Dahlias, Watercolour | by Lee Rawn
You’re ready to record your story. Your copy is marked indicating areas to pause, what to emphasize, difficult passages, and any other useful notes to help give an engaging presentation. You could use the microphone built into your computer, but you’ll end up with a tinny, weak quality.
For recording The Solstice Conspiracy, I used a Blue Snowball microphone. To save some money, I made a pop filter by using an embroidery hoop and several thickness from a nylon stocking, and perching it on a small tripod. A pop filter is used to avoid plosives, those annoying explosions when using words with the letter “P”. Also, if you don’t speak directly into the microphone, but a bit to the side, it will help with those pesky plosives.
It’s important to gauge the best distance from the microphone to speak. -And try to stick with that distance so the sound quality will be even.
To record, I used Garage Band on my Mac computer. I’m sure there are equally effective PC recording programs as well.
These are just simple suggestions to try. It’s fun to record stories for yourself, your family, or even an audio version of your novel. Practice will make your reading lively and interesting.
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