Sound quality is important for oral history recordings. Background noise or electronic interference can be confusing and annoying for listeners so I do my very best to produce good quality sound. I use a two-track file-based digital audio recorder and clip on lapel microphones to record broadcast quality uncompressed audio files that can be delivered in different formats as required (.wav, .mp3).

I contribute to technical discussions from time to time. Here is an example:

Review of Sound Devices MixPre3ii Digital sound recorder written for Stephen Buckland of Sound Techniques the Auckland audio supplies firm – sadly no longer – who were wonderful friends of oral history and helped me enormously.