Learning to control or at least understand how the equipment involved in an audio interview operates, and the possible pitfalls will help to get the most from it and will effectively lead to a better interview and a better recording.
Test the Equipment
Testing the equipment just before the interview is about to take place is entirely the wrong time to do so. It may well be if only then a problem is discovered that it’s liable to be too late to find a solution. The time to initially check everything is functioning and recording as it should be is well beforehand. Being unfamiliar with any new piece of technology and struggling to make it work as the interviewee is waiting could obviously be disastrous.
Preparation involving any recording and to make sure of good result should take place well before the interviewer even thinks about meeting the intended subject. This is especially true if the interview is taking place outside the controllable conditions of a recording studio, and it’s here that most of the challenges are more apparent.
