[BC] copying church programs

[Robert Meuser]

Randy:

You can get everything you need at the local Walmart for under $500.

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=4228532

To connect to the outside world, DSL is going for around $15 per month 
these days.

I dont see this as a big challenge, jump in and make your life simple.

R




"SHAFFER, RANDY L" <RandyShaffer at ClearChannel.com> wrote:

>
>
> Willie wrote -
> >There is an advantage to recording to the computer, though. Once you 
> have the
> >WAV file there, you can use Cool Edit (or other audio editor) to 
> "clean up"
> >the tape hiss, hum, or other distortions. IMHO, a direct-to-CD 
> recorder is a
> >waste of money. First, on the unit, itself, second, because of the topic
> >currently being discussed: Extra fees on a seperate media.
>
> >With the PC, you can adjust the level (normalize or even use a little
> >dynamics compression) to optimise the CD for on-road listening. We 
> are encouraging
> >the local Churches who air programs on our station to record directly 
> to PC,
> >tweak the audio, then burn to CD. We have four that are still using 
> cassettes.
> >Two of those are on the verge of going digital. Many are now 100% 
> digital, using
> >e-mail or FTP to get their programs to us.
>
> Willie, I've helped to produce a program for a local pastor for over 
> 20 years. We switched to DAT about 10 years ago and then shortly 
> thereafter to Minidisc. When we switched to MD, we bought players for 
> all the stations carrying the program. Later, one station broke our 
> unit and upgraded by installing proMD in all their studios. Another 
> station moved the MD to the production room. And at this point the 
> stations wanted the program on CD. We didn't have the money to buy a 
> PC and spend time with settings. We recorded to CD but it wasn't as 
> reliable or fast as MD. The easiest path was to just convert the MD to 
> CD with a Sony home CDR. We have been burning shows that way for over 
> 2 years. Now the stations want the show sent to them via email. At 
> some point soon we'll be forced to buy a PC and software and go 
> through the learning curve. The program doesn't have the money to do 
> that. The church collapsed due to a money scam several years ago, so I 
> bought the CDR to keep the program on the air.
>
>
> I agree it would be nice to clean up the program a bit and then burn 
> it, but time is a big issue. The pastor and I have been working 
> together for years. The program is scripted and timed so that we can 
> produce it in one take. We only have a few hours to knock out three 
> programs at a time. There really isn't much time to play with fine 
> details and render and burn to CD. BTW, I never had a MD that wouldn't 
> play because the disc was scratched or dirty. One of the reasons we 
> have been on the air so many years is because of our high quality, I 
> don't like making change when it really doesn't help us. The biggest 
> benefit would be the ability to distribute via Email.
>
> Randy Shaffer 
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