Today's progress report

I talked with three lovely people at Tattoo Junkies last night.

Erik, James (not Jason, as I incorrectly called him a couple of times -- Oops) and Christina.

As I edit the audio, I have to kick myself for talking over/with people during interviews!

I do it all the time! GAAHHH!

I don't want to hear my voice! I want to hear YOUR voice!

Then when I edit the audio I have to leave me voice in there because the end of my question and the start of their answer overlap.

Oh well...

Thoughts about editing audio:

Plush, soft, acoustically damped rooms (like Erik's interview) are good, but man, oh man, when you look at the file on screen it is so FUZZY! All the dead spots, where no one says anything, look scribbly and lumpy.

But, when you record in a hard-surfaced room (like Stina's room), Wow! The audio profile is super sharp. The dead spots are flat; dead flat. It's great because when you cut out the "umms" and "uhhs" and "you knows", you don't get those -what I think of as annoying- ticks and clicks when profiles don't quite match up.

My thoughts about the interview thought;

Erik has a great voice! He has spectacular tone, inflection and enthusiasm! Oh man! You can just feel him through the audio!

Stina is a "So" started, which works out great for editing.

I love it when people start with "so". For some reason, it's just easier to pick up after a "so" -rather than an "umm" or "well". Umms and uhhhs and wells can run into the first word of the sentence, making it hard to eliminate them.