Types of Sound Recording in Radio

There are classifications of audio recording based on the place or time of recording. They are:

Outdoor

There are certain situations where audio recording is done outside the studio. This is during the production of a vox pop, where the reporter gathers sound bites from random people on the street, or during a news reporting session. Quality of this audio cannot be pre-determined, as there are plenty of chances for noise interferences. To overcome these problems recording artists use special kind of microphones and equipment while recording outside. The noise can be corrected later in an audio studio. Boom mikes and lapels mikes are widely used for outdoor recording.

Indoor

Indoor recording is mainly used during interviews. Indoor recording may also faces problems like outdoor recording, as there are chances of noise interferences. Directional microphones are used for this purpose. The recording artist keeps the microphone closer to the subject or person to get better quality of audio. Most of the microphones are having in built noise reduction.

Live

Live recording is used for recording live music events, concerts and other programmes. The live recording process has many difficulties, like capturing sound of each and every device used. A sound mixer is used to combine the sound recorded by all the microphones.