traveling where missionaries cannot go
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AWR Megavoice file prep. Manual By A. D. Gungadoo (Nov 2006). Traveling where missionaries cannot go. Mission Statement. Mission Statement. Adventist World Radio broadcasts the Adventist hope in Christ to the hardest-to-reach people groups of the world in their own languages. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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AWR Megavoice file prep. ManualAWR Megavoice file prep. Manual
By A. D. Gungadoo (Nov 2006)By A. D. Gungadoo (Nov 2006)
Mission Statement
Adventist World Radio broadcasts the Adventist hope in Christ to the hardest-to-reach people groups of the world in their own languages.
Mission Statement
June 30, 2003
: Traveling where missionaries cannot go !: Traveling where missionaries cannot go !
The Challenges for the “Hard-to-reach”
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Illiteracy
1950: 44%+
1990: 27%
2000: 16%
2002: 20%
Inside the Megavoice
Capacities
• 32 Megs – 20 Hrs (or 40x 30 min programs)
• 64 Megs – 40 Hrs (or 80x 30 min programs)
•128 Megs – 80 Hrs (or 160x 30 min programs)
• 256 Megs – 160 Hrs (or 320x 30 min programs)
• 320 Megs – 200 Hrs (or 320x 30 min programs)
Scribe & Megavoice
Scribe Functions
Polishing the RecordingAdobe Audition 1.5 Processing
• Audio Processing– Effects > Amplitude > Hard Limiting
• Limit Max Amplitude to -.2 or -.1 • Boost Input by 6 or 7 dB
– Effects > Amplitude > Normalize – Effects > Amplitude > Dynamics Processing
• Audio Processing– Effects > Amplitude > Hard Limiting
• Limit Max Amplitude to -.2 or -.1 • Boost Input by 6 or 7 dB
– Effects > Amplitude > Normalize – Effects > Amplitude > Dynamics Processing
Polishing the RecordingAdobe Audition 2.0 Processing
• Audio Processing– Effects > Amplitude > MultiBand Compressor
• Effect Preset: Broadcast
– Effects > Amplitude > Normalize
• Audio Processing– Effects > Amplitude > MultiBand Compressor
• Effect Preset: Broadcast
– Effects > Amplitude > Normalize
• For Chapter wavs– Beginning silence: 0.1 seconds– Ending silence: 2.0 seconds
• For Titles– Beginning silence: 0.1 seconds– Ending silence: 1.0 second
Pre/Post Silences
• 44100 Hz -> 8000 Hz
• Stereo -> Mono
• Quality: 500
• 16 bit
WAV standard
00000-AWR001-enC001.wav00000-AWR001-enC001F0001.wav00000-AWR001-enC001F0002.wav00000-AWR001-enC001F0003.wav00000-AWR001-enC002.wav00000-AWR001-enC002F0001.wav00000-AWR001-enC002F0002.wav00000-AWR002-enC001.wav00000-AWR002-enC001F0001.wav00000-AWR002-enC001F0002.wav
File naming structure
Bk1 Ch1 TitleBk1 Ch1 Part1Bk1 Ch1 Part2Bk1 Ch1 Part3Bk1 Ch2 Title
Bk1 Ch2 Part1Bk1 Ch2 Part2Bk2 Ch1 Title
Bk2 Ch1 Part1Bk2 Ch1 Part2
00000-AWR001-enC001.wav00000-AWR001-enC001F0001.wav00000-AWR001-enC001F0002.wav00000-AWR001-enC001F0003.wav00000-AWR001-enC002.wav00000-AWR001-enC002F0001.wav00000-AWR001-enC002F0002.wav00000-AWR002-enC001.wav00000-AWR002-enC001F0001.wav00000-AWR002-enC001F0002.wav
File naming structure
Bk1 Ch1 TitleBk1 Ch1 Part1Bk1 Ch1 Part2Bk1 Ch1 Part3Bk1 Ch2 Title
Bk1 Ch2 Part1Bk1 Ch2 Part2Bk2 Ch1 Title
Bk2 Ch1 Part1Bk2 Ch1 Part2
00000-AWR001-enC001.wav (intro to usage 1 of 2)00000-AWR001-enC001F001.wav (intro to usage 1 of 2)00000-AWR002-enC001.wav (Program 1 # Identifier)00000-AWR002-enC001F001.wav (Program 1)00000-AWR002-enC002.wav (Program 2 # Identifier)00000-AWR002-enC002F001.wav (Program 2)00000-AWR002-enC003.wav (Program 3 # Identifier)00000-AWR002-enC003F001.wav (Program 3)00000-AWR002-enC004.wav (Program 4 # Identifier)00000-AWR002-enC004F001.wav (Program 4)00000-AWR002-enC005.wav (Program 5 # Identifier)00000-AWR002-enC005F001.wav (Program 5)00000-AWR002-enC006.wav (Program 6 # Identifier)00000-AWR002-enC006F001.wav (Program 6)00000-AWR002-enC007.wav (Program 7 # Identifier)00000-AWR002-enC007F001.wav (Program 7)00000-AWR002-enC008.wav (Program 8 # Identifier)00000-AWR002-enC008F001.wav (Program 8)00000-AWR002-enC009.wav (Program 9 # Identifier)00000-AWR002-enC009F001.wav (Program 9)00000-AWR003-enC001.wav (Program 10 # Identifier)00000-AWR003-enC001F001.wav (Program 10)00000-AWR003-enC002.wav (Program 11 # Identifier)00000-AWR003-enC002F001.wav (Program 11)
File naming structure for AWR 20+ programs, with blocks of 10 skip…
File Encoding
• Compress file directory in a Zipped file
• FTP to audio.awr.org
• Inform Megavoice for files to encode ([email protected] Ed Zagofsky)
Writing Modes
ab2
b1c
Writing Modes
Mode a
Mode b
Mode c
Scribe Software
Mode b
Scribe Software
Mode c
Opening file in PC
Erasing Ambassador
Writing from PC
Mode b (to Scribe)
Writing from PC
Mode c (to Ambas.)
Writing from Scribe
Mode a & b (to Ambas.)
Writing from Scribe
Mode a & b (to Ambas.)
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