The fires and floods that struck Colorado in summer 2013, after a series of devastating wildland fires between 2010 and 2013, raised our awareness about the threats facing our studios and Airshow’s media archive. Recognizing the unpredictability of Mother Nature is one thing, but having a tangible plan to prepare for – and respond to […]
Quality Control, or QC, is an important part of the production process. Whether you are making a physical product or a digital one, QC makes sure everything is made as was designed. Many companies will hire a 3rd party to oversee quality control in the production of physical goods, especially if hiring a factory from […]
This month, Airshow completed the transfer of Naropa University’s complete analog tape collection: 4,148 recordings from the 6,000+-piece archive were transferred by four audio techs over 2+years, resulting in over 4,500 hours of digitized audio ready for online storage. Naropa was founded 40 years ago, during a wave of Western interest in Buddhism. Over the […]
Increased demand pushes the supply chain Since 2012, when Nielsen reported that 4.6 million vinyl LPs were sold, vinyl sales have nearly doubled. Nielsen projects 2014 sales over eight million vinyl units. These stats likely undercount indie vinyl releases, or 7” or 10” discs (the smaller projects that many Airshow clients favor). Infographic courtesy of […]
When I conducted oral history interviews as a college student, I knew something about interviewing (but not much!) and nothing about audio. Armed with a portable cassette recorder the size of a textbook with only a built-in microphone, I worked to gather recollections from elderly union members about events 30 years in the past. As […]
Airshow engineers Anna Frick and Jon Gold joined me to pool our thoughts on how a self-publishing author can affordably release their ideal audiobook. In Part I and Part II, we covered pre-production, recording, and post-production. In Part III, we explore a real-world production and manufacturing budget for an audiobook narrated by the author. Download […]
Airshow engineers Jon Gold and Anna Frick joined me to explore how we can deploy Airshow’s resources to support independent authors in audiobook production. In Part I, we raised a series of questions an author will want to address in pre-production. In this post, we share recording tips a narrator will find useful, and describe […]
Airshow engineers Jon Gold and Anna Frick and I pooled our thoughts on how independent authors could take advantage of pro technical resources and create their ideal audiobook on a real-world budget. In this post, we cover pre-production decisions authors face in creating their audiobook. In the next post, we share tips about recording an […]
