https://padlet.com/debbieloh/ay7gw9njpx5nerzp A compilation of tips and tricks on making a home recording. By other readers. en-us 2023-01-03 08:34:53 UTC 2023-03-12 02:28:54 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f399.png debbieloh https://padlet.com/debbieloh/ay7gw9njpx5nerzp/wish/2432213761 I used my ipad to record, seems much better than phone, which will sound loud and soft at times.]]> 2023-01-03 08:36:50 UTC https://padlet.com/debbieloh/ay7gw9njpx5nerzp/wish/2432213761 debbieloh https://padlet.com/debbieloh/ay7gw9njpx5nerzp/wish/2432213862 I used an external microphone recording to QuickTime on the Mac. Tried a few different mic options before settling on what sounds clearest, bar my own diction.]]> 2023-01-03 08:36:59 UTC https://padlet.com/debbieloh/ay7gw9njpx5nerzp/wish/2432213862 debbieloh https://padlet.com/debbieloh/ay7gw9njpx5nerzp/wish/2432216414 - practice a couple of times to see which are the words you tend to trip over; underline/take note of words for emphasis. Also helps for you to absorb the meaning of the devo and thereafter read meaningfully. 
- test in several settings and find the best room, best seat, best posture (upright to project your voice). I did mine finally under a thick bed cover so the sound doesn’t thin out as it would if you were recording in an open space. 
- I used my phone, testing the best distance from the mouth for optimal quality - too close and it’ll be too breathy and too much popping, too far and the voice’ll sound distant with atmos (atmospheric noise)]]> 2023-01-03 08:40:59 UTC https://padlet.com/debbieloh/ay7gw9njpx5nerzp/wish/2432216414 debbieloh https://padlet.com/debbieloh/ay7gw9njpx5nerzp/wish/2432216821 Sat inside my walk in wardrobe facing the clothes 
Shut my cat out 🤣
With my iPhone using the Voice Recorder app 
Placed phone on a stand in top of a pile of books so phone is directly facing me & sat 10 inches away propping book in between…
So no hand movements at all
Reading straight parallel to the mic seems better / coz mic is at the bottom of iPhones]]> 2023-01-03 08:41:40 UTC https://padlet.com/debbieloh/ay7gw9njpx5nerzp/wish/2432216821 debbieloh https://padlet.com/debbieloh/ay7gw9njpx5nerzp/wish/2432217464 Good morning Debbie. I just joined to community of the devotion reading and find it very useful. There were feedback about very small print and this idea is excellent. ()]]> 2023-01-03 08:42:39 UTC https://padlet.com/debbieloh/ay7gw9njpx5nerzp/wish/2432217464 debbieloh https://padlet.com/debbieloh/ay7gw9njpx5nerzp/wish/2432217806 It is good, clear and precise. I enjoy the sharing. Thanks 🙏🏼]]> 2023-01-03 08:43:10 UTC https://padlet.com/debbieloh/ay7gw9njpx5nerzp/wish/2432217806 debbieloh https://padlet.com/debbieloh/ay7gw9njpx5nerzp/wish/2432237628
Today is (Date)
Today's Reading is (Bible chapters)
Pause
Title and Quote 
Body Text
The Prayer Focus for the day is for the (people group for the day)

That's all for today, this is (Your name), signing off!]]> 2023-01-03 09:16:19 UTC https://padlet.com/debbieloh/ay7gw9njpx5nerzp/wish/2432237628 debbieloh https://padlet.com/debbieloh/ay7gw9njpx5nerzp/wish/2440299385 The daily audio readings is quite an effort! Well done! Simply amazing! Got Spore newscaster , Karen Lam too!👏👍 The rest of the ppl are good too, what an experience for them!]]> 2023-01-11 04:20:42 UTC https://padlet.com/debbieloh/ay7gw9njpx5nerzp/wish/2440299385 debbieloh https://padlet.com/debbieloh/ay7gw9njpx5nerzp/wish/2440302008 iPhone and iPad has a feature in the voice memo app that helps lessen the buzzing background noise. 
Click on the blue square and u’ll see it. ]]> 2023-01-11 04:24:18 UTC https://padlet.com/debbieloh/ay7gw9njpx5nerzp/wish/2440302008 debbieloh https://padlet.com/debbieloh/ay7gw9njpx5nerzp/wish/2442323428 The recent devotion reading on Job has been most timely for me in this season of pain and suffering for me and my mum.]]> 2023-01-12 14:19:36 UTC https://padlet.com/debbieloh/ay7gw9njpx5nerzp/wish/2442323428 debbieloh https://padlet.com/debbieloh/ay7gw9njpx5nerzp/wish/2442993712

• Choose a non-echoey location. To absorb echo, speaking into your wardrobe or under a blanket is a good idea. (No one will know).
• If you'd like to record in a public place with ambient sounds, speak into a microphone. Ensure that the background sounds are not distracting.
• If you have an external microphone, this will eliminate all the additional work above!
• Record with your phone's built-in software, and PM it over to Debbie using the Send Audio button on WA.

]]> 2023-01-13 00:47:52 UTC https://padlet.com/debbieloh/ay7gw9njpx5nerzp/wish/2442993712 debbieloh https://padlet.com/debbieloh/ay7gw9njpx5nerzp/wish/2443189305 Sam Low’s reading is very loud & clear, very good for our senior ears! 👍👍👍]]> 2023-01-13 05:45:24 UTC https://padlet.com/debbieloh/ay7gw9njpx5nerzp/wish/2443189305 debbieloh https://padlet.com/debbieloh/ay7gw9njpx5nerzp/wish/2443190088 Follow the guide. Speak into the wardrobe.]]> 2023-01-13 05:46:44 UTC https://padlet.com/debbieloh/ay7gw9njpx5nerzp/wish/2443190088 debbieloh https://padlet.com/debbieloh/ay7gw9njpx5nerzp/wish/2443190605 I propped my phone in some pillows in the room to reduce the echo that was recorded  in the 1st draft. Helped a lot. Actually it was more of putting the phone on some pillows and recording directly over it. That helped.]]> 2023-01-13 05:47:38 UTC https://padlet.com/debbieloh/ay7gw9njpx5nerzp/wish/2443190605 debbieloh https://padlet.com/debbieloh/ay7gw9njpx5nerzp/wish/2444203069 Blessed morning Debbie and Michael. 

I just listened to today's reading (14 Jan) and indeed there is a difference between listening to the devotional being read and reading it by myself.

The first difference is the pace. Jaime is a great reader, carefully pronouncing each word and going at it at a pace which was almost meditative. I could feel a sense of peace as I listened to her.

Secondly, I think because I do not need to use as much of my own faculties when the text is being read, I found that I was better able to contemplate about what was written as the words were being read, versus at the end of the reading when I read the text myself. 

Overall a much more pleasant experience to savour the words and ruminate on God's revealed truths and the way of living  🙏]]> 2023-01-14 05:32:03 UTC https://padlet.com/debbieloh/ay7gw9njpx5nerzp/wish/2444203069 debbieloh https://padlet.com/debbieloh/ay7gw9njpx5nerzp/wish/2447823002 Plugged in a rode mic to my phone. 
Put my phone on my weighted blanket.
Sit up straight. 
Record!]]> 2023-01-18 04:33:28 UTC https://padlet.com/debbieloh/ay7gw9njpx5nerzp/wish/2447823002 debbieloh https://padlet.com/debbieloh/ay7gw9njpx5nerzp/wish/2451734359 2023-01-21 07:10:59 UTC https://padlet.com/debbieloh/ay7gw9njpx5nerzp/wish/2451734359