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2. Fieldwork

2.1. Recording material

Most of the recordings were done with the flashdisk EDIROL by Roland, R-09 wave/mp3

recorder, and a Sennheiser MKE 2-60 Gold-C microphone. We recommend at least this

type of device, in order to preserve a high sound quality for archiving purposes, as well as

for prosodic analysis.

Other digital recorders are also acceptable, provided they allow .wav recordings (mp3 are

unsuitable for long-term archiving, and not optimal for prosodic analysis).

The following practical points have to be borne in mind:

Settings: Wav format; frequency rate: 44.1 Khz; depth: 16 bits; Channel: Mono.

● Alcaline batteries last approx. 5 hours of continuous recording. Only alcaline or

rechargeable batteries should be used.

● An external hard disk is strongly advised, in order to stock the audio files.

● The Memory Card that is in the pack (2.0 GB) allows recording approx. 3 hours.

● Be careful when opening the battery compartment, it is very fragile.

● In the case of a power cut, the Edirol does NOT automatically switch to the battery

feed, even if there are batteries inside.

● We should regularly check that the recording is going smoothly. The device flashes

intermittently when it is recording, so we can think everything is OK, whereas the

external microphone is switched off. Sometimes the microphone is not fully inserted

into its socket in the Edirol. Therefore, make sure that the contact point of the

microphone is reached when you plug it into the Edirol.

● Batteries must be changed BEFORE the ‘low battery’ indicator starts flashing,

because then it is too late, the last recorded document is corrupt. Batteries should

be changed when the last battery unit is reached on the display screen.

● The basic settings of the Edirol for our purposes are: Mic Gain = High, AGC= off,

Low cut=off, and External mike = Mono. The Hold button must be off.

For narratives, as for conversation, the preferred method is to ask the speaker to tell

her/his story to another speaker of the language, instead of to the collector. This in order

to avoid adaptation of the language to the sometimes low competence of the fieldworker

in the language, or to avoid codeswitching in the vehicular language used for

communication.

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