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Joel completes his first solo field trip
In the last edition we reported on Joel going on a field trip observing how GRN's audiovisual materials are being used in villages across the Lungwebungu river in Western Zambia.
Well, after roughing it out there for a week or so, he returned to the base at Chavuma where he completed recording the Look, Listen & Live audiovisual story sets in Luvale.
Joel is currently back in the USA where he has been editing these recordings over the past 3 months, while visiting his supporters and family in among the editing sessions. Recently he also paid a visit to GRN office in Temecula, meeting with staff and the Director of the office, Dale Rickards.
Please pray with us for Joel as he plans to return to Africa early March and attend a 3 week training workshop on field recording and sound editing & processing. He wants to qualify himself better for the field as he considers to continue volunteering with GRN.
Pray with us for God's clear direction and guidance in Joel's life, and for His special protection and peace upon him wherever he may go.
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Visiting the International studios of GRN in Sydney
Mid January I paid a visit to GRN Australia:
- To familiarise myself with the latest studio systems and processes,
- To report back to faithful prayer partners and coworkers in Australia. (It has been 14 years since I received my advanced recordist training in Australia), and
- To prepare an outline of the content to be presented at a field recordist workshop we plan for 5-23 March 2018 in the Western Cape, here in South Africa. The aim of the workshop: To equip partners in the field to make good quality recordings that can be safely processed, archived and converted down the track, and which will be useful for many years to come. At GRN we want to be instrumental so that any recording work done is as effective and cost-effective as possible.
We tested different pieces of equipment available on the market. Noel, GRN's International studio manager, demonstrated the performance of different recording devices and how well or poor these devices work when connected to different types of microphones. On one machine we removed the built-in microphones mounted on the device, connecting the machine to a better external mic. Pairing a recording device with the right type of external microphone is essential in order to get optimum performance out of both. It is possible not to get satisfactory results or to never find out how well a recorder can perform by simply pairing it up with the wrong microphone. Using recording software that doesn't have the capability to capture safe, stable and good sound is another common error. It can even sometimes be connected to good hardware (microphone via an audio interface), but as it is unable to capture the good quality output of the mic, the sound recorded is of inferior quality. Sometimes even the correct setting can make all the difference it takes. The result: less quality for the amount of money spent.
Left: Chris acting as the voice artist with Noel changing the settings on a recording device being tested.
Right: Graham Schabel and Noel scanning through a draft list of equipment GRN recommends.
After performing the most important tests, a list of equipment was compiled that we're able to recommend for those planning to attend the workshop in March.
We plan for hands on practical sessions at the upcoming workshop to give trainee recordists a chance to get familiar with their equipment and to experiment and see which options and settings are the best to use for the type of recording work they need to do.
I am also thankful for the opportunity I had to share about the work in Southern Africa: the joys, the sorrows, the opportunities and the challenges.
Praise points: Praise the Lord with us that a teaching framework have been decided on, that we've been able to purchase the right equipment for this workshop and to make arrangements for the accommodation of the attendees in the midst of a severe drought in the Western Cape.
Prayer points: We pray for God's unique guidance and revelation re the correct metaphors and explanations to used during the course, in order to convey the teaching in a contextualised manner for everyone to really understand what is taught.
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