaneous responses from my interviewees about films they intend to watch or have just watched.

My sources were the cinema customers, who had just purchased their movie tickets and people who had just watched the movie, because of this I believe their opinions would be reliable because if they were willing to pay for a movie,it's probably because they had certain expectations which could be both good or bad and also the customer would have the strongest response towards the overall film only after watching it.
The things I think went well were:
-I asked the same questions to various different people.
-Went out on to do my outside broadcast despite the bad weather which I think shows my determination.
The things I think I need to improve are:
-Speak further away from the microphone to allow the recording to be clean and clear.
-Speak confidently and not hesitate.
-Have a wider range of opinions on more than one movie.
Something I could do to improve , is to ask the cashier to name the most popular movies amongst teenagers.