Today I'm testing how to get audio good enough for an interview using Skype on my phone. Recording with Skype is easy. Capturing good audio quality recording...not so much...yet. My investigations continue.
PRODUCTION NOTES
I used a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 phone to record, edit and publish this episode. My son used a Windows 10 Laptop with using it's built in mic.
Recording location: I was in my mum's house in her front room. My son was in his bedroom.
Microphone: phone mic (hand-held) with a foam wind cover over the mic
Headphones: None
Recording app: Skype on Android
Recording format: mp4
Sample rate: n/a
Bit rate: 56 kbps
Editing app: Auphonic Edit for Android.
Sound Treatment: Auphonic Productions at Auphonic.com
Auphonic.com settings [to output as a 16bit mono WAV file]: Adaptive Leveler (on), Loudness Normalization (Loudness Target -19 LUFS ), Filtering (on), Noise and Hum Reduction (Reduction Amount: Auto)
I uploaded the resulting WAV file to Anchor.fm to host the file and added the music from their free music stock.
Anchor automatically converts the WAV file into a 128kbps .m4a file
