How to Collect PlayGround Poetry, Chants and Folksongs

MAKE DIGITAL FILES USING A MICROPHONE AND COMPUTER

1. How to digitize a tape recording using a PC
2. How to digitize a tape recording using a Mac

(Tape) Recorder Guidelines	Use a good (tape) recorder that accepts an external microphone.
	(Do NOT use a miniature tape recorder!!)
	Optimally, use a high quality, separate microphone. (frequency response: 50 - 18,000 hz) Your mouth should remain approximately 12 inches from the microphone.

The sample should be digitized at cd-quality:

digitized at 44.1 KHz., 16 bit mono.

The file can be a .wav | .aiff | .mov

Transfer cassette recording to the PC