Radio Production: Part 1

Recording studio induction

Today our teacher gave us an induction in the recording studio. He took us through the switches and process of recording.






 

The first thing he told us was to make sure that we changed the initial settings so that whatever we do record will automatically be sent to our groups folder. doing this reduces the risk of loosing waste and efficiently saving time.





We were shown how to record and we took turns in recording in the booth and working on the switches. When i was in the recording booth we were told to do a practise run to make sure everything is running smoothly. We were told to practise this whenever recording our radio drama before doing the real thing. When i was in the recording booth i realised that every single sound was picked up by the microphone. This worried me a bit because it could sabotage our recordings. The recording studio room is located right next to the ladies toilets and the hand dryer is constantly used which would also cause trouble. So our teacher suggested some tips that may help.


 TIP NO. 1

Lay script out before recording separated each page to avoid touching it.


TIP NO. 2

Put sign on recording studio door that says

• recording in session 
• please do not disturb 
• silence

TOP TIP

PLACE AN OUT OF
ORDER SIGN ON THE
DRYER TO PREVENT
RUDE INTERRUPTIONS