Boombox-Generated Digital Recordings
Different classrooms can have a variety of materials and equipment that will assist students with whatever assignments they are given by their teachers. Ranging anywhere from books to media players, everything provided to them can work toward helping them improve their skills and knowledge. Being able to create recordings of their progress is one such tool which can not only provide immediate feedback, but also builds student confidence, and boost their abilities. While students in the past had no other choice but to record directly onto a cassette with no other cost-effective means for distributing or sharing the recording, today’s students have a multitude of recording and distribution options depending upon what type of audio visual equipment they are using.
Older cassette and multimedia player/recorders employed a remote microphone to record onto a cassette for students to enhance their learning. But that was then. The future is now. When using the Music Maker™ USB multimedia player/recorder, a wired microphone can be connected via the ¼” mic input jack located on the back of the player. The Music Maker USB is the first boombox of its kind to be able to digitally save the recordings onto its 512MB flash memory, an SD card, a USB, or mini-USB drives. Once the microphone has been connected, just press the SOURCE button until ‘AUX’ is reached. Then can press RECORD followed by the Flash/USB/SD button within 10 seconds to select between the three different memory formats, with the Flash being the internal memory.
The Music Maker USB boasts a 1/4″ mic in with volume control
For some students who are struggling to learn English or a foreign language, learning from their mistakes can often prove to be a beneficial method of mastering a new language. Using a wired mic for voice recordings can help them gauge their progress by playing back the digital files, which they can alter the speed of, so they can listen to what they may or may not be doing right. At times a school project may call for a speech in front of a student’s fellow peers and recording that speech for future reference is a practical way of creating a collection.
