Audio Hardware/Software Responses

Building the microphones was a new experience for me. I have soldered before, yet building the microphones involved more concentration and patience for me. My experience with the microphone build was exactly what I thought it would be like. I did have complications with the solder on the wires. The solder fused together on one microphone and shorted it out. I had to go back, clean up the capsule and re-solder the wires onto the capsule. It was more difficult to take off the wires than it was to solder them on again. My microphone rig did work until one point where the clips came off because the tape did not hold. I was able to capture some close-up sounds, yet I did not have too many opportunities to take advantage of. My ideal microphone set up involves smaller microphones that can be easily hidden and can adjust to the noise levels automatically. In addition, the recorder would have unlimited space so you do not have to worry about running out of memory and the recorder would not have any batteries.
I did not have a difficult time with the mini-disc recorder. After going through the set-up steps several times, the process became routine and did not have to look back to the sheet with the set-up steps. The mini-disc recorder was different from other devices I used because it had more steps to follow and had more features such as adjusting the volume depending on the type of noise. On other recorders, you do not have that option. In an ideal world, the recorder did not need a disc or at least, the disc would be smaller and would hold more information. In addition, the recorder would not need to run on batteries. The audio-editing software I chose to use is Audacity. I have never used this software before and was completely new to me. I chose this software because I felt that I could easily use it and understand all the functions it has to offer. Since this was my first time using Audacity, I ran into some complications. I was not sure where my saved projects would go and where my initials recordings would go. I also thought about what would happen if I deleted something I did not want to delete. After becoming more experienced with the software, I will use Audacity for future projects again.